While Assembly Included Compassionate Care Act in Budget Proposal, the Senate and Governor Failed to Act Advocates: To Alleviate Patient Suffering in New York, State Senate Must Immediately Bring Compassionate Care Act to Floor for a Vote Albany – On Saturday, Governor Cuomo, Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Co-Presidents Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein announced […]
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Arizona State Senator Blocks Funding for Long-Sought Medical Marijuana Research
Clinical Trial for Veterans with PTSD Has Already Obtained Approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U. Arizona Institutional Review Board, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday, April 2: Veterans, Military Family Members and Supporters to Rally at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza After 22 years of hard-fought efforts, the non-profit pharmaceutical company […]
Colorado Marijuana Taxes Net State $2 Million
Colorado made roughly $ 2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world’s first accounting of the recreational pot business. The tax total reported by the state Department of Revenue indicates $ 14.02 million worth of recreational pot was sold. The state collected roughly $ 2.01 million in taxes. […]
NY State Assembly to Include Comprehensive Medical Marijuana in State Budget Bill; Patients, Families, Caregivers Call on Senate To Do Same
Statewide Coalition Launches Month of Actions With Weekly Lobby and Education Days in Albany and Community Forums in Buffalo, Syracuse, Capital Region, Westchester, NYC, Long Island Momentum Builds as Assembly Jumpstarts Negotiations and Four Senate Republicans Announce Support for Compassionate Care Act New York: Today, Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried (D, WFP – Manhattan) […]
Fourth Republican State Senator, Thomas O’Mara, Announces His Support for Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Bill – the Compassionate Care Act
Support to Pass Compassionate Care Act Continues to Grow Patients and Families: We Cannot Wait Any Longer for Relief NEW YORK: Yesterday, Senator Tom O’Mara (R, C – Big Flats, Elmira) stated his support for the Compassionate Care Act, a bill that would allow New Yorkers with serious and debilitating conditions to access to medical […]
National Epilepsy Foundation Calls for Federal and State Policy Change to Increase Access to Medical Marijuana
Foundation Support Adds to Growing Number of Organizations Calling for Passage of the Compassionate Care Act, including Upstate and Long Island Cancer and MS Support Groups Doctors, Patients and Parents of Children with Epileptic Disorders Applaud Foundation and New York Groups, Call for New York Senate to Vote on the Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Bill New […]
Two NY Republican State Senators Announce Support for Compassionate Care Act
Support Growing: New Poll Shows NY Voters Back Medical Marijuana 10 to 1 NY One Step Away From Becoming the 21st State With a Medical Marijuana System to Help Patients NEW YORK: Yesterday, State Senator George Maziarz (R – Newfane) became the second Republican senator in two days to declare support for the Compassionate Care […]
Alaska Primed To Become Third State To Legalize
Alaska is poised to become the third state to legalize retail marijuana after pro-pot advocates this week cleared the signature hurdle to place an initiative on the August ballot. The Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska hit 31,593 valid signatures Tuesday, well above the 30,169 signatures required to place the measure before voters. […]
A State Bank and Other Marijuana-related Bills Being Considered in Olympia
Inlander.comBy Heidi Groover We’ve got a story in this week’s issue about a few of the plans being debated in Olympia to overhaul the state’s medical marijuana industry. It’s a complex issue with passionate activists and legal gray areas around every corner. But it’s not the only marijuana talk in the state Legislature this session. Medical Marijuana […]
Florida Will Be the Next Medical Marijuana State
Activists hoping for a marijuana law reform breakthrough in the South just got their wish. The Florida Supreme Courtannounced todaythat they have approved the ballot summary for the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize the medical use of cannabis in t… High Times