Advocates: Too Few Patients Can Access Medicine Through the Overly Restrictive, Expensive Program Slate of Bills Would Remove Barriers to Participating in the Program and Expand Patient Access Albany – On Tuesday, April 12th, dozens of advocates gathered in Albany to urge legislators to support a slate of bills that would amend the Compassionate Care […]
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Pot Profiles: Garden State Dispensary
When you think of the top medical pot programs in the country, New Jersey’s probably doesn’t come to mind. After all, the law is extremely restrictive and the governor did everything in his power to delay and undermine the medical cannabis program he inherited… Read article here: High Times
Confusing State Marijuana Laws Lead to Unjust Raids
Michigan's legislature needs to enact clearer laws regulating the cannabis industry—the current law does not address the legality of dispensaries and does not allow for marijuana to be sold from them. Read article here: High Times
Union: State Shouldn’t Have Fired Man for Smoking Pot on Job
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether a state employee fired for smoking marijuana on the job was punished too harshly. Read article here: High Times
Disabled Vet And MMJ Patient On Hunger Strike After The State Takes Children
“They’re basically using my kids as a pawn to take away freedoms I fought for.” Disabled Navy veteran Raymond Schwab moved to Colorado last year to free himself from addictions that grew out of the pharmaceuticals prescribed by the VA to treat his service-related physical and psychological injuries. Because Schwab is legally using medicinal cannabis in […]
Pennsylvania Could Be First State To List Autism As Qualifying Condition For MMJ
As the Pennsylvania Senate prepares to review a medical marijuana bill overwhelmingly approved this week by the state House of Representatives, the legislation could be the first in the United States to include Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as a qualifying condition to receive a prescription. In its current form, the “functional medical marijuana bill” will […]
Pennsylvania Could Become the Next State to Legalize a Medical Marijuana Program
Pennsylvania may be well be on its way to becoming the next state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. Read article here: High Times
As a State of Islands, Marijuana Sales Tricky for Hawaii
With less than five months to go before medical marijuana dispensaries can open in Hawaii, business owners could be facing unique obstacles in a state of islands separated by federal waters. Read article here: High Times
Iowa State Executives Appeal Free Speech-Marijuana Logo Case
Iowa State University administrators are appealing a federal judge's ruling that they violated the free speech rights of student members of a pro-marijuana group by barring them from using the university logos on T-shirts. Read article here: High Times
Poll: Which Pot-Friendly US State Is On Your Travel Bucket List?
If you could only visit one legal state, which would it be? Read article here: High Times