All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 1 2016 // New York state will loosen rules on marijuana prescribing, allow home delivery of the drug and take other steps to expand its medical cannabis program, health officials announced on Tuesday.The announcement follows a...
Aug 11 2016 // Denying a petition to loosen marijuana restrictions, U.S. officials said regulations on the drug’s use will remain in place, although more of it may be available for research into potential medical therapies. The...
Aug 5 2016 // Illinois officials posted new forms this week for doctors and patients in the state’s medical marijuana program to reflect changes in the law, and announced that July retail sales reached a new high at $2.9...
Aug 2 2016 // Judy Bjerke Severson wants to be normal — visit friends and family, go to the grocery store or even sleep in her own bed — but she says the crippling pain from fibromyalgia and back surgery complications, as well as a...
Jul 11 2016 // Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a rental car. Or in most hotel rooms.The result is something marijuana advocates and opponents...
Jul 8 2016 // A few weeks ago, Derek Peterson got a letter from Mutual of Omaha, turning him down for life insurance.“Our decision was based on,” the letter said, then trailed off (Monty Python-style) and picked up in all...
Jun 23 2016 // Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a rental car. Or in most hotel rooms.The result is something marijuana advocates and opponents...
Jun 14 2016 // The medical marijuana industry is growing in New Mexico.Several licensed growers are expected to open new facilities as well as dispensaries in the coming months, which would mean a boost in jobs and the economy, the...
May 26 2016 // A proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has squeaked through a critical Senate panel over opposition of some Republicans and Democrats. The Senate Government Oversight & Reform Committee’s 7-to-5 vote...
May 18 2016 // An effort to speed up and expand the dispensing of medical marijuana in Louisiana has won final legislative passage, spurred by personal stories of people with seizures and severe pain that bill advocates say would be...
May 18 2016 // Almost half of weed-smoking Canadian drivers say that they can safely operate a vehicle while stoned.Among Canadians who have driven under the influence of marijuana, 44 percent don’t think it impacts their ability...
May 17 2016 // Utah officials say the number of fatal car wrecks in Utah in which drivers tested positive for marijuana has more than doubled in the last three years, according to annual report from the state’s Department of Public...
May 13 2016 // Medical marijuana advocates have won a significant victory in their efforts to jumpstart Louisiana’s medical marijuana program.The House voted 62-31 to expand the program to cover more diseases and to make regulatory...
May 12 2016 // The family of three boys filed a lawsuit against two recreational marijuana businesses after a shooting that left their mother dead and their father charged with murder.The lawsuit claims companies that made a type of...
May 6 2016 // Minnesota is expected to have eight medical marijuana clinics open this summer, but some observers are wondering whether there’s enough patient demand.Minnesota Public Radio News reported that the state had predicted...
Apr 29 2016 // The Alabama legislature on Wednesday voted to decriminalize medicinal marijuana oil possession.In a 95-4 vote in the House of Representatives and a 29-3 vote in the Senate, legislators supported a bill supporters say is a...
Apr 27 2016 // Marijuana regulators in Alaska plan to consider rules this week for consuming marijuana products at authorized retail pot stores, a first among states that have legalized the recreational use of pot.Late last year, the...
Apr 22 2016 // A day after falling one vote short, backers of a proposal to expand Louisiana’s medical marijuana law to cover more diseases found success in the state Senate.Senators voted 21-16 for the proposal from Sen. Fred...
Apr 21 2016 // Advocates for medical marijuana in Montana have begun gathering signatures for an initiative that would ask voters to undo legislation limiting the use of the substance.But backers of I-182 have just nine weeks to collect...
Apr 19 2016 // Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program.Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill into law Sunday afternoon surrounded by a jubilant crowd of supporters at the Capitol...