All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 21 2015 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a constitutional measure legalizing marijuana for medical purposes can be placed on the ballot for next November’s general election.The seven justices ruled Dec. 17 that the...
Dec 21 2015 // Minnesota health officials say they will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August.Minnesota will be the 19th state where medical marijuana is legal to extend the drug to people with...
Dec 16 2015 // When Florida’s Office of Compassionate Care named five nurseries to grow and distribute medical marijuana in the state, many expected there would be a few challenges filed – but not the more than a dozen that had...
Dec 3 2015 // Minnesota health officials will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August, they announced on Dec. 2 in a long-awaited decision that could expand enrollment in the state’s...
Nov 25 2015 // The annual march of migrant marijuana workers throughout California’s pot-rich North Coast is in full swing but, like the pot industry itself, reaction to the workers’ presence is mixed.Some residents say the...
Nov 24 2015 // Gainesville, Fla., has moved a step closer to allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in the city.City commissioners on Nov. 5 voted to change the city’s land development code to allow dispensaries in...
Nov 18 2015 // New Jersey’s Democratic-controlled Legislature took a step toward a showdown with Gov. Chris Christie over legalized marijuana on Monday.A state Senate panel convened a hearing on legalizing the drug, and a leading...
Nov 16 2015 // The Florida Supreme Court has canceled a Dec. 8 hearing it had scheduled to consider a measure to legalize medical marijuana.The court announced the decision on Friday. The move comes a few days after Attorney General Pam...
Nov 16 2015 // Crop Insurance Cuts“We cannot undermine a program that brings needed support to jobs and families in rural America and which has already seen $12 billion in cuts since 2008.” —U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp,...
Nov 13 2015 // Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who loudly opposed a medical marijuana measure that appeared on the 2014 ballot, is staying on the sidelines this time around.Bondi said she is still opposes the effort to legalize...
Nov 4 2015 // Tucked away off a narrow country road in Clark County, Kentucky, in the middle of a farm, 27 acres of hemp grew all summer. Now, the plants will be harvested and processed.Kentucky, hailed as a leader by industrial hemp...
Oct 26 2015 // The Florida Supreme Court is going to hold a Dec. 8 hearing on a measure to legalize medical marijuana. The court on Wednesday ordered oral arguments on the proposed amendment. The high court must decide whether or not the...
Oct 21 2015 // It’s common knowledge that driving with blood alcohol content higher than .08 violates the law. But with marijuana, things are a lot more hazy.As Vermont and other states consider following the lead of Colorado and...
Oct 19 2015 // Two marijuana users in Colorado filed a lawsuit earlier this month against a pot business they said used an unhealthy pesticide to grow their weed — a case that lawyers say is the first product liability claim in the...
Oct 7 2015 // Two marijuana users in Colorado filed a lawsuit Monday against a pot business they said used an unhealthy pesticide to grow their weed – a case that lawyers say is the first product liability claim in the nation...
Oct 1 2015 // Medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern California are offering up to $200 in free cannabis per patient affected by a hugely destructive wildfire.The Los Angeles Times reported the two companies are offering free...
Sep 10 2015 // A Massachusetts woman who says she was fired from work for using marijuana legally obtained to treat Crohn’s Disease has sued her former employer.Cristina Barbuto said in court papers that she told the Irvine,...
Aug 19 2015 // Montana’s medical marijuana industry is growing despite an ongoing legal battle over a regulatory law.The Missoulian reported Senate Bill 432 was passed in 2011 in response to so-called cannabis caravans that...
Aug 18 2015 // Nearly a year after Connecticut’s six medical marijuana dispensaries opened, patients are changing their habits.For quick relief, they are smoking marijuana less and inhaling its vapors and therapeutic oils more,...
Jul 20 2015 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a patient in the state’s medical marijuana program who was injured on the job must be reimbursed by an employer for the expense of marijuana used for treatment.The...