All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2015 // An insurance company that didn’t know about a medical marijuana nursery in a Bay City, Mich., basement can recover more than $130,000 paid after the house was destroyed by fire. A federal appeals court upheld a...
Feb 25 2015 // A bill to legalize cannabis oil to treat seizure disorders and seven other debilitating health problems passed a key committee in the Georgia House on Monday but faces an uphill battle in the state Senate, even in its...
Feb 9 2015 // The nation’s decades-long campaign to combat drunk driving continues to make our roads safer, but use of marijuana and prescription drugs is increasingly prominent on the highways, creating new safety questions,...
Feb 5 2015 // Debate has opened on a bill that would legalize the use of cannabis oil for cancer, seizure disorders and other chronic illnesses in Georgia.A House committee discussed the bill on Tuesday. Sponsoring Rep. Allen Peake of...
Feb 2 2015 // Republican legislators in conservative South Carolina expect to introduce bills next month allowing marijuana to be grown and prescribed for certain illnesses.State Sen. Tom Davis and Rep. Jenny Horne said last Thursday...
Jan 22 2015 // A can of worms has been opened, the horse is out of the barn and the industry is gazing into Pandora’s Box.There is no shortage of idioms for workers’ compensation experts who are concerned over a decision last...
Jan 13 2015 // Proponents of medical marijuana have begun an encore campaign for legalization in the state of Florida, filing a rewritten ballot measure just two months after one narrowly failed to pass. Backers of the constitutional...
Jan 12 2015 // A clear majority of Georgia voters support legalizing medical marijuana, but they appear more closely split on whether to permit its recreational use, according to a poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.The poll showed...
Jan 8 2015 // Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah has no plans to join two other states in suing Colorado over that state’s legalization of marijuana.The Deseret News reported Herbert said that despite no current plans to sue, Utah is...
Dec 23 2014 // A superior court judge on Monday agreed with an opinion issued by the Washington Attorney General’s Office earlier this year, concluding that nothing in a pot legalization initiative overrides local...
Nov 18 2014 // A top state lawmaker has filed an early bill that would allow for the limited use of medical cannabis in Georgia.Republican Rep. Allen Peake, who serves as part of the House leadership team, filed the legislation known as...
Nov 14 2014 // A legislative panel looking at the use of medical marijuana in South Carolina is holding hearings.The committee met in Greenville on Thursday with another session set for Florence next month. The panel established earlier...
Oct 23 2014 // Florida Governor Rick Scott is urging insurance agents to do their part to get out the vote as the state’s gubernatorial campaign enters its final weeks.Former Republican Governor Charlie Crist is running as a...
Oct 14 2014 // Nicole Steinhilber recently graduated from the University of Hartford in Connecticut with a degree in chemistry and didn’t have to look far to find a job.Steinhilber is working as a lab technician in a converted...
Oct 6 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry to appear on InsuranceJournal.com. Upcoming stories will include regional reports on how medical marijuana is...
Oct 3 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry. Upcoming stories will include reports on potential changes to federal laws, and regional reports on how medical...
Oct 2 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry to appear on InsuranceJournal.com. Upcoming stories will include reports on how medical marijuana could affect the...
Oct 1 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry to appear on InsuranceJournal.com. Upcoming stories will include reports on how medical marijuana could affect the...
Sep 30 2014 // The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments over whether employees can be fired for using medical marijuana, which is legal in the state but illegal under federal law.The case was brought by Brandon Coats, a...
Sep 10 2014 // Four times as many pilots killed in airplane crashes tested positive for drugs over the past two decades, tracking a broader societal trend in the use of antihistamines, painkillers and marijuana.While most of the...