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Friday, October 19, 2018
A special session is on the books so lawmakers can discuss a medical cannabis bill. That was announced amid the what is being called a compromise on Prop 2 between proponents and opponents. Negotiations between Utah legislators and Proposition 2 supporters (including the Utah Patients Coalition, Libertas Institute, Our Revolution, […]
ALBANY, New York — New York state is hosting three public listening sessions this week in New York City to gather input on proposals to legalize recreational cannabis. The meetings are scheduled for Monday in Queens, Tuesday in Brooklyn and Wednesday on Staten Island. Several listening sessions have already been […]
The Mormon church ramped up its opposition this week to Proposition 2, which would allow medical cannabis in Utah, even as faith leaders insisted they support patients using it under strict controls. The LDS Church’s opposition to Proposition 2 pits it against a tough foe: faithful members who already use […]
New York cannabis company, Acreage Holdings, is rolling in the green after their most recent funding round. The New York cannabis company, with dispensaries and greenhouses in 13 states, just closed a $119 million funding round. High-net-worth individuals and family offices were the biggest investors, chief executive Kevin Murphy told […]
John Boehner has a new take on legalization — and it’s way more chilled out than it used to be. The former House speaker — who for years huffed and puffed on Capitol Hill about the dangers of smoking weed — has joined the board of cannabis startup Acreage Holdings […]
Oklahoma Activist group Green The Vote said Sunday that it has received more than 104,000 signatures to get a constitutional question about recreational marijuana on Oklahoma’s November’s ballot, which means the group needs about 20,000 more. The number of signatures in support of State Question 797 rose by more than […]
Incumbent Governor Kate Brown is continuing post-primary fundraising that has pushed her far ahead of her chief opponent in the November general election, state Representative Knute Buehler (R-Bend). Recently, Governor Brown reported new contributions from California philanthropist Steve Silberstein ($50,000), David Cornfield, a retired early Microsoft employee who lives in […]
Last week, Senators Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill, called the STATES Act, that would protect states with legalized cannabis from federal government interference. And now the leaders of those states are calling on Congress to pass it. 12 governors signed a letter written to leaders of Congress […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the 25th of June 2018 approved Epidiolex oral solution that is essentially cannabidiol or the active component of marijuana or cannabis. As of now the drug is approved for use in two rare forms of epilepsy – Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. […]
Oklahoma voters on Tuesday backed the medicinal use of cannabis, overcoming a late opposition campaign from law enforcement and business, faith and political leaders. State Question 788 , the result of an activist-led signature drive launched more than two years ago, makes it legal to grow, sell and use cannabis […]
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