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Medical marijuana bill approved by New Hampshire House
New Hampshire is one step closer to becoming the 19th state to legalize medical marijuana. On Wednesday, the state House voted 286-64 to approve legislation that would allow patients with chronic or terminal diseases to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommended it. The bill allows for state-licensed marijuana dispensaries…
Harborside Heath Center general manager: Medical marijuana advocates are like rebels in ‘Star Wars’
Medical marijuana activists gathered at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to talk about resistance to federal law. It’s clear that these activists view themselves as performing civil disobedience, risking jail time, legal fees and stigma. One activist and medical marijuana dispensary worker even compared the movement to…
Nevada state senator to push dispensary bill amid confusing medical marijuana law
A Nevada state senator announced that he would push legislation to create a system to regulate for-profit medical marijuana dispensaries, reported the Las Vegas Sun. His announcement came after a hearing on medical marijuana during which legislators from both parties agreed that changes to the law needed to be made,…
Arizona may let police destroy wrongfully seized medical marijuana
Medical marijuana worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that was wrongfully seized from licensed patients and dispensaries may be on the burn pile in Arizona soon, if a state lawmaker has her way. Senate Bill 1441, which would authorize police to destroy any marijuana that comes into their possession, cleared…
New Jersey bill looks to give organ transplants to medical marijuana patients
A bill introduced to the New Jersey legislature this week seeks to enshrine medical marijuana on a list of drugs authorized for use in soon-to-be transplant patients, resolving a legal roadblock that’s cropped up more and more often as states reform their drug policies. The bill, A765, was put forward…
Michigan’s medical marijuana tax revenues exceed $10 million
The state of Michigan pulled in more than $10 million in tax revenues from medical marijuana dispensaries in 2012, a new audit (PDF) finds. Voters approved legalizing medical marijuana in 2008 thinking it would help ease the pain of sick and dying patients. Since implementation in 2009, 344,313 original applications…
Maine lawmaker: Marijuana legalization bill modeled after existing medical law
The Maine lawmaker behind a new bill this session that would legalize marijuana and regulate it similarly to alcohol told Raw Story on Monday that her proposal is modeled so closely after the state’s existing medical marijuana statue that the only thing which would truly change if it passes is…
Medical marijuana legalization likely headed to Supreme Court
An appeals court refused on Tuesday to even consider reviewing evidence to reclassify marijuana due to its medical usefulness, leaving the nation’s largest medical marijuana advocacy group vowing to ask the Supreme Court for a review. In their ruling (PDF), three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington,…
Kansas senator files bill to legalize medical marijuana
Kansas could be among the next crop of states to go green, if state Sen. David Haley (D) has anything to say about it. Haley plans to introduce a bill that will legalize medical marijuana, according to KCTV 5 News in Kansas City. “It’s just going to be a matter…
New San Diego mayor stops medical marijuana crackdown
Less than two months into his first term, the new Democratic mayor of San Diego is coming out big for medical marijuana. In a series of announcements last week, Mayor Bob Filner sent memos to the city’s zoning and code compliance officers calling for an end to all code enforcement…
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