Articles tagged with "legislation"

With less than a week before Hawaii is scheduled to announce the names of the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary owners, lawmakers are considering a bill to clarify gaps in last year’s dispensary law.

Infused lemon drops and other edibles that resemble fruits could be coming off Colorado shelves, the latest in a battle by lawmakers to eradicate cannabis products that could appeal to kids.

The Alaska Legislature passed a bill Friday allowing national criminal history checks on people applying for licenses to open legal marijuana businesses.

The recent death of a man behind bars on a cannabis possession charge has put a face on the debate over decriminalizing marijuana in New Hampshire, the only New England state without some form of marijuana decriminalization law.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to introduce legalization legislation in the spring of 2017, the country’s health minister announced on Wednesday.

What will — and won’t — be allowed in Pennsylvania, the nation’s newest medical marijuana state.

Nevada and Rhode Island are making progress, but Vermont’s efforts to legalize have stalled. Ohio legislators made a bold new medical proposal, and Pennsylvania is so close they can almost smell it.

Pennsylvania is set to become the latest state to legalize as the Legislature sent a bill to the governor on Wednesday, after hearing from parents of children suffering from debilitating seizures.

Costa Rica gets closer to legalizing medical marijuana, Alaska’s retail program hits a snag, New Hampshire tries once again to decriminalize, and more in the State of the Leaf.

Once considered the nation’s most important and comprehensive piece of legislation on medical cannabis, the CARERS Act was written off late last year. Now it might be back.