New Jersey’s Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee both approved bills on Monday to legalize marijuana for everyone 21 and older. A proposal to legalize and regulate marijuana for adults 21 and older advanced in the New Jersey Legislature Monday. The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee[…]
One of the United States Senate’s leading marijuana prohibitionists, Iowa Republican Charles Grassley, will no longer serve as chair of the Judiciary Committee come January. Representative Grassley announced recently that he is stepping down as leader of the Committee. As Chair, Grassley refused to hold any hearings or votes on[…]
As of today, November 20th, adults over the age of 21 are able to legally purchase marijuana in the state of Massachusetts for the first time in over a century. As noted by NORML, Massachusetts was the first state to enact marijuana prohibition — doing so on April 29th, 1911. Voters decided in[…]
The enactment of laws legalizing marijuana on the state level is associated with a reduction in the use of schedule III opioid drugs among Medicaid enrollees, according to a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators with the University of California, San Diego assessed the relationship between recreational marijuana[…]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he guarantees that the legalization of hemp will be included in the final version of an upcoming farm bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that completing work on a new farm bill looms as one of his top priorities when Congress reconvenes[…]
Patients suffering from Tourette syndrome (TS) report symptomatic benefits following the use of medical cannabis, states new research. The research was published by the journal Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. During the study researchers surveyed 42 patients with TS who had approval from the Health Ministry to use medical marijuana in Israel.[…]
Michigan voters have passed an initiative to legalize marijuana. Voters this evening passed Proposal 18-1 into law, making Michigan the 10th state to legalize marijuana. The initiative allows for the possession of up to 2.5 ounces, or up to 10 ounces at a private residence, for those 21 and older.[…]
Beginning yesterday, November 1, doctors in Britain are allowed to legally prescribe medical cannabis, reports The New York Times. The change was announced on Thursday by Home Secretary Sajid Javid, and comes after he called for an urgent review of cannabis-based medicinal products over the summer. Javid’s office said in July[…]
In a double whammy the Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R) says he supports the medical use of CBD oil, which he says is “proven to work”, and also says he’s in favor of industrial hemp. Ryan made the comments on Tuesday, stating that CBD “has proven[…]
The total number of peer-reviewed scientific papers dedicated to cannabis, and the therapeutic use of cannabis in particular, has increased exponentially in recent years, according to data published the journal Population Health Management. Israeli researchers assessed trends in the number of scientific publications specific to cannabis as compared to all scientific publications during the years[…]