Lawmakers in four states — Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Utah — are poised to enact legislation in the coming days/weeks aimed at providing patients, primarily children with forms of intractable epilepsy, with strains of cannabis and/or cannabis extracts high in the compound cannabidiol (CBD). But a closer look at the text of these proposed laws indicates that, in fact, they are largely unworkable and will most likely provide no tangible relief or protection for the patient community they are intended to serve.
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Many traditionally write off the Southern United States as an area dead to cannabis law…
The votes this past November in Colorado and Washington to regulate marijuana for adults have sparked a fire of change that seems to be spreading across the country. This month, both state and federal legislatures will return to work to kick off the 2013 legislative session and it is already shaping up to be one of the busiest in recent memory for marijuana reformers.
January 2012 marks the beginning of a new legislative session in all 50 states. Already,…
[Editor’s note: Kellen’s brief review of a new organization dedicated to bringing attention to the…
Lots to report on this week, so let’s get right to it. If you have…
As I wrote on NORML’s blog yesterday, let the White House laugh for now but…
Below is this week’s summary of pending state legislation and tips to help you become…
