Trends & Articles Utah Will Start Testing Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 Utah's Department of Agriculture will begin to start testing its medical marijuana crops soon. The department will be looking out for salmonella, E. coli, arsenic, mercury, and a host of other things. State law calls for priv...
Legal Related Utah is Abandoning State-run Medical Marijuana Dispensaries by Sophia Vida August 23, 2019 Utah's lawmakers are abandoning plans for a state-run medical cannabis dispensary network according to Fox 13. A bill is set to be introduced for a special session in the state's Legislature that says the state will no longer c...
Legal Related Utah Changed its Proposed Medical Marijuana Rules to Allow This to Happen by Sophia Vida July 17, 2019 The state of Utah has eliminated a proposed residency requirement for Utah cannabis cultivation. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, which is responsible for establishing rules for the state’s emerging medical mariju...
Legal Related Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Step Away From Legislation Fights Over Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 25, 2019 Marty Stephens, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' government and community relations director, indicated in an interview with Fox 13, that the church would not be weighing in on every cannabis bill that came through...
Legal Related Utah Medical Marijuana Opponents Abandon Their Lawsuit by Sophia Vida July 04, 2018 Utah is inching closer to potentially legalizing medical marijuana in the state. Opponents who had a lawsuit against the state's medical marijuana ballot initiative this November have dropped their lawsuit. The lawsuit was a...
Trends & Articles The Mormon Church Has a List of Why It Opposes Medical Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida May 11, 2018 It was on Friday that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a memo that has a list of legal issues with Utah's medical marijuana initiative. The list was compiled by the Salt Lake City law firm Kirton McConki...
Legal Related Utah Governor Opposes Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative by Sophia Vida March 30, 2018 Governor Gary Herbert of Utah is being very vocal about how against medical marijuana he is. The governor has announced that he will actively oppose the medical marijuana ballot initiative that the state is expected to give Uta...
Legal Related Utah Will Have Medical Marijuana on its Ballot This November by Sophia Vida March 27, 2018 Medical Marijuana will be on the ballot this November when Utah residents go to the polls to vote. Almost 160,000 signatures were collected across the state to make it happen. The Utah Patients Coalition said to FOX 13 on Monda...
Trends & Articles Utah Governor Signs Bill to Allow Marijuana for Terminally Ill by Sophia Vida March 21, 2018 Utah's Governor Gary Herbert just signed a bill that will allow terminally ill people to use certain forms of the drug marijuana. The Governor's office announced on Wednesday that Herbert signed the measure which allows people ...
Legal Related Utah Passes Bill Allowing Terminally Ill Patients Right to Try Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida February 10, 2018 The Utah House of Representatives has passed a bill this week that allows terminally ill patients the ability to try medical marijuana. The bill, called House Bill 195, passed on a 40-26 vote and was sponsored by Rep. Brad Daw,...