Legal Related California May Get Temporary Lower Marijuana Tax Rates by Sophia Vida January 30, 2019 California may be getting a lower tax rate for marijuana sales, but only temporarily. The state legislature is considering passing a bill that would temporarily grant a tax break to legal marijuana retailers. The bill, called ...
Legal Related Minnesota Could See Legal Marijuana by 2022 by Sophia Vida January 29, 2019 A new measure out of Minnesota would legalize marijuana by the year 2022. Legislation was introduced at the Minnesota Capital this week, as supporters push to have the drug be allowed for sales and possession in the state by 20...
Legal Related President Trump’s Nominee for Next Attorney General Made this Pledge About Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 29, 2019 President Trump's nominee to serve as the nation's next attorney general, William Barr, has pledged that he would not go after marijuana companies that comply with state laws. Barr has now put that pledge in written form on pap...
Legal Related A Doctor’s License Is Gone After he Suggests a Child Eat Marijuana Cookies by Sophia Vida January 29, 2019 The California medical board has taken away a doctor's medical license after he suggested that a 4-year old boy eat marijuana cookies to control his temper tantrums. Dr. William Eidelman recommended marijuana as a treatment for...
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 Colorado Bill for Autism to be Added as Marijuana Qualifying Condition Advances by Sophia Vida January 24, 2019 A bill sponsored by Colorado state Representatives Edie Hooton (Boulder-D) and Kim Ransom, (Littleton-R) would allow autism spectrum disorder to be added to the list of conditions that qualify patients to receive medical marijuana...
Legal Related South Carolina Official Said This About Marijuana to Prevent Legislation by Sophia Vida January 24, 2019 An official in South Carolina is making it very clear how against marijuana legalization he is. They have called the drug "addictive" and "dangerous." The state has seen almost a dozen bills to legalize the drug be introduced t...
Legal Related Opioid Addiction Now Qualifies for Medical Marijuana in New Jersey by Sophia Vida January 24, 2019 It was last October that New Jersey's health department had announced that it was exploring adding opioid addiction to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana. Opioid addiction has now officially been added to t...
Legal Related Michigan Recalls More Marijuana Products by Sophia Vida January 22, 2019 Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has issued another recall of medical marijuana products that have failed to pass laboratory testing. This recall marks the fourth health and safety advisory that has bee...
Legal Related Attorney General Warns Nebraska about Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida January 22, 2019 Attorney General Doug Peterson does not support Nebraska's plans to legalize medical marijuana and he is being very vocal about it. According to Peterson, its the marijuana industry that is pushing to legalize medical marijuana...