Legal Related Three New Bills in Virginia to Expand Medical Marijuana Access for Patients by Sophia Vida July 02, 2019 There are three new laws in Virginia that are intended to expand access to patients in the state's medical marijuana program. The bills, SB1557, SB1719, and companion bills HB1720 and SB1632, took effect on July 1st. Senator Du...
Legal Related Tennessee Bill is Protecting Valid Medical Marijuana Cardholders by Sophia Vida March 28, 2019 Tennessee went before the Criminal Justice Subcommittee recently with a bill that would protect valid medical marijuana cardholders from other states. The bills, called SB260/HB234, would insure medical marijuana patients who a...
Legal Related South Carolina Senate Subcommittee Votes to Advance Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida March 22, 2019 It was on Wednesday that a South Carolina Senate subcommittee voted to advance a bill called the Compassionate Care Act, that would legalize access to medical marijuana. The subcomittee voted 5 to 1 on the bill which now moves ...
Trends & Articles Pennsylvania Saw This Much Money in Medical Marijuana Sales in First Year by Sophia Vida February 16, 2019 In Pennsylvania's first year of selling medical marijuana to patients, the state saw sales total over $130 million. This total has surpassed the sales total of several neighbor states. In comparison, Maryland reported sales of ...
Uncategorized Fresno City Approves Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida December 14, 2018 Fresno City Council members took a big leap this week, approving medical marijuana. The approved measure will allow growing, processing, distributing and selling of medical marijuana and passed on an overwhelming vote of 5 ...
Trends & Articles 80-year Old Grandma Arrested for Using Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 07, 2018 An 80-year old woman in Clare County, Michigan was arrested for the first time in her life for using a small amount of cannabis at her home. According to Fox 17 in West Michigan, Delores Saltzman's medical marijuana card with t...
Legal Related New Bill Introduced in New Jersey to Increase Access to Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 16, 2018 A bill was introduced this Tuesday by Senators Jospeh Vitale, D-Middlesex, Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, and Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth in the state of New Jersey. According to NJ Advance Media, the new bill is designed to "sign...
Science related (Medical) Almost Half of U.S. Cancer Doctors in Survey Feel Unprepared to Recommend Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 11, 2018 According to a survey published Thursday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, nearly half of the cancer doctors in the United States who responded to a survey do not feel prepared when it comes to medicinal marijuana use but are r...
Legal Related New Jersey Gets Overwhelming Number of New Medical Marijuana Patients by Sophia Vida May 08, 2018 Many new patients are enrolling into New Jersey's medical marijuana program under newly approved conditions. Officials from the state's Department of Health have announced that 1,000 people statewide have enrolled in the progra...
Science related (Medical) Dr. Sanjay Gupta Has a Message for Jeff Sessions about Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 24, 2018 Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta had quite a lot to say to Jeff Sessions, the current Attorney General of the United States. According to Gupta, medical marijuana could save thousands of lives each year. As part of ...