Author Archives: Molly Hennessy

Maryland Lawmakers  Decriminalize Paraphernalia while Applicant’s await news on awards for business licenses. 

Medical Marijuana Establishment licenses are currently being reviewed by the Maryland Medical Marijuana Commission. The Commission anticipates medical cannabis could become available to patients in Maryland in the second half of 2016. Awardees will have 1 year to complete all license requirements including a request for final inspection by the commission. Meanwhile this week, Md. Lawmakers Override Veto […]

19 tons of medical marijuana consumed in Arizona in 2015

Arizona’s nearly 88,000 medical marijuana patients smoke, ate or otherwise consumed more than 19 tons of the drug last year. An estimated $184 million was spent on the drug legally. This is just the beginning of the medical marijuana consumed in Arizona. The disclosures come as the Marijuana Policy Project, which successfully got voters to […]

Big Changes Come To Oregon’s Marijuana Industry In 2016 . News | OPB

By the end of the year, Oregon’s cannabis industry will look a lot different from what we currently have. Although the state is accepting business license applications, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission — which will oversee the state’s recreational marijuana business solely starting in January 2017 — doesn’t plan to approve any of the retail store […]

‘Whole plant’ medical marijuana bill unveiled in the Utah State Legislature | fox13now.com

Limiting legalization, even for medicinal use, to cannabidiol (CBD) only is extremely limiting to patients who benefit from the multiple medical effects of TCH and other cannabinoids. Senate Bill 73, from Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, directs the Utah Dept. of Agriculture to license and regulate cannabis cultivation and processing facilities. It would also direct the […]

LA addressing medical marijuana mixed message on tax collection

Some medical pot shops in the city are still allowed to operate due to exceptions in Proposition D, but finance officials said they are unequipped to determine whether a medical marijuana dispensary is in compliance and must leave the potentially complex legal question to be sorted out by city attorneys. City leaders said collecting taxes […]

Chicago Medical marijuana advocates ask Gov. Rauner to expand the program

“Under the state’s medical marijuana law, patients with one of about 40 specified medical conditions may get a doctor’s recommendation to buy marijuana from state-approved dispensaries. Approved conditions include cancer, AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis and complex regional pain syndrome. In September, the Illinois Department of Public Health rejected without explanation 11 new medical conditions recommended by […]

3 additional medical marijuana dispensaries approved in Connecticut | FOX 61

On Friday, the state approved three more medical marijuana dispensary facilities, which are in addition to the six current ones in Hartford, Bristol, South Windsor, Bethel, Uncasville and Branford. The new ones are expected to be open for business by early summer. The new dispensaries are: Arrow Alternative Care #2, Inc., which is located at 255 […]

Medical marijuana closer to reality in New Hampshire 

The availability of medical marijuana in New Hampshire is a big step closer to reality after the state gave approval to the first of three locations to cultivate the drug. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Friday that it has started mailing out identification cards to 176 Granite Staters who qualified to purchase […]