Mexico’s lower house passes bill approving cannabis for medicinal use
May 7, 2017
Mexico's lowest house passed a bill Friday approving cannabis use for medicinal purposes. The bill does not legalize smoking in public, but it does direct the Health Department to "design public policies to regulate the medicinal use of [cannabis] and its derivatives." The bill passed by a 374-7 vo...
New Mexico’s medical cannabis program is booming – sales soar 86 percent
May 5, 2017
New Mexico's Medical Cannabis Program saw an 86 percent increase comparing the first three months of 2016 to the first three months of 2017, according to a press release from one of the state's medical cannabis providers, Ultra Health. The state's program saw revenues reach $19 million, despite New Mexico having the country's most restrictive plant count, a maximum of 450 plants per producer. ...
Congress’ new budget will allow medical cannabis states to proceed without fear of federal intervention
May 1, 2017
Congress included a provision in its newly unveiled budget that will block the Justice Department, including U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, from spending federal dollars on interfering with states' medical cannabis laws. The provision, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, states "None of th...
West Virginia becomes 29th state to introduce medical cannabis legislation
April 27, 2017
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice recently signed the West Virginia Cannabis Act into law, marking the 29th state to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes. Citizens of The Mountain State won't have access to medical cannabis until July 1, 2019, with the exception of terminally ill cancer patients....
New study links medical cannabis laws with a decline in Medicaid prescriptions
April 19, 2017
According to a new study by Health Affairs, significant evidence shows negative association between medical cannabis laws and prescriptions filled for each category of Medicaid beneficiaries. The authors of the study have estimated that if the entire United States had enacted medical cannabis laws back in 2014, there would be a total of $1.01 billion in total savings for fee-for-service Medicaid. "Ou...
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Wednesday, May 20 was an important and truly historical date in tribal territory history for the Ojibwe tribe in Minnesota. It was on this day that the first ever tribal nation...
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