Hawaii Senate Passes Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use By Seriously Ill Patients In Health Facilities
The Hawaii Senate has passed a bill to allow qualifying patients to access medical marijuana at health facilities. After receiving a favorable report in committee last week, the legislation from Sen. Joy San Buenaventura (D) advanced through the full chamber in a unanimous 25-0 vote on Tuesday as part of the consent calendar. A House […]
Maryland Senate Unanimously Passes Bill To Extend Psychedelics Task Force Through 2027
The Maryland Senate has unanimously approved a bill to extend a psychedelics task force through the end of 2027 to develop updated recommendations on expanding therapeutic access to the novel drugs and potentially creating a regulatory framework for broader legalization. Just days after moving through committee—which came on the same day that the House of […]
Virginia House Passes Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals
The Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill to allow patients to use medical marijuana in hospitals. While both the House and Senate earlier this month approved differing versions of the cannabis legislation, the sponsors of those bills have agreed on a compromise approach which cleared the House in a 97-1 vote on Tuesday. […]
Indiana Bill To Ben Hemp THC Products Dies As Key Deadline Passes
“Another example of why we should be a unicameral Legislature.” By Leslie Bonilla Muniz and Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle A ban on intoxicating and synthetic hemp-derived products died Monday after Indiana House lawmakers failed to call it down ahead of a second reading deadline. Senate Bill 250 would have mirrored a recent federal law that […]
Missouri House Passes Bill To Ban Hemp THC Drinks, Gummies And Other Products
“We’re not pioneering anything new here. What Missouri is doing…is simply aligning our state statutes with the federal action.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent The Missouri House approved a bill Thursday that would ban all intoxicating hemp products—things like THC seltzers or hemp-derived THC edibles currently sold at gas stations and smoke shops—beginning in November. The […]
Washington House Passes Bill To Let Terminally Ill Patients Use Medical Cannabis In Hospitals
A bill to allow terminally ill patients in Washington State to use medical cannabis in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes and hospices was approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Kloba (D), cleared the chamber in a vote of 89-6 and now heads to the Senate […]