Medical Cannabis News

The Nebraska Cannabis Association, launched last week, is the state’s first organization dedicated to lobbying for cannabis policy, advising on regulations, and supporting cannabis industry entrepreneurs.

Missouri officials transferred more than $6.8 million of the state’s $8.9 million in cannabis tax revenue to the Veterans Commission, as required under the state’s medical cannabis law.

South Dakota approved most of the Department of Health’s rules for the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis program but rejected some proposals including limiting patient possession of high-potency cannabis products.

Michigan introduced a group of bipartisan bills that would reduce the number of patients allowed per medical cannabis caregiver from five to just one and also limit the amount of plants caregivers could grow from 60 to 12.

Pennsylvania officials will disclose for the first time how many of the state’s medical cannabis patients are certified as a treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as each of the state’s other qualifying conditions.

Cannabis flower is now available to Virginia medical cannabis patients. Prior to the reforms, Virginia patients could only access products manufactured from the oils of the plant.

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is asking state lawmakers to revise the medical cannabis law passed earlier this year to let cultivators get licensed sooner with the goal of having products for patients by the fall of 2022.

From mid-July through August, Arkansans spent $33 million to purchase 5,038 pounds of medical cannabis at dispensaries in the state, an increase of $6.5 million in sales compared to earlier figures.

Missouri has opened 142 medical cannabis dispensaries since the state’s first retailers opened last October.

South Dakota lawmakers recommended changing the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis law to prohibit home cultivation and let local governments ban dispensaries.

The chairman of the dispensary subcommittee of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is suggesting for dispensaries to resemble pharmacies in the state.

Mississippi’s Agriculture Commissioner rejected the premise that his agency could facilitate the state’s medical cannabis program due to the plant’s federal Schedule 1 status.

A Massachusetts cannabis dispensary won the right to operate for-profit after the state Supreme Court ruled that the town of Mansfield’s bylaws were preempted by the state’s legalization law.

Panama lawmakers voted unanimously to legalize medical cannabis but home cultivation and cannabis advertising remain illegal.

Medical cannabis advocates with Kind Idaho are collecting signatures to put the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act on state ballots for the 2022 election.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. and partner Ethypharm have successfully delivered a shipment of dried cannabis flower for France’s two-year pilot program, which will serve 3,000 patients.

The North Carolina Senate Health Care Committee on Thursday advanced a medical cannabis bill moving it closer to a vote in the full chamber.

A New Mexico judge last week ordered regulators to stop enforcing the old medical cannabis purchase limits and begin operating under the rules included in the state’s adult-use law.

The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced a medical cannabis bill and added language outlining various requirements doctors will have to meet before recommending medical cannabis.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) appointed Adria Berry—a former staffer and lobbyist for the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma—to head the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. It’s the agency’s fourth such appointment in its three-year history.

Leafly has filed a legal challenge against restrictions imposed by Florida’s Department of Health which banned Florida dispensaries from utilizing the website’s online ordering tools.

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Advisory Board on Tuesday rejected petitions to allow medical cannabis to be used to treat five additional medical conditions on the grounds that the application was too broad.

Medical cannabis-derived tax revenues in Oklahoma increased 56% from 2019 to 2020 to more than $66 million.

A federal judge on Wednesday said Maine cannot prohibit out-of-state companies from operating medical cannabis dispensaries in the state.