Medical Marijuana News

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Missouri lawmakers have approved a measure giving medical cannabis regulators in the state the ability to access the FBI’s national fingerprint and background check database; the bill also aims to ban kid-friendly cannabis edibles shapes.

The Red Lake Nation tribe in Minnesota will vote on medical cannabis legalization this Wednesday; if approved, it would be the state’s only program that includes access to cannabis flower.

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama said that lawmakers there are prepared to federally legalize medical cannabis this session.

Lawmakers in Missouri’s House of Representatives have approved legislation to remove the state’s medical cannabis licensing cap; the proposal would allow any qualifying business owner to secure a license.

San Francisco health officials confirmed they are helping some people to access cannabis, alcohol, and methadone during voluntary hotel stays paid for by the city to help otherwise unhoused people self-quarantine.

A whistleblower complaint has sparked an investigation into the Missouri medical cannabis licensing process.

Arkansas has reported a huge uptick in medical cannabis sales — about one-third its total sales since May 2019 — since the state’s stay-at-home order went in place.

Oklahoma medical cannabis sales set a new record during April despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A Maryland medical cannabis dispensary owner has filed a lawsuit against the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission over the agency’s refusal to allow out-of-state residents to obtain a state medical cannabis ID.

Officials in Ware, Massachusetts have approved a bid by Curaleaf to host a medical cannabis dispensary inside of its store that has been licensed for adult-use sales.

Columbia Care, a multi-state cannabis operator, has announced a new platform to allow for online sales and virtual physician appointments.

Medical cannabis sales in Florida and Arizona have risen sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, even as sales in other states tapered off after an initial quarantine rush.

Florida senators are hoping a new state law — which calls on the state Supreme Court to determine whether a ballot initiative might violate the U.S. Constitution — will block a proposed initiative for the 2022 legalization of adult-use cannabis.

A Florida judge has ruled in favor of a doctor accused by state investigators of rubber-stamping cannabis patients and of having improper ties to a medical cannabis dispensary.

Less than a month after allowing cannabis caregivers to transfer their supply to the adult-use market, Michigan regulators have backtracked on that decision and say they will not authorize any additional transfers.

A former Amazon employee who was fired for using medical cannabis has won a federal court decision that will send the resulting lawsuit back to New Jersey’s Supreme Court, where he has a much stronger shot at winning the case.

The Maryland town of Hancock is being forced to pay back a $600,000 federal renovation loan after the town rented the rehabbed facility to a medical cannabis company.

High Times CEO Stormy Simon announced she is running for political office in her home state of Utah.

Australian researchers have uncovered evidence that a cannabis-based treatment could be effective against chronic insomnia.

After two of the state’s five dispensaries recently shuttered without warning, Iowa regulators now say it will take a year or more to license new businesses in their place.

Family members have announced the passing of Charlotte Figi, the young epilepsy patient who inspired the CBD-rich Charlotte’s Web cannabis strain and sparked an acceptance movement for medical cannabis.

The DEA has removed Epidiolex, the CBD-based epilepsy medication made by GW Pharmaceuticals, from the federal controlled substances list.

Delaware officials are working on emergency rules to allow delivery services from the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries.