Medical Marijuana News

The medical cannabis patient claims the employer was in violation of workplace discrimination laws by not attempting to find reasonable accommodation for his disability and prescribed medical cannabis use.

South Dakota officials are working to avoid delaying the state’s medical cannabis program, which was approved by voters last year but is opposed by some state leaders.

Louisiana lawmakers have approved a bill to allow for smokable medical cannabis products. The current rules only allow for infused liquids, topicals, inhalers, and edible gummies.

Cannabis entrepreneur and former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson recently said that psilocybin helped him through depression and thoughts of suicide. He is an early investor in Wesana, a Canadian psychedelics-focused wellness company.

Rhode Island regulators are seeking to revoke the license of medical cannabis operator Colorado Ave LLC after its owner paid a bribe to Jasiel Correia, the disgraced former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.

For D.C.’s fledgling medical cannabis industry, the pandemic brought significant challenges as businesses looked for ways to accommodate patients without putting them at risk of contracting a potentially deadly disease.

The licensing of new Rhode Island medical cannabis operators has been delayed until at least August after an applicant appealed their exclusion from the licensing lottery.

Delaware is set to double its number of licensed medical cannabis operators ahead of likely adult-use cannabis reforms.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has pardoned Dr. Paul Ezell, an ophthalmologist who in 2014 lost his career and was jailed for six months for growing cannabis as medicine for his sick wife.

The Texas Senate yesterday advanced House-approved medical cannabis expansions but lawmakers lowered the bill’s proposed THC limits from 5% to just 1%.

Texas lawmakers approved legislation over the weekend to study the effectiveness of psychedelics in treating PTSD among veterans and to reduce possession penalties for cannabis concentrates.

Researchers at UC San Diego have launched a first-of-its-kind study into the effectiveness of cannabis as a treatment for acute migraines.

Greek lawmakers approved a measure last week to legalize the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis products.

Following the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the state’s successful medical cannabis legalization initiative, millions of investment dollars into the state’s economy have been effectively stalled.

A Missouri appeals court ruled that medical cannabis regulators in the state cannot keep secret the industry’s business license applications.

A Colorado bill is seeking to reduce the amount of concentrates that medical cannabis patients ages 18-20 can purchase in an effort to prevent the diversion of such products to Colorado’s youth.

Minnesota’s legislature approved a bill to allow smokable cannabis products in the state’s medical cannabis program.

Alabama’s medical cannabis legalization bill was signed into law on Monday, making Alabama the 37th state to legalize cannabis access for qualified patients.

The State Medical Board of Ohio approved three new conditions for the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list: arthritis, chronic migraines, and complex regional pain syndrome.

Mississippi’s Supreme Court threw out the state’s medical cannabis initiative that was approved by 71% of voters last year due to the state’s outdated ballot initiative process.

A Buffalo, New York firefighter who was fired after failing a drug test due to his prescribed medical cannabis use has filed suit against the city and his former department.

Arkansas medical cannabis sales have exceeded $300 million in the two years since the program’s launch.

Two medical cannabis companies are suing Miami, Florida for the city’s refusal to allow dispensaries.

Medical cannabis proponents in Georgia are awaiting the governor’s signature on a recent bill to license new medical cannabis manufacturers and allow dispensaries to sell low-THC oils in the state.