Medical Cannabis News

Pennsylvania has expanded its medical cannabis laws to let patients obtain up to a three-month supply of cannabis at once.

A medical cannabis bill cleared a North Carolina committee in the first sign of progress after 12 years of attempting to pass the reforms.

A new study published last week in Gynecologic Oncology Reports found 71% of gynecologic cancer patients reported self-improvement while using medical cannabis.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is set to open the state’s first medical cannabis dispensary, named the Native Nations Cannabis Dispensary, on July 1.

A new study shows an increase in the number of U.S. military veterans using cannabis, although Veteran Affairs doctors still cannot recommend it to patients at agency-run hospitals.

If the bid is successful, Minnesota would be the first state with a medical cannabis program that would appeal directly to the federal government for gun rights on behalf of its enrollees.

The new website features news releases, FAQs, an event section, helpful terminology, and a link to the state’s new medical cannabis program.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state’s vertically integrated medical cannabis industry, finding that the industry regulations have not hindered product availability nor limited the number of licensed dispensaries.

In Maryland, all dispensary visitors are still required to wear a mask while inside any cannabis storefront across the state.

In its second condition expansion this year, the Ohio State Medical Board approved the addition of three more conditions to the state’s medical cannabis program.

Wyoming advocates are submitting signatures today on two cannabis reform initiatives for 2022 ballots, one to legalize medical cannabis and another to decriminalize possession.

The West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a proposal that would allow physicians to recommend medical cannabis to any patient they think could benefit from it.

The NFL and NFLPA will award $1M in up to five grants as the league seeks to know more about the efficacy of cannabis and CBD for pain management.

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.