Articles tagged with "legislation"

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper told reporters recently that he opposes the cannabis club bill if it allows indoor smoking.

Backers of legal cannabis urged Massachusetts legislators to hold off, at least for now, on making any changes to a law voters approved in November.

Opponents urged lawmakers to reject the proposed tax, saying it would be a hardship on many of the the state’s 12,000 registered medical cannabis users.

The group behind a ballot initiative that legalized recreational cannabis in Massachusetts is now urging state legislators to keep the new law intact.

The nation’s most generous grow-your-own laws are closer to being curbed in Colorado.

Despite growing enthusiasm, it’s questionable whether any of the state’s adult-use bills will ultimately survive this session.

With broad bipartisan support, the state Assembly passed two bills Tuesday designed to give medical patients more treatment options.

Medical marijuana advocates are urging Nebraska senators not to confirm a chief medical officer who opposes the use of marijuana or any of its byproducts.

Republican Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson argued against the bill, saying it would go against the will of the people, who approved the state’s medical marijuana law in November.

Colorado is working to ban collective marijuana growing under a bill that calls some patient-owned cannabis grows a “public nuisance.”