An amendment to a 2016 spending bill that would have allowed doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs to discuss medical marijuana with veterans has been defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Tennessee MMJ Bill Dies in Legislature
The time has run out for HB 1284/SB 1248, a bill that would have legalized medical marijuana in the state of Tennessee.
Alaska’s Legislature Considers Amended Cannabis Bill
It may be easy to devise a broad-based ruling, but when you get down into the nitty gritty details it is a completely different story. In Alaska, state lawmakers are learning that firsthand.
New MMJ Amendment Filed in Florida
Florida’s failure to pass medical marijuana was the biggest bummer of the 2014 midterm elections. Undeterred by the setback John Morgan, the more or less spokesperson/mascot for Amendment 2, promised to try again in 2016.
MMJ Patients Await Decision in Coats
The Colorado Supreme Court’s upcoming decision in Coats v. Dish Network will be important for Colorado medical marijuana patients who risk losing their livelihoods when they fail employer drug tests.
Infighting Threatens Ohio’s Legalization
While most marijuana battles will be happening in state legislatures, Ohio has the privilege of being one of the few states that will actually vote on marijuana legalization.
Maine Making Moves on Marijuana
It is not even 2015, and already the prevailing narrative is about state legislatures deciding whether or not to act on cannabis reform ahead of planned citizen-led ballot initiatives.
Initiative 71 May Be Safe Despite Cromnibus
Many Americans have actually experienced a government shutdown so the term has a less apocalyptic connotation in 2014. Fortunately, Congress was able to avert a shutdown this year at the 11th hour by signing a massive spending bill that funds the federal government.
Georgia State Senator Aims for Legalization
There is nothing sweeter than a Georgia peach; and if state Sen. Curt Thompson gets his way, that peach may start to taste a whole lot sweeter.
Amendment 2 Falls Short in Florida
It is a sad day for Florida voters and patients alike as the bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state has gone down in defeat.
Florida For Care Proposes MMJ Rules
Should Amendment 2 pass in Florida, medical marijuana will become the law of the land. Once the law is passed, the Florida Department of Health will have six months to decide how to regulate and implement medical marijuana.
D.C.’s Dispensaries Poised to Prosper
Medical marijuana has been legal in the District of Columbia since 2010, but dispensaries did not begin opening until the spring of 2013. They have had a pretty rugged year, operating within the confines of a highly restrictive law. That may be about to change, however, because the District’s Council has made moves.
Is Marijuana Becoming a Legitimate Business in the United States?
On July 18, the House of Representatives voted in favor of an amendment designed to make it easier for banks to do business with marijuana-related businesses.
House Passes Cannabis Banking Amendment
On July 16, 2014, Congress made a historic move to ease restrictions on banks and to allow them to conduct business with marijuana-related business. The measure was passed as an amendment to a Treasury Department appropriations bills, H.R. 5016 and it was sponsored by Reps. Denny Heck, D-WA, Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA, Ed Perlmutter, D-CO, and Barbara Lee, D-CA.
House of Representatives Votes to Open Banking for Cannabis Businesses
WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives cast two votes today in support of opening up banking services to state-legal marijuana businesses. By a vote of 231-192, the House passed an amendment to the Financial Services appropriations bill, forbidding the use of federal funds to penalize financial institutions that serve marijuana businesses operating legally under state law.
Medical Marijuana Amendment in Senate
On May 30, 2014, the United States House of Representatives took a stand for patient’s rights and, with overwhelming bipartisan support, passed a budget amendment designed to restrict the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute patients and caregivers in medical marijuana states.
Will Senate Defund DEA Raids?
In the wee hours of Friday, May 30, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to an appropriations bill that medical marijuana proponents hope will stop the Drug Enforcement Administration raids of businesses operating legally under state medical marijuana laws.
Anti-Pot Republicans Forsake Federalism In Medical Marijuana Vote
Early this morning, by a vote of 219 to 189, the House of Representatives approved an amendment aimed at stopping federal interference with state laws that “authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.”