Among the changes are approval for curbside pick-up of marijuana prescriptions, increasing the maximum supply one can collect from 30 to 90 days, and expanding who can fill orders for a patient.
Keep Reading Bill cleaning up Pa.’s medical marijuana law, without home growing provision, heads to Wolf
Though Brown has said he will get to the SAFE Banking Act “eventually,” he refuses to address it publicly. An email about this story, and the letter, received a frank, “We have no comment,” from the Brown’s D.C. staff.
Keep Reading SAFE Banking Act: Is Sherrod Brown blocking action?
With the implementation of Senate Bill 1201, residents under 18 will no longer face arrest for possession of small amounts of cannabis.
Keep Reading Connecticut’s Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Protects Youth, Students
California’s legislature recently approved a $100-million plan to boost the Golden State’s struggling legal marijuana industry, which is floundering under an oppressive tax and regulatory climate.
Keep Reading California’s $100 Million Cannabis Bailout Tells You All You Need to Know about Its Government
Anyone who is released from incarceration must also have their criminal record expunged of all marijuana-related offenses, and it must be done automatically.
Keep Reading Missouri: Don’t vote to legalize marijuana without including automatic expungement
A citizen’s initiative to allow home cultivation of pot is ineligible to appear on the 2022 ballot, the court said, because the ballot summary of its terms — that is, the language voters would see on election day — is “affirmatively misleading” about how far the text of the proposed constitutional amendment would go.
Keep Reading FL Supreme Court blocks a second pro-pot citizens initiative from the 2022 ballot
The Louisiana Legislature approved the decriminalization law with bipartisan support, representing a sea change in lawmakers’ approach to marijuana issues. Law enforcement groups — including the Louisiana Sheriffs Association and Louisiana District Attorneys Association — didn’t oppose the proposal publicly.
Keep Reading Louisiana Governor signs bill to eliminate jail, prison time for modest marijuana possession
Angie Calhoun of Puckett became an advocate for medical marijuana after her teenage son suffered a debilitating illness and standard pharmaceutical treatments didn’t work — and brought horrible side effects. Calhoun is now chairwoman of the Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association.
Keep Reading Podcast: Mother of patient discusses what’s next for medical marijuana in Mississippi
I’ve revived the blog and its spirit for posts about current activism and related news. In addition to shorter stories and interviews with cannabis advocates, I’ll post a round-up of the cannabis policy news that I’ve been following, once a week.
Keep Reading The Cannabis Salvation Blog is Reborn!