Battle Over Georgia’s ‘No-Buzz’ Medical Marijuana Law Gets Personal
A Georgia mom is helping to lead the charge to expand the state’s limited medical marijuana law, which she says unfairly excludes many patients with severe medical conditions — including her 5-year-old autistic daughter — who could benefit from the plant’s medicinal properties. Read more »
Mexico’s president proposes legalizing medical marijuana
Mexico’s president Enrique Peña Nieto has announced plans to introduced laws to legalize medical marijuana and increase the quantity anyone can carry and consume for recreational purposes from five grams to 28 grams. His plan would also free some prisoners convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana. Read more »
Top Rabbi Rules (Medical) Marijuana Kosher For Passover
Some Passover seders are about to get a little more … uplifting. A leading ultra-orthodox rabbi in Israel ruled that medical marijuana is kosher for Passover, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. Read more »
House overwhelming approves medical marijuana for children
HARTFORD — After a two-hour debate in which an amendment to fully legalize the retail sales of marijuana was proposed then withdrawn, theHouse of Representatives voted overwhelmingly late Wednesday to expand the state’s four-year-old medical-cannabis program to include children. Read more »