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The Florida Legislature opened its 2017 session Tuesday, and before they wrap up this year, lawmakers must cement the will of 71 percent of the voters who last November wanted medical marijuana written into the state Constitution in the belief that it would help some of their sickest neighbors.
Struggling schools, opioid addiction and the state's medical marijuana program appear likely to dominate the rest of Georgia's legislative session. The Senate last week passed SB 81, the Jeffery Dallas Gay, Jr. Act, which would allow pharmacists to dispense Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, to individuals in accordance with a statewide standing order.
Struggling schools, opioid addiction and the state's medical marijuana program appear likely to dominate the rest of Georgia's legislative session. Lawmakers spent January and February consider bills introduced in their own chamber.
A first-ever event sponsored this weeken... . FILE--In this April 20, 2016, William Ealy smokes marijuana in Golden Gate Park as people gather at the park to smoke pot for the annual 4/20 celebration in San Francisco, Calif.
Deanna Perkins of Clackamas wears a pair of sunglasses to show her support at Portland's 17th annual Global Cannabis March, May 7, 2016 in downtown Portland. Pot insiders say they're hopeful, in part because the administration has signaled its support of states' rights and in part because state-authorized medical marijuana programs have legal protection.
An Iowa bill that would have recognized unborn babies as people and banned abortions failed to make it out of a state Senate committee on Thursday. The first bill, SF 253 , asserts that life begins at conception, and would be meant to take the issue to the courts to decide.
With his heavy Southern drawl and hefty use of hyperbole, Jeff Sessions has long made clear his regressive opposition to legal marijuana in "Colarada" and other places presumably at the mercy of Satan's minions. "It's not funny," he said, at a hearing on pot legalization.
Last week White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer predicted "greater enforcement" of the federal ban on marijuana in the eight states that have legalized the drug for recreational use. This week Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an old-fashioned drug warrior who thinks "good people don't smoke marijuana," seemed to confirm Spicer's warning, telling reporters, "We're going to look at it...and try to adopt responsible policies."
There is a lot of inaccurate information about marijuana in circulation. For instance, during a recent conversation with an older friend, she said that that marijuana itself isn't so bad, but "it leads to hard drugs."
A report released in February by New Frontier Data projects that an unimpeded marijuana industry will create more than 250,000 jobs by 2020. And that's a proposition that looks increasingly shaky.
Congress is forming a cannabis caucus with high hopes of protecting a pot industry besieged by fears of a potential federal crackdown. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, is helping to lead the creation of the caucus.
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom threw down the gauntlet in a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday, telling him to leave his hands off of the state's marijuana laws.
In this Feb. 19, 2015 file photo, comedian and marijuana icon Tommy Chong, talks about his line of marijuana products, including his "Chongwater" hemp drink, a custom joint roller, and his "Smoke Swipe" wipes that can remove the odor of pot smoke from clothing, during CannaCon, a marijuana business trade show in Seattle. Chong tweeted Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, "Don't worry stay High" in response to a potential crackdown on recreational pot use by the Trump administration.
Local marijuana shops say they will take a wait-and-see approach after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently made allusions to a federal crackdown on legal pot. Ramsey Hamide, whose co-owned dispensary Main Street Marijuana is Washington's top seller of marijuana, said cannabis-based businesses are worried they could face fines or jail time, but for many it's too soon to say.
Oregon lawmakers have repudiated a White House statement suggesting the U.S. Justice Department will enforce the federal prohibition on recreational marijuana in states that have legalized it. When Oregonians legalized recreational pot in 2014, they knew there was a risk of a federal crackdown with future presidential administrations, said Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland.
President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday for the first time that it will crack down on marijuana sales in states that have approved recreational pot use. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday for the first time that it will crack down on marijuana sales in states that have approved recreational pot use.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is suggesting the Trump administration may crack down on states that have legalized recreational marijuana. Spicer says during a press briefing Thursday that the issue rests with the Justice Department.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer just gave one of the most direct comments we've gotten from the Trump administration regarding marijuana policy. In response to a reporter's question at a February 23 press briefing, Spicer said he believes we will see "greater enforcement" of federal marijuana laws.
As the new head of the Justice Department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will have sweeping power over how the federal government approaches marijuana under President Donald Trump's administration. The federal government classifies marijuana, which is illegal nationally, as a schedule I drug , meaning that it considers the plant to have no acceptable medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Three .22 caliber shell casings that could fit in a rifle were found away from the location where three men were killed at a marijuana farm just outside of Mountain Ranch in October 2015, a private investigator testified Wednesday. Matt Thompson, one of eight defense witnesses called Wednesday, said they were found under grass but on top of the ground.