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Medical marijuana patients and dispensaries in Montana are unhappy with the state’s proposed new regulations.

individuals still face all the same criminal penalties including up to six months in jail and a lasting criminal record.

Syndros is made by the same pharmaceutical company that opposed legalizing marijuana.

U.S. Department of Justice officials met to discuss potential changes to federal marijuana enforcement policy.

Lance Kendricks of the Green Bay Packers was stopped by police on Sept. 2 and was charged with marijuana possession.

62% of Registered Voters Want to Make Marijuana Use Legal for Adults

The president of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski signed a bill on Nov.16 that legalized medical marijuana.

A Florida man suffering from epilepsy is suing Gov. Rick Scott and the state of Florida for it’s slow implementation.

Police said that an officer noticed the scent of marijuana while talking to Jones at his vehicle.

Despite marijuana being legal in Oregon and Washington State, law enforcement continues to arrest non-violent growers.

The Michigan Coalition to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol has submitted signatures to get weed on the ballot in 2018.

The Nationawide Mutual insurance agent thought the plants were weed and sent the photographs to the police.

The District Attorney of San Diego has signaled that her DA’s office will be decriminalizing marijuana cultivation

The Bureau of Cannabis Control and Department of Public Health released some California Cannabis regulations last week.

Governor-elect Murphy said in his primary victory speech last June that “The criminalization of marijuana has only served to clog our courts and cloud people’s futures, so we will legalize marijuana. And while there are financial benefits, this is overwhelmingly about doing what is right and just.”

Legislatures told the University of Maryland’s Capital News Service that they are making plans to present a bill next session that will grant at least 10 licenses to African-Americans interested in starting a business.

Can you Overdose on Cannabis? There has never been a death from an overdose of marijuana, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the National Institutes of Health.

The problem is that the saliva test cannot determine impairment, only the existence of a substance in saliva and just because the test may be positive, it doesn’t mean the person is impaired.

An event called MI Legalize Gubernatorial was held Tuesday and the topic was legalizing medical marijuana. Candidates attending the event included Bill Cobbs, Shri Thanedar, Gretchen Whitmer, Abdul El-Sayed and Evan Space.

Advocates haven’t been able to get House republicans to add an amendment to the 280E in the tax bill. However, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) filed an amendment to the 280E.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said today that the guidelines and policies of President Obama regarding federal interference in state marijuana laws will remain in effect.

Upon assuming the presidency in May of 2016, Duterte called for the murder of people who use or sell drugs, promising medals for citizens who comply and pardons for police if they are charged with human rights violations.

The governor of Maine Paul LePage has vetoed the adult cannabis bill. The veto is in contrast with his campaign promise in 2014. LePage used the high rate of overdoses as another reason that marijuana shouldn’t be legalized.

The United States also gave the Philippines $9 million for its war on drugs in 2017. Questions were also ignored about a 2018 U.S. congressional report that $5.3 million will be given to the Philippines for the war on drugs.