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May 05, 2017

Proposal to Fix Texas Medical Marijuana Program Advances With Committee Approval in House of Representatives


The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Health approved a bill that would fix the state’s currently unworkable medical marijuana program and make the unnecessarily restrictive law more inclusive.

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May 05, 2017

Vermont Senate Passes Bill That Would Eliminate Penalties for Adult Marijuana Possession and Cultivation, Create a Study Commission to Consider Regulating and Taxing Marijuana


The Vermont Senate passed a bill that would make personal possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older beginning in July 2018.

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May 04, 2017

Justice Department Will Continue to Be Prohibited From Interfering in State Medical Marijuana Laws Under New Spending Bill


The Justice Department will continue to be prohibited from interfering in state medical marijuana laws under the federal spending bill passed in the Senate.

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May 02, 2017

Vermont House of Representatives Approves Proposal to Make Marijuana Legal for Adults; H. 170 Advances to Third Reading


The state House of Representatives approved a bill 74-68 on its second reading that would make personal possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older.

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"Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care. ... It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance in light of the evidence in this record."
DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young, Ruling in the matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition, September 6, 1988