medical cannabis legalization

Spain Unveils Framework For Prescribing Cannabis-Based Medications Spain’s Ministry of Health revealed this week a draft royal decree for public consultation, outlining the suggested regulations for prescribing cannabis-based medications, reported Business of Cannabis. The news comes after...

A former Republican member of the Nebraska State Senate initiated a lawsuit on Thursday aimed at preventing the Secretary of State Bob Evnen from certifying two petitions, backed by Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, that seek to legalize medical cannabis in the upcoming November election, reported...

The Ukranian law allowing the distribution of cannabis plants for medical, industrial and scientific purposes is in effect as of Friday. The news comes some six months after Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed a bill that legalizes medical cannabis into law. The Ukrainian Parliament...

Cannabis activists in Arkansas submitted more than 111,000 petition signatures by the July 5 deadline in order to place an initiative to expand medical marijuana access on the November 2024 ballot. However, Secretary of State John Thurston said advocates didn't collect enough valid petitions,...

Does consuming cannabis make you a better parent? It can, say researchers. A recently published study that looked into the question concluded that medical marijuana can increase parenting time by improving parents’ health as long as they don’t over do it. "Marijuana can provide medical...

Nebraska cannabis activists garnered enough signatures to place two petitions to legalize medical marijuana on the November 2024 ballot. The first petition would require state politicians to pass laws protecting physicians who recommend medical cannabis and patients who need it. The second would...

Medical Cannabis Reform In North Carolina Stalls Despite GOP Senate's Approval The GOP-dominated North Carolina Senate passed legislation to legalize medical marijuana while imposing stringent controls on hemp-derived products. However, members of the state's General Assembly have not taken up the...

A measure that would legalize medical cannabis in North Carolina got the green light from the state Senate members on Thursday. The Senate Rules Committee picked up on the House Bill 563 and passed it after the Judiciary Committee approved the medical cannabis language being added to a hemp- and...