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Georgia PTSD and Intractable Pain Patients May Now Enroll in Low-THC Oil Program | Kate Zawidzki

Georgians suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and those with intractable pain may begin signing up for the state’s low-THC oil program. A bill passed earlier this year, House Bill 65, went into effect on July 1, adding these two serious conditions. Intractable pain is devastating and is often defined as constant and excruciating. Those who experience […]

Georgia PTSD and Intractable Pain Patients May Now Enroll in Low-THC Oil Program | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91024/georgia-ptsd-intractable-pain-patients-may-now-enroll-low-thc-oil-program/

Senate Majority Leader Announces Progress on Hemp Reform Legislation | Paul Armentano

WASHINGTON, DC — United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Friday announced that he has secured provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill to further expand and facilitate state-regulated hemp production. In a press release, McConnell acknowledged that provisions in S. 2667: The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 have now been incorporated into the Senate’s version […]

Senate Majority Leader Announces Progress on Hemp Reform Legislation | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/90779/senate-majority-leader-announces-progress-hemp-reform-legislation/

Pennsylvania Report: Marijuana Legalization Would Yield Over $500 Million in New Annual Revenue | Paul Armentano

A fiscal report issued by Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale estimates that taxing Pennsylvania’s existing retail cannabis market would yield $581 million in new annual revenue. “Repeated polls have shown that a majority of Americans now believe marijuana should be legalized. In Pennsylvania, it’s 56 percent,” DePasquale said during a news conference Thursday with Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto.  “Today, […]

Pennsylvania Report: Marijuana Legalization Would Yield Over $500 Million in New Annual Revenue | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91144/pennsylvania-auditors-report-says-marijuana-legalization-yield-500-million-new-annual-revenue/

Delaware Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Bill Into Law | Paul Armentano

Delaware’s Democrat Governor John Carney signed legislation into law today vacating past marijuana convictions. Senate Bill 197, which took immediate effect, “provides mandatory expungement eligibility to individuals who were convicted of the possession [of one ounce or less], use or consumption of marijuana prior to Delaware’s decriminalization of these offenses.” State lawmakers in 2015 enacted legislation reducing the possession […]

Delaware Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Bill Into Law | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91530/delaware-governor-signs-marijuana-expungement-bill-law/

Maine Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Expand Medical Marijuana Access | Paul Armentano

Legislation to significantly expand patients’ access to medical cannabis in Maine will become law later this fall following Monday’s decision by lawmakers to override Governor Paul LePage’s veto. By a vote of 119 to 23 in the House and 25 to 8 in the Senate, Maine lawmakers rejected Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of LD 1539. The bill will become […]

Maine Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Expand Medical Marijuana Access | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91063/maine-lawmakers-override-governors-veto-expand-medical-marijuana-access/