Medical Marijuana

How exciting for Michigan and North Dakota to be voting on marijuana legalization and for Missouri and Utah to be voting on medical cannabis. What a time to be alive! In general, it’s a great election for marijuana–unless you live...

by Kevin Mahmalji, NORML Outreach DirectorNovember 1, 2018 Everyday NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! Below is a brief rundown of some of...

Medical Marijuana 411 has been approved by the state of Alaska to offer the Alaska Marijuana Handler Permit Online Certification Program (AK-DOH APPROVAL: MHCP 209). MM411 (AK-DOH APPROVAL: MHCP 209) After years of offering Medicinal cannabis guidance education to patients globally,...

You’ve probably heard that marijuana legalization is on the ballot in several states in Nov. 6, 2018. But if you haven’t heard — and you live in one of those states — you might soon be receiving a call...

Voters across California have just six days left to weigh in on the cost of cannabis in their communities. “We’re not against cannabis taxes, but the should be comparable to taxes imposed on similar businesses.” David Goldman, president, San Francisco chapter,...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested public input on the international classification of marijuana and other drugs in October 2018. Well, ask and you shall receive. More than 20,000 people submitted comments ahead of the Oct. 31, 2018 deadline....

The United Kingdom announced today a relaxation of its cannabis laws that will allow specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based products for certain patients. It’s a modest change to the U.K.’s cannabis laws. But it’s one that has already sparked...

The first FDA-approved, cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical drug is now for sale in the U.S. After clearing all regulatory requirements, GW Pharmaceuticals’ CBD-based drug Epidiolex is now available in all 50 states. Although the U.S. government is now allowing this drug...

If you’re interested in getting your medical marijuana card in New Mexico, the process is pretty straightforward. You’d be joining nearly 60,000 other patients involved with MMJ—if they did it, so can you. RELATED STORY What Is a Medical Marijuana Card? There...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University is creating new programs for students who want to know more about cannabis. The school announced in late October 2018 that it’s creating programs at the Carbondale campus to study medical marijuana and...