Pennsylvania Senate passes medical marijuana bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Senate has passed medical marijuana legislation for the second time in 11 months, and backers hope it can...
Homeless Man Dies In Jail After Being Locked Up For Marijuana Possession
Jeffrey Pendleton, a homeless man who won several legal battles over the criminalization of the poor, died in a New Hampshire jail on Sunday...
Massachusetts State lawmakers wary of legalizing marijuana
A scathing Senate report to be released Tuesday says that if residents legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts this fall, the state should promptly temper...
Vermont Senate Appropriations narrowly passes marijuana bill
MONTPELIER - A bill to legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana in Vermont narrowly passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, clearing the way for...
Vermont’s governor wants to legalize marijuana. Here’s how he would do it.
Legal marijuana is coming to Vermont this year — at least, if Gov. Peter Shumlin has anything to say about it.Shumlin (D) offered the broad outlines...
New York opens its first medical marijuana clinics
New York's first medical marijuana dispensaries are opening their doors on Thursday, as the state launches one of the most conservative programs of its...
NY patients can now register for medical marijuana
ALBANY — The state Health Department on Wednesday launched its system for patients to enroll in New York’s medical marijuana program.Patients who get certified...
Medical Marijuana: NJ Bill Calls For Worker Protection For Registered Patients
If a proposed New Jersey bill passes, employers will find it much more difficult to fire a registered medical marijuana patient in the Garden...
New York state’s marijuana start-ups gear up for sales
Armed with New York state medicinal marijuana licenses, dispensaries are gearing up to sell cannabis legally in the state in the new year.The cannabis...
Legal weed could help save Atlantic City, lawmakers say
Atlantic — New Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) told NJ1015 on Sunday that he plans to introduce legislation in January that would make recreation marijuana legal...