Urge your legislators to stop criminalizing cannabis consumers. Today, Louisiana’s state lawmakers convene in Baton Rouge for their 2020 legislative session. Already more than a dozen bills are pending to improve the state’s cannabis policies. Write your lawmakers to let them know you want 2020 to be the year Louisiana stops arresting cannabis consumers. Proposals have been introduced to regulate marijuana for adults’ use, to allow local legalization, to decriminalize simple possession, and to…

Call your senator’s office and urge them to support giving HB 136 a hearing and a vote! The Kentucky House has already voted 65-30 to pass the medical cannabis bill, but unfortunately, there is no guarantee that Senate leaders will allow the bill to receive a vote. HB 136 has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and this week the committee’s chairman, Sen. Whitney Westerfield (R-Hopkinsville), cast doubt on the bill’s prospects. “I know it won’t get a hearing until I’m OK with it, and…

Sign up to generate calls to pass S.B. 16. Earlier this week, the governor’s legalization bill was heard in the Judiciary Committee and received strong support from our allies and supporters. But there was also significant opposition, and we still need to move several lawmakers from “undecided” to “yes.” Will you volunteer to help generate phone calls to legislators in key districts? The Call Fire system we use makes it easy to volunteer from home. Please email [email protected] — or reply to this…

Click here to call your state senator right now.Right now, the Nebraska Unicameral is debating whether to approve Gov. Pete Ricketts’ appointment of John Kuehn to the State Board of Health.Kuehn is co-chair of the anti-marijuana group Nebraska SAM. If he is appointed to this position, he could significantly undermine future regulations for medical marijuana if voters approve a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in November.Please send a message and call your state senator right…

Urge your state legislators to stand up for patients! On February 20, Alabama’s Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a medical cannabis bill — SB 165 — in an 8-1 vote. It could get a Senate floor vote as soon as this week! Please write your state senator and state representative right now to let them know you want them to stand up for Alabama’s patients. Alabama’s lack of medical marijuana protections is increasingly an outlier. Thirty-three states, including Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas, allow…

I’ve got some exciting news to share! Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, which has been leading a signature drive for a constitutional ballot initiative for the past year with MPP’s help, is now partnering with a new group to significantly expand their efforts. ADOPT, led by former Republican state senator Tommy Garret who has long fought for medical marijuana, views the measure as complementary to another goal: property tax reform. The organization will soon hire a paid petition firm to assist…

Take action: Send a letter and call your state senator and representative today Backed by a new grassroots group, the Medical Marijuana Patients Coalition, Rep. Scott Slater (D), and Sen. Josh Miller (D) have introduced legislation to implement significant reforms to Rhode Island’s medical marijuana program. The proposal would create a hardship program to reduce the cost of medical marijuana for patients who qualify as low-income. It would also dramatically reduce licensing fees for compassion…

Great news! Utah residents can now apply for medical cannabis cards and safely obtain lab-tested medical cannabis.The Utah Department of Health started accepting medical cannabis applications on Sunday — which was its deadline. Meanwhile, the first medical cannabis “pharmacy” opened its doors on Monday in Salt Lake City. Thirteen more are expected to open in the coming weeks or months.To receive a medical cannabis card, patients must have a certification from a healthcare provider who is registered…

Send your letter to the Ohio State Medical Board. Quick reminder: Sunday, March 1 is the last day the Ohio State Medical Board will be accepting comments regarding the possible addition of anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, and cachexia (wasting syndrome) as qualifying conditions for medical marijuana. So far, our supporters have sent in over 800 letters! If you haven’t yet, will you send a message now? There’s considerable evidence that patients with these conditions can benefit from medical…

Attend your town meeting next week and speak to your representatives about their votes on S. 54! Yesterday, in a historic 90-54 vote, the Vermont House approved the bill to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis sales. S. 54 passed in a final voice vote today, and it will now return to the Senate. Next, we expect the Senate will work with the House to resolve differences before sending a final version of the bill to Gov. Phil Scott’s desk. Since the House did not pass S. 54 by a veto-proof majority,…