2026 ballot initiative appears dead

Under current law, patients may legally use medical cannabis, but many healthcare facilities prohibit it on their premises. This creates a painful barrier for seriously ill patients who rely on medical cannabis for symptom relief but cannot leave their care facilities.

Five years after possession and home cultivation were legalized in the Commonwealth, it is time to regulate adult-use sales.

From the early days of grassroots activism, influential women across the country have dedicated themselves to advancing fair and humane cannabis policies.

Pharmacies are widely accessible throughout Iowa, while dispensaries are capped at five locations for thousands of patients.

In 2018, Michigan voters approved regulating cannabis similarly to alcohol. But Michigan is now taxing cannabis exponentially more than alcohol.

Several cannabis bills in Hawai'i weren’t called before a key deadline, and the clock ran out on them. But others advanced — including a bill to legalize cannabis with up to five milligrams per serving for adults 21 and older (SB 3275, SD 1). While we’d like to see amendments to the bill, it is an important step forward. At the hearing, Honolulu prosecutor Steve Alm called legalization “addiction for profit,” suggesting regular cannabis consumers — many of whom use cannabis as a natural medicine…

Cannabis users should have the same rights and responsibilities as anyone else when it comes to their Second Amendment rights.

The bill provides that Nebraska medical practitioners cannot be disciplined solely for recommending medical cannabis as long as they abide by the standard of care. 

While the governor's threats to the medical cannabis program appear unlikely to materialize, we are seeing attempts to overly restrict the program.