If you live in New Hampshire, urge your senator to support HB 364! In four of the last five years, the N.H. House has passed bills that would have allowed patients and caregivers to grow a limited supply of cannabis. Sadly, these bills have all failed to pass the Senate. Instead, all four were referred to so-called “interim study” and then completely ignored. This year, it appears that a home cultivation bill may finally have a good chance of passing the Senate. HB 364, which has already passed…

If you live in Maryland, please ask your legislators to support legalizing, taxing, and regulating marijuana for adults 21 and older! The Maryland General Assembly wrapped up its 2019 legislative session on Monday, April 8. It was a somber end to the legislative session with the passing of House Speaker Michael Busch, who was Speaker of the House of Delegates for 16 years. A number of cannabis reform bills were introduced this session, including legislation to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana…

If you live in Florida, contact your representatives and ask them to vote NO on HB7117. Just two weeks after the legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis repealed a ban on smoking medical cannabis in the face of a lawsuit, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would limit cannabis flowers to just 10% THC. The bill, HB7117, now heads to the Florida House floor. Please ask your representatives to protect patients and vote NO on HB7117! This THC limit would leave patients behind who respond…

If you live in Georgia, click here to call the lieutenant governor right now and tell him Georgia's patients deserve better!   Over the past several days, MPP has learned of an absurd proposal that would require Georgia to import low-THC oil from other states rather than allowing in-state production. This is a seriously flawed solution. Not only would federal law enforcement authorities refuse to authorize such a scheme, no other states allow out-of-state exports. Georgia patients will again be…

Patients who feel strongly about home cultivation are encouraged to testify at the hearing, which is scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m.Since 2009, the New Hampshire House has passed numerous bills that would allow patients and caregivers to cultivate a limited supply of cannabis. These bills have all failed to pass the Senate, but there are good reasons to believe this year might be different. Tomorrow afternoon, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public hearing on the bill. Here…

If you live in Tennessee, write your lawmakers to ask them to support the Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act. Two-thirds of Americans now live in states with compassionate laws that allow the medical use of marijuana. Meanwhile, Tennessee patients are stuck with the cruel choice of forgoing a medicine that could bring them relief, uprooting from their home state, or breaking the law to ease their suffering. Ask your state lawmakers to make this the year that Tennessee joins 32 compassionate states. Last…

At least five shops are now approved to open, with more on the way Ohio has now approved five dispensaries to begin serving patients, with most announcing they are opening for the first time today, January 16. This is the final major milestone for a program first adopted by lawmakers in 2016, and a relief to those patients who can now get access. According to the state's website, CY+ and Ohio Valley Natural Relief LLC are opening in Wintersville. There are two shops owned by The Botanist, one in…

If you're a South Carolina resident, click here to send a message to your lawmakers in support of a medical cannabis program. Sen. Tom Davis introduced a new bill today that would establish a medical cannabis program for seriously ill patients in South Carolina. The text of Senate bill 366 is available here. Sen. Davis' office sent out a summary of the bill, and we have our own as well. Rep. Peter McCoy is expected to file his own version in the House soon. You lawmakers need to hear from you. Click…

If you live in Tennessee, let your lawmakers know Tennessee patients deserve a compassionate medical cannabis program. Yesterday, newly elected and returning lawmakers convened for the first day of Tennessee's 2019 legislative session. Since the legislature adjourned last year, voters in Utah, Oklahoma, and Missouri enacted medical cannabis laws, bringing the number of medical cannabis states to 32. But even though 81% of Tennessee voters support medical cannabis, patients either needlessly suffer…

If you live in Wisconsin, let your lawmakers know Wisconsin patients deserve a compassionate medical cannabis program. Yesterday, newly elected and returning lawmakers convened for the first day of Wisconsin's new legislative session. Since the legislature adjourned last year, voters in Utah, Oklahoma, and Missouri enacted medical cannabis laws, bringing the number of medical cannabis states to 32. And, on Election Day, more than a million Wisconsinites cast non-binding votes in support of medical…