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Maryland Finally Becomes the 21st Medical Cannabis State

Paul Marini | April 14, 2014

Governor Martin O'Malley signed HB 881 into law today, making Maryland the 21st medical marijuana state. The Maryland House of Delegates voted 125-11 last week to adopt HB 881, a medical marijuana bill that protect patients with severe pain, nausea,...

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Md. governor signs marijuana bills into law

Paul Marini | April 14, 2014

Bruce Leshan, WUSA-9 On Monday, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed two marijuana related bills into law.

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Though they’ve been reluctant to admit it, a survey finds that a majority of doctors in the U.S. do, in fact, support medical marijuana legalization.

Paul Marini | April 14, 2014

Katie Rucke, MintPress News A new survey by WebMD/Medscape found that about 70 percent of physicians in the United States believe that medical marijuana should be legalized and that marijuana has therapeutic qualities.

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HB 881 will protect patients from arrest and prosecution, approve physicians, license growers and distributors

Paul Marini | April 14, 2014

Annapolis, MD -- Governor Martin O'Malley signed HB 881 into law today, making Maryland the 21st medical marijuana state. The Maryland House of Delegates voted 125-11 last week to adopt HB 881, a medical marijuana bill that protect patients with...

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ASA California Roundup: April 14, 2014

Paul Marini | April 14, 2014

Message from the CA Director - A New Medical Cannabis Bill in CACalifornia News Medical-Marijuana Advocates Descend on Capitol Hill (National) California Gets Stricter Medical Marijuana Regulations (California) Marijuana: Another Contributor to California's Drought (California) How medical marijuana is helping...

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Gail Rand, whose 4-year-old son Logan has epilepsy, lobbied members of the Md. legislature to change the medical marijuana law so that her son can get access to a form of marijuana that could stop his seizures.

Paul Marini | April 12, 2014

Kym Byrnes, Baltimore Sun Expanding Maryland's fledgling law on medical marijuana proved to be one of the key issues of the just-completed General Assembly session, and an Annapolis mother proved to be a key player in the reform bill that...

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Paid lobbyists and citizen advocates say they've seen a paradigm shift in D.C. on marijuana

Paul Marini | April 11, 2014

Meagan Fitzpatrick, CBC News Medical marijuana advocates descended on Capitol Hill earlier this week and in a room full of Congressional staffers, one of them got down on his knees, clasped his hands, and literally begged.

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In a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder testified on the DOJ’s “ongoing priorities,” which prompted discussion on drug policy, among other issues.

Paul Marini | April 09, 2014

Katie Rucke, MintPress News U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, in a hearing regarding oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice and its “ongoing priorities.”

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Patient advocates worked with Council member Yvette Alexander to improve lagging enrollment in the program

Paul Marini | April 09, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- District of Columbia Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) introduced legislation yesterday that would lift restrictions on physicians that currently prevent them from recommending medical marijuana to any patient who might benefit from it. If signed into...

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D.C. Council Considers Lifting Restrictions on Who Qualifies for Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | April 08, 2014

Mark Segraves, NBC TV All 13 members of the D.C. Council signed on to a bill that would lift restrictions on who qualifies for medical marijuana.

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