Category: States
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Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Detroit Can Get Temporary Reprieve
Detroit’s 62 medical marijuana dispensaries can get a reprieve and continue to operate after Feb. 15 despite continuing confusion and uncertainty over the city’s medical cannabis ordinances. As they work through legal challenges to the two ordinances passed by Detroit voters in November, the city will offer the necessary paperwork for dispensary owners to fill out…
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Poll Shows Strong Support for Medical Marijuana in South Carolina
A recent poll has found strong support for medical marijuana legislation in South Carolina, according to the Independent Mail. Sixty-one percent of the people surveyed last month by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy expressed support for a bill that would allow South Carolina doctors to prescribe medical marijuana for specific conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorders. A…
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Texas Cannabis Growers Worried, But Not Too Worried, About Sessions Push-Back on Pot
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Thursday announcement couldn't have come at a worse time for Texas' nascent medical cannabis industry. After years of detente during the Obama administration, Sessions rescinded the Cole memo, a Department of Justice directive that federal law enforcement not crack down on marijuana-related activity otherwise protected under state law. In Texas,…