Category: The Law
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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 After years of detente during the Obama administration, Sessions rescinded the Cole memo, a Department of Justice directive that federal law enforcement not crack down on marijuana-related activity otherwise protected under state law.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,…
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As Vets Demand Cannabis for PTSD, Science Races to Unlock Its Secrets
Thousands of military veterans have pressured federal and state legislators to legalize medicinal cannabis and ease rules on research into the plant’s apparent therapeutic properties, arguing that it could help reduce suicide rates among former soldiers. Backed by overwhelming public support for broader legalization, their demands are starting to resonate in statehouses across the country, according to…