All posts tagged "Utah"
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Legal
Utah Governor Nominee’s Wife Facing Marijuana Charges
May 3, 2016The recent Democratic and Republican conventions in Utah have yielded a surprising batch of unexpected nuggets....
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Politics
Utah Medical Cannabis Bill Passes Out of Senate, Onto House
February 25, 2016In a 17-12 vote, SB 73, Utah’s whole-plant medical cannabis bill was advanced in third reading...
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Politics
Student Aid Penalty for Drug Convictions May End
February 13, 2016In 1998, the famously educated, youthful pot-sampling President Bill Clinton signed a law that took away...
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Medical
Amid Mormon Church Opposition A Third Medical Cannabis Bill Proposed In Utah
February 11, 2016“It would be immoral to back down,” Sen. Mark Madsen told KUTV in Salt Lake City...
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Politics
Utah Passes Two Medical Cannabis Bills Out of Committee, Onto Senate
February 4, 2016Both Utah’s SB 73, the whole-plant medical cannabis bill, and SB 89, a continuation of the...
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Medical
Whole Plant Medical Cannabis Fight Heats Up in Utah Again
February 4, 2016If SB 73 is signed into law, Utah will become the 24th medical cannabis state in...
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Medical
Utah Mom Risks it all to Treat Daughter with Cannabis
January 31, 2016Sarah Ellet is doing everything she can to fight for the right to treat her daughter...
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Legal
Republican Senator Advocates For National Cannabis Reform
May 2, 2015A Republican senator has been making headlines recently — but not for the reasons many may...
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Politics
Medical Marijuana Defeated by Single Vote in Utah Senate
March 10, 2015A bill that would have brought much-needed medicine to patients in Utah was defeated by a...
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Politics
Expanded Medical Cannabis Bill to be Filed in Utah Senate
February 25, 2015A bill expanding the number of patients able to treat themselves with medical cannabis in Utah...
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Politics
Anti-Marijuana Group Project SAM Uses Federally Funded Non-Profits to Push 2015 Legislation
September 23, 2014Earlier this year, a wave of conservative states passed legislation legalizing possession of medical cannabis extracts...
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In History
First CBD Law in Nation Goes Into Effect
July 12, 2014The first CBD-only medical cannabis legislation went into effect in Utah on July 8 as the...
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Politics
More States Move Forward With CBD-Only Measures, But Will They Help Patients?
April 21, 2014Lawmakers in Alabama and Utah recently approved legislation seeking to authorize the physician-supervised use of varieties...
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Legal
What To Make of the New CBD-only Laws
April 3, 2014There is a new trend in conservative states: extremely narrow bills that allow patients to use...
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In The Magazine
Why Is CBD Suddenly More Medicinal in Conservative States?
March 29, 2014During the 2014 legislative sessions, a handful of conservative states passed medical marijuana bills allowing only...
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Joint Opinions
Supposed ‘Medical Marijuana’ Measures In Alabama, Utah Are Anything But
March 27, 2014At a public signing ceremony today, Utah’s Republican Gov. Gary Herbert will approve House Bill 105,...
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Legal
Alabama and Kentucky Poised to Legalize Medical Marijuana? Not So Fast
March 21, 2014Lawmakers in several states are poised to enact legislation in the coming weeks aimed at providing...
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Politics
Utah CBD-Only Bill Passes House of Representatives
March 5, 2014In a 62-11 vote, Utah’s House of Representatives passed a controversial CBD-only bill yesterday. The bill...
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Joint Opinions
Patients Ought To Be Skeptical Of Proposed CBD-Only Legislation — Here’s Why
March 4, 2014State lawmakers who have steadfastly opposed the legalization of medical marijuana are suddenly singing the praises...
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Medical
Utah High-CBD Medical Marijuana Bill Allows Patients to Possess Medicine But Not Legally Obtain It
February 4, 2014Jennifer May builds a puzzle with her son, Stockton, in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Stockton suffers from...