JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri voters may have the option to legalize medical marijuana this November. Lawmakers are rushing to get there first. The Missouri House voted Tuesday to legalize medical marijuana and Republican Rep. Jim Neely, the bill’s sponsor …
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CNN's Gupta Urges Sessions to Back Medical Marijuana
NEW YORK — CNN’s medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has taken the unusual step of publicly urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reconsider his opposition to medical marijuana, particularly as a way to fight the opioid epidemic. Gupta wrote a …
Read More »Cannabis Flowers Are Legal in Italy. You Just Can’t Eat or Smoke Them.
ROME — For the past year, small jars of cannabis flowers have been flying off the shelves of Italian specialty shops: a phenomenon that’s described as a “green gold rush.” The hemp flowers — with names like K8, Chill Haus, …
Read More »Turning to Marijuana for a Runners’ High and More
The ultramarathoner Avery Collins, among the fastest in the world, , is not shy about appearing in photographs holding a bong. The first time he tried running after using marijuana, he said, he realized “it allowed me to be very …
Read More »F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of Cannabis-Based Drug for Epilepsy
WASHINGTON — A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday unanimously recommended approval of an epilepsy medication made with an ingredient found in marijuana. If the agency follows the recommendation, as is expected, the drug would be the first …
Read More »Is Australia Ready to Legalize Marijuana? Not Yet, It Seems
SYDNEY, Australia — For a brief moment on Monday, marijuana users rallied around a proposal from the Greens party to legalize the drug’s use for recreational purposes in Australia. But those hopes were quashed the next day, as Greg Hunt, …
Read More »Medical Marijuana Push Spreads to Utah, Oklahoma
SALT LAKE CITY — The push for legalized marijuana has moved into Utah and Oklahoma, two of the most conservative states in the country, further underscoring how quickly feelings about marijuana are changing in the United States. If the two …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon Puts Legalizing Marijuana Front and Center of Campaign
Cynthia Nixon on Wednesday made legalizing recreational marijuana the first policy plank of her campaign for governor, framing it as a necessary step toward reducing racial inequities in the criminal justice system — and, in doing so, foregrounding an issue …
Read More »John Boehner’s Marijuana Reversal: ‘My Thinking on Cannabis Has Evolved’
John A. Boehner, the speaker of the House from 2011 to 2015, reversed a long-held stance against marijuana legalization on Wednesday, saying on Twitter that “my thinking on cannabis has evolved.” Mr. Boehner, a Republican leader who in 2011 told …
Read More »John Boehner Says, ‘My Thinking on Cannabis Has Evolved’
John Boehner, the speaker of the House from 2011 to 2015, reversed a long-held stance against marijuana legalization on Wednesday, saying on Twitter that “my thinking on cannabis has evolved.” Mr. Boehner, a Republican leader who in 2011 told a …
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