Indiana

Civil asset forfeiture laws are changing in Indiana thanks to two new of rulings, reports the Indianapolis Star. Earlier this week, U.S District Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson handed down a verdict in a case that will prevent police from maintaining …

Published: Aug 23, 2017, 7:42 am • Updated: Aug 23, 2017, 7:42 am By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Two court rulings have limited police seizures in the state of Indiana. U.S. District Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson has partially halted …

Although it has been said that Indiana would be one of the last states in the nation to pass anything even remotely close to a marijuana-related bill, the state actually put a low-THC medical cannabis program on the books last …

Over the weekend, President Trump nominated current Indiana Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams to be America’s next Surgeon General. The appointment would make Dr. Adams, a practicing anesthesiologist, the highest ranking doctor in the United States if his nomination is …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is urging state lawmakers not to give any consideration to the prospect of legalizing marijuana.

In a recent opinion article published by the Indianapolis Star, Curtis cautioned lawmakers to beware of the dreaded marijuana lobby, which he believes is masterminding an evil scheme to make weed fully legal in the Hoosier State.

“These activists want you to believe their end goal is inevitable.

Despite the recent medical marijuana protections renewed by Congress and tucked inside a large $1 trillion federal spending bill, there is apparently the possibility that two states with medicinal cannabis laws on the books might not be safe from a federal crackdown if the Justice Department makes the decision to unleash the dogs on legal weed.

A report from U.S. News & World Report shows that, somehow, a number of medical marijuana states, including Indiana and North Dakota, were left off the latest version of the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment when the House and Senate approved it last week.

Indiana is well on its way to having an ultra-light medical marijuana law put on the books in 2017.

Earlier last week, legislative forces in Indianapolis put their seal of approval on a measure aimed at giving epilepsy patients access to a non-intoxicating form of marijuana, commonly referred to as CBD oil. The bill managed to get through the Senate on Thursday, followed by a unanimous vote in the House right before lawmakers cleared out for the weekend.

Although it has been said that Indiana would be one of the last states to put any kind of marijuana law on the books, both chambers of the State Legislature took action this week on a bill aimed at allowing a specific group of patients to have access to non-intoxicating cannabis oil.

On Thursday, both the House and Senate put their seal of approval on proposals designed to give epilepsy patients the freedom to use cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabis derivative that has been shown to decrease the frequency of seizures.