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Republican State Senator Proposes Bill to Legalize Recreational Cannabis in Kentucky – News
Kentucky: GOP Senator Introduces Bill to Legalize Marijuana
Kentucky Sen. Dan Seum (R-38th District), the GOP’s Majority Caucus Chairman and one of the state’s highest-ranking elected officials, has introduced legislation targeting the legalization of recreational marijuana. On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported the Kentucky Sen. suggested that legalizing …
Read More »Kentucky Legislature to Consider Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Bill faces an uphill battle in the state’s Republican-controlled House and SenateContinue reading at theweedblog.com
Read More »Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Will Veto Any Legislative Attempt to Legalize Recreational Marijuana – News
With California, Massachusetts and Maine debuting recreational marijuana markets next year, it may seem like legal weed is everywhere. But beyond the country’s progressive coastal hubs, huge swaths of America are still being thrown in jail for cannabis crimes, with …
Read More »The DEA Seized 5.3 Million Marijuana Plants in 2016 – News
New DEA data from 2016 has given us a clear look at cannabis enforcement in America, and it is not a pretty picture. While legal weed is spreading like, well, weeds, the feds are still locking up hundreds of thousands …
Read More »Kentucky: Republican Senator to Propose Adult-Use Bill Prior to 2018 Legislative Session
Kentucky Senator Dan Seum (R-Fairdale) has an intriguing idea on how to bridge the state’s 2018 budget gap: legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana. State Sen. Dan Seum will propose recreational #marijuana as way to create needed pension revenue …
Read More »Kentucky Lawmaker Looks to Recreational Marijuana to Solve Pension Problems – News
Kentucky lawmakers are back to the drawing board once again in hopes of drafting a scheme to legalize marijuana – this time suggesting that retail weed could be a salvation’s wing for the state’s pension system. Republican state Senator Dan …
Read More »Kentucky judge dismisses challenge of medical marijuana ban
A Kentucky judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s ban on marijuana for medical purposes. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate recognized in a ruling Wednesday that marijuana has the potential for medicinal use. But he said the …
Read More »New Study Finds Legal Cannabis Equals Fewer Pharmaceuticals
“Legal access to cannabis may reduce the use of multiple classes of dangerous prescription medications in certain patient populations,” according to the results of a new study. Regardless of what some officials in the Trump administration believe, Americans have a …
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