Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill Approved by Minnesota Senate Committee
Minnesota’s State and Local Government Committee has approved Senate Bill 1641, a measure to legalize medical cannabis. The proposal was approved last week by the Senate Health, Human Services and...
View ArticleMinnesota Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Legalize Medical Cannabis
The Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in favor of legalizing medical cannabis, including medical cannabis dispensaries. By approving Senate Bill 1641, which was approved last week by the...
View ArticleMedical Cannabis Legalization Bill Approved by Minnesota Senate
Minnesota’s Senate has voted 48 to 18 in favor of Senate Bill 1641, a proposal to legalize medical cannabis. The over 2/3rds vote in favor of the measure represents enough support to override a veto...
View ArticleMinnesota House Approves Medical Cannabis Measure, Governor Announces Support
Minnesota’s full House of Representatives approved a a proposal today with an 86 to 39 vote to establish a medical cannabis study. Shortly after the vote Governor Mark Dayton announced that he would be...
View ArticleMinnesota Senate and House Agree on Medical Cannabis Proposal, Governor Will...
Officials from the Minnesota Senate, House of Representatives and governor’s office have agreed upon a medical cannabis legalization proposal that the governor will sign into law, after the House and...
View ArticleMedical Cannabis Legalization Measure Signed Into Law by Minnesota Governor
A proposal to legalize the medical use, possession and distribution of cannabis has been signed into law by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. “I pray it will bring to the...
View Article74% of Minnesota Voters Favor Medical Cannabis Legalization
New polling conducted and released by Public Policy Polling has found that an overwhelming 74% of Minnesota voters favor the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes. Only 18% are opposed to the...
View Article31 States Have Legalized Some Form of Cannabis
The wave of reform that’s swept across the U.S. this year has been swift, with lawmakers and citizens across the nation standing up for a change in the longstanding, propaganda-laden prohibition on...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislative Committee Passes Bill to Legalize Hemp
A proposal to legalize the production, cultivation and distribution of hemp has been approved with bipartisan support by Minnesota’s House Agriculture Policy Committee. “I am excited to see this...
View ArticleMinnesota House of Representatives Votes to Legalize Hemp
Minnesota’s House of Representatives voted 89 to 37 Tuesday to approve a proposal that would legalize the production and cultivation of industrial hemp. The proposal, which was introduced as an...
View ArticleMinnesota Governor Signs Legislation Allowing Hospitals to Administer Medical...
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has signed into law legislation allowing hospitals to distribute medical cannabis to those who are qualified patients registered with the state. The new law provides...
View ArticleMedical Cannabis Now Legal in Minnesota
A law legalizing medical cannabis has officially taken effect in Minnesota, allowing patients with certain debilitating conditions to possess, purchase and use the medicine. Moments after the law took...
View ArticleMinnesota Adds Intractable Pain As Qualifying Medical Cannabis Condition
Intractable pain has been added to Minnesota’s list of conditions that qualify an individual to become a valid medical cannabis patient, according to an announcement made by Department of Health...
View ArticleSurvey: 90% of Minnesota Medical Cannabis Patients Find Relief from their...
A new government-funded survey from the Minnesota Department of Health has found that 90% of patients in Minnesota’s medical cannabis program says it has provided them with relief from their condition,...
View ArticleIntractable Pain Now a Qualifying Medical Cannabis Condition in Minnesota
Cannabis pills being sold at a dispensary in Minnesota. (Photo: BizJournals.com) As of July 1st in Minnesota, those with intractable pain are authorized to become registered medical cannabis patients,...
View ArticlePatients with Chronic Pain can Now Purchase Medical Cannabis in Minnesota
As of today in Minnesota, those with chronic pain who have a recommendation from a physician are authorized to purchase medical cannabis and cannabis products from one of the state’s eight...
View ArticleMinnesota Adding PTSD as Qualifying Medical Cannabis Condition
Minnesota’s Health Department has announced that they plan to allow those with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to use medical cannabis. The move comes just a few months after the department...
View ArticleMinnesota Adds Autism and Obstructive Sleep Apnea as Qualifying Medical...
Minnesota Commissioner of Health Dr. Ed Ehlinger announced today that the state will be adding autism spectrum disorders and obstructive sleep apnea as new qualifying conditions for the state’s medical...
View ArticleProposal to Legalize Medical Cannabis Approved By Minnesota House Committee
Minnesota’s House Health and Human Services Policy Committee has given approval to House Bill 1818, a proposal to legalize medical cannabis. Under the proposed law, introduced by Representative Carly...
View ArticleMinnesota Senate Committee Votes to Legalize Medical Cannabis
A proposal to legalize medical cannabis has been approved by Minnesota’s Senate Health, Human Services and Housing Committee. The committee approved the measure with a 7 to 3 vote. If approved into...
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