Around half of medical marijuana states prohibit home cultivation; a policy which hurts those patients hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on an uncomfortable truth when it comes to medical cannabis legalization: the measure is no guarantee that patients in need will be [...]
Leading Minnesotan Democrat says he will submit “the best marijuana legalization bill in the country to date” within two weeks. House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler (DFL) first announced the bill alongside his co-sponsor Sen. Jeff Hayden (DFL) at a press conference several weeks ago. The duo had recently returned from [...]
Marijuana could be legalized in Minnesota this year, lawmakers said last week. Sens. Melisa Franzen (D) and Scott Jensen (R) introduced a bill in the Senate outlining the use of recreational cannabis, with Rep. Mike Freiberg (D) submitting companion legislation in the House. At a press conference announcing the new [...]
A survey conducted in October and November 2018 in Minnesota shows that 56% of voters support legalization of adult use. This is an increase from a poll conducted in 2015, which showed that 49% supported legalization and 44% opposed it. As legalization spreads, including to neighboring states as well as [...]
Minnesota lawmakers approved medical marijuana in 2014, making it the 23rd state to do so. Medicinal cannabis will be legal and available to patients by late 2015. Yet despite that fact, a Colorado patient faces felony charges after he was caught with medical weed while on his way to visit [...]
A prosecutor in Minnesota refuses to drop charges against a woman who gave her suffering son medical marijuana, even though what the woman did will soon be legal in the state. Angela Brown of Madison, Minn., faces two misdemeanor charges after someone turned her in for giving medical cannabis oil [...]
Authorities in Minnesota, a state that has adopted medical marijuana, have charged a mother with child endangerment after she gave MMJ to her severely ill son. Angela Brown of Madison, Minn., said she and her husband, David, chose to use medical weed on their 15-year-old son, Trey, who suffered a [...]
