How a Maryland lawmaker shaped the medical marijuana industry — and joined it : washingtonpost

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How a Maryland lawmaker shaped the medical marijuana industry — and joined it

How a Maryland lawmaker shaped the medical marijuana industry — and joined it

About the time the Maryland legislature's longtime champion for medical cannabis joined a company looking to dispense the drug, he urged state regulators to remove a restriction on the sale of edible marijuana products.Two months later, Del.Dan K. Morhaim (D-Baltimore County) sought feedback from regulators for his plans to introduce legislation allowing dentists, podiatrists and certain nurse practitioners to join physicians in recommending cannabis to patients.


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Florida doctors have mixed opinions about medical marijuana

Florida doctors have mixed opinions about medical marijuana

As Florida voters weigh their decision to create a state-regulated medical marijuana industry, an obvious question emerges: Where do doctors stand on pot?The answer is complicated.The medical establishment dismisses weed as scientifically untested, but some individual doctors are breaking ranks to back Amendment 2, the ballot question that will be decided Nov. 8.


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Second company joins lawsuit over medical marijuana licenses

Second company joins lawsuit over medical marijuana licenses

A second company has asked to join the lawsuit against the Maryland Cannabis Commission, alleging that it too was unfairly denied a lucrative license to grow medical marijuana.Maryland Cultivation and Processing filed paperwork Wednesday to jointly sue the state commission with GTI Maryland.While the two companies were ranked initially among the 15 top applicants for licenses to grow the drug, they were later excluded so the commission could instead grant preliminary licenses to two lower-ranked companies in Southern and Southeastern Maryland.


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Poll: Arkansas voters split on medical marijuana proposals

Poll: Arkansas voters split on medical marijuana proposals

Arkansas voters have split attitudes on two medical marijuana proposals with few undecideds, according to the latest Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College survey.The poll, conducted among 831 likely Arkansas voters on September 15-17, 2016, shows one medical marijuana proposal with a plurality of support, while a second ballot issue has a small majority against it.The survey has a margin of error of 3.4%.