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Council bans medical marijuana for 2 years : thecourier





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Council bans medical marijuana for 2 years

Council bans medical marijuana for 2 years
Council bans medical marijuana for 2 years
By DENISE GRANTSTAFF WRITERFindlay City Council's final vote on a moratorium affecting medical marijuana was without fanfare Tuesday.Council's attention and ire shifted to a projected budget shortfall, and questions about whether the city's policy of allowing certain businesses to delay paying estimated taxes is driving the red ink.Council voted 9-1 to enact a ban on dispensing, cultivating or processing medical marijuana within city limits until Sept. 8, 2018.


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Putting the brakes on medical marijuana businesses

Putting the brakes on medical marijuana businesses
Putting the brakes on medical marijuana businesses
ORANGE PARK, Fla. - Florida voters are just 20 days away from deciding on Amendment 2.If passed, it would expand patient access to medical marijuana in the state.The town of Orange Park, however, is putting the brakes on any medical marijuana businesses looking to set up shop.


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Physician urges lawmakers to fund medical marijuana research in Utah

Physician urges lawmakers to fund medical marijuana research in Utah
Physician urges lawmakers to fund medical marijuana research in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — The only "medical marijuana" bill passed by Utah lawmakers in 2016 was a resolution urging the federal government to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule II drug, a change that would open the door to medical research.Had Congress authorized the Drug Enforcement Administration to make that change, universities and pharmaceutical companies "would have already asked and answered the questions we're trying to do now," said Sen. Brian Shiozawa, R-Cottonwood Heights, addressing his legislative colleagues Wednesday during a meeting of the Utah Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee.One of those questions is whether Utah should launch into cannabis-based medicine research on its own under state-level legislation.


in the same way thespectrum

New medical marijuana measures presented to committee

New medical marijuana measures presented to committee
New medical marijuana measures presented to committee
This March 25, 2014, file photo, Utah Rep. Gage Froerer, a Republican from Huntsville, who sponsored H.B.105 Plant Extract Amendments, hugs April Sintz, whose son Isaac has epilepsy, following the bill signing ceremony at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City.A Utah legislative committee met Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, to discuss whether marijuana should be legal for people with certain medical conditions.Froerer, says he plans to sponsor a bill that would help people with a wide array of medical conditions.


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