Sentences with phrase «legalizing medical»

With more states legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, it's becoming more difficult for landlords to take action against tenants who smoke pot on the property.

August 1, 2013 Gov. Pat Quinn signs law legalizing medical marijuana Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Illinois at a ceremony today in the University of Chicago Medicine Center for Care and Discovery.

On June 8, Ohio joined 24 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing medical cannabis.

«Legalizing medical marijuana does not increase use among adolescents.»

«Legalizing medical marijuana doesn't increase use among adolescents, study says.»

Overall, the results suggest policymakers should be careful when legalizing medical marijuana sales, Freisthler said.

The report — the most - detailed examination of medical marijuana and opioid deaths conducted to date — found that legalizing medical marijuana was associated with lower levels of opioid deaths only in states that had provisions for dispensaries that made medical marijuana easily available to patients.

They also identified state laws legalizing medical marijuana, examining provisions such as whether the regulations made marijuana easily accessible to patients by allowing dispensaries.

Marijuana often is used to self treat chronic pain and, with 24 states legalizing medical use of the herb, the American Pain Society published guidance in The Journal of Pain for physicians caring for patients who use cannabis.

Advocates and opponents of legalizing medical marijuana turned out for a state Assembly hearing Thursday in Buffalo City Hall.

One of the measures still being actively considered in the final days of the session is legalizing medical marijuana.

Last June, Gov. Cuomo, left, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver talk during a news conference announcing an agreement on legislation legalizing medical marijuana.

He also passed a bill legalizing medical use of marijuana.

Hannon has been a vocal opponent of legalizing medical marijuana, but appeared to soften his stance today.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York City Comptroller John Liu is proposing a historic overhaul of the city's marijuana laws, believing that legalizing medical marijuana and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational use would pump more than $ 400 million into the city's coffers.

State Senator Diane Savino, who strongly supports legalizing medical marijuana after seeing several family members die painful deaths from cancer, told Capital that Governor Andrew Cuomo's pot plan is simply «unworkable» and unlikely to be approved by the federal government.

Major issues during the 2014 legislative session included a raise in the minimum wage, a cut in corporate tax rates, rebuilding airports and other infrastructure, legalizing medical marijuana, and property tax rebates.

The Quinnipiac University poll released Monday finds only 9 percent oppose legalizing medical marijuana.

Cuomo, who had previously opposed legalizing medical marijuana, will announce an executive action in his State of the State address Wednesday that will permit just 20 hospitals to prescribe pot for patients with cancer, glaucoma or other serious diseases or conditions, according to the New York Times.

Siena reports that 26 percent of voters said they prefer the governor's program while 51 percent, the highest number recorded in polling so far, support legalizing medical marijuana and 21 percent want to keep it illegal.

Sen. Diane Savino and Assemblyman Gottfried at a news conference announcing an agreement on legislation legalizing medical marijuana.

Spitzer, who's taken on much of his family's expanding real estate empire, reversed his stance on ganja after getting into office, saying he would consider legalizing medical marijuana.

At this point the closest plan to legalizing medical marijuana in the state is Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to use executive power to allow doctors to prescribe it in 20 hospitals across the state to patients with certain conditions.

When City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D - Jackson Heights) criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration for the large number of marijuana possession arrests made on his watch and advocated for legalizing medical marijuana, he said he was not dismissing the drug's ill effects.

Liu claims legalizing medical - marijuana usage and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational would give the city $ 400 million in new revenue.

Eight out of 10 boomers favor legalizing medical pot, but few use it.

Kelly said that procedures won't be too different under the new law because the state, like more than two dozen others, had already legalized medical marijuana.

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It legalized medical marijuana in 1998, and recreational use in 2014.

Eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana for Americans ages 21 and older, and 29 states have legalized the medical use of marijuana.

A total of 30 states have legalized medical marijuana, while eight have done so for recreational use.

Under Prop 215 (which legalized medical marijuana), all cannabis organizations had to be nonprofits.

It's led to a legal quagmire in Arkansas, one of only two southern states to legalize medical marijuana.

Recent polls suggested roughly 60 % support for the ballot to legalize recreational cannabis in California, which legalized medical marijuana two decades ago and already sees an estimated $ 2.7 billion from legal medical pot sales.

Trump has expressed general support for states» rights to legalize medical marijuana in the past, but has not exactly taken a definitive stance on the issue.

California voters legalized medical marijuana in 1996.

Growing acceptance of medical marijuana creates opportunities in countries that have legalized medical marijuana but have not developed the infrastructure, he said.

Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but so far eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational use, while 28 states in total have legalized medical cannabis.

Like his father, Sen. Paul has aspirations to reform the criminal justice system and legalize medical marijuana usage.

Israel legalized medical in 2005.

Trump has previously voiced support for legalized medical marijuana, but Vice President - elect Mike Pence is an opponent of cannabis legalization.

In states that never legalized medical marijuana, the average prevalence of illicit use was 4.54 percent in 1991 and 1992, rising to 6.70 percent in 2012 and 2013.

At least six states voted to legalize marijuana in some form, with California, Massachusetts, and Nevada voting to legalize adult - use, or recreational cannabis, while Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota legalized medical pot.

Croatia legalized medical cannabis use in 2015.

Last year, Jamaica became the first Caribbean island to legalize medical marijuana and will start what the country is calling «wellness tourism,» complete with airport kiosks for travelers to buy cannabis before leaving the airport and entering the country.

Chile legalized medical.

Last year, he and his wife, Miriam, a physician and expert in drug addiction, provided the vast majority of funding for the campaign to defeat a ballot question that would have legalized medical marijuana in Florida.

The newspaper endorsed the state constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana and backs the approval of a 2016 Nevada ballot question to allow legal recreational marijuana.

According to national pollster Gallup, 64 % of respondents in its Oct. 2017 survey favored the idea of legalizing marijuana in the United States, which compares to just 25 % who felt the same way in 1995, the year before California became the first state to legalize medical cannabis for compassionate - use patients.

Agnese, for his part, points towards 2017 research from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University that found, based on the analysis of sales data collected by Nielsen retail scanners between 2006 and 2015, that monthly alcohol sales fell an average of 13 per cent in states that had legalized medical marijuana.