Sentences with phrase «marijuana legislation»

Dean Skelos, who leads Republicans in the Senate, has opposed medical marijuana legislation in the past.

«I have great concerns with a policy that impedes patients» ability to access information about a legal medical treatment,» said Sen. Diane Savino, a Democrat from Staten Island and the lead sponsor of the medical marijuana legislation in the Senate.

But the most significant piece of marijuana legislation coming out of Congress in recent years was a budget rider preventing the Department of Justice from interfering with state - level marijuana laws.

On Monday, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, signed recreational marijuana legislation into law, though with «mixed emotions» — making Vermont the ninth state to legalize adult - use marijuana, joining Colorado, Oregon, California, Washington, Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., which all have legalization on the books.

Marijuana legislation coming to Canada next spring.

For months, Cuomo and his top aides did not engage Senator Diane Savino and Assemblyman Dick Gottfried as they whipped support for their medicinal marijuana legislation, won over key Republican senators and endorsements — from the state Troopers P.B.A. and the G.O.P. candidate for attorney general — and amended their legislation to address concerns.

The Symposium featured courses on diverse topics, including: multifamily housing growth; how marijuana legislation impacts business; effective listing presentations; and the cities of tomorrow.

Medical marijuana legislation sponsors Sen. Diane Savino and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried talk with reporters.

Rules Committee chairman has repeatedly blocked bipartisan medical marijuana legislation from floor vote

Deputy Senate Republican Leader Tom Libous expects the medical marijuana legislation working its way through the Senate and Assembly to change during negotiations.

The mayor insists he and Commissioner Bill Bratton are «on the same page» on marijuana legislation.

Cuomo may become a vociferous and vocal opponent of the Trump administration on health care, start dealing more with unions, walk back some of his education initiatives, and maybe even start backing marijuana legislation.

Lead author Jennan A. Phillips, PhD, MSN, RN, and colleagues from AAOHN and ACOEM conducted a comprehensive literature search of currently available scientific evidence regarding effects of marijuana use on workers, as well as a broad examination of the legal implications of rapidly evolving marijuana legislation and policies — both at the state and federal level.

The Federal Government has indicated that it intends to table recreational marijuana legislation by the spring of 2017.

How will Canada's proposed marijuana legislation affect small business owners?

The federal government tabled two pieces of marijuana legislation in April; one to regulate recreational use, sales and cultivation, the second to address impaired driving.

Sen. Diane Savino, a Staten Islander who is a member of the Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, has been pushing for a full vote on the medicinal marijuana legislation — dubbed the Compassionate Care Act — despite reservations expressed by Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos.

They want to know how marijuana legislation could play out in Parliament, and who the winners and losers could be from it,» he says.

If the new legalized recreational marijuana legislation has similar provisions to the existing Regulations with respect to grounds for refusal of a license, dispensary owners could face serious ramifications for non-compliance with the current law.

Skelos said discussions are taking place with Sen. Diane Savino, who has sponsored medical marijuana legislation, about how to move the issue forward.

Oakland's decision to drive equity into the marijuana legislation assures minority ownership and seeks to compensate for discrimination against those affected by earlier laws.

But even as the access seems to improve for those who qualify for the program, advocates, as well as the lawmakers who sponsored the initial medical marijuana legislation, continue to argue patients struggle unnecessarily to find doctors who can prescribe the drug.

But in an interview today with the public radio show «Capitol Pressroom,» Cuomo declared that medical marijuana legislation is not dead.

Hoping to «bridge the partisan divide,» he pointed to medical marijuana legislation he introduced with former Republican State Rep. David Brinkley who, like Raskin, is a cancer survivor, and a government spending transparency measure with Rep. Alex Mooney, R - W.

In a further development, the medical marijuana legislation has been transferred from the Senate Finance Committee to the Senate Rules Committee, greatly improving the measure's chance of coming to the floor for a vote.

The fact that the vote will take place at all is something of a victory for the Brooklyn Democrat senator, who is the ranking minority member on the Codes Committee and tried last year to compel a vote through a parliamentary maneuver also employed by Sen. Diane Savino, an IDC member, to circumvent the chamber's leadership to get a vote on her medical marijuana legislation.

UPDATE — Staten Island Sen. Diane Savino, sponsor of the medical marijuana legislation, rejected the notion of approving only the «oil» form of the drug, arguing that smoking the drug provides the quickest relief for many seriously ill patients.

Medical marijuana legislation has repeatedly passed the Democrat - controlled Assembly only to stall in the more conservative Senate.

BY NATHAN RILEY In the closing hours of the legislative session, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed off on an approach to medical marijuana legislation that will allow its use under carefully controlled circumstances.

Sen. Jeff Klein stops to speak with reporters after meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about medical marijuana legislation.

S 5629 is sponsored by Sen. Diane Savino (D - Staten Island) and co-sponsored by several senators, including Sen. Martin Golden (R - Brooklyn), who previously opposed medical marijuana legislation.

The authors hope their review will provide a useful starting point for evaluating the impact of changes in marijuana legislation.

The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) believes the marijuana legislation recently introduced in Canada would establish stiff new penalties for drug - impaired driving, but that several issues still need to be dealt with to make the new regime effective.

The Court of Appeal specifically noted the trial judge's consideration of pending changes to Canada's marijuana legislation, writing «After observing that the federal government was taking steps to legalize marijuana, he proceeded to sentence [the man].

The conversation around pending changes to marijuana legislation and how it relates to those tied up in the criminal justice system today continues to provide us with judicial decisions.

Next up: medical marijuana legislation.

The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) believes the marijuana legislation recently introduced in Canada would...

While the courts are typically quieter during the summer months, there was no shortage of interesting criminal law news in the month of August: News: Canada announced changes to its medical marijuana legislation, passing the Access to Canabis for a Medical Purpose Regulations.

Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North Dakota passed medical marijuana legislation, bringing the number of legal medical marijuana states to 28 plus the District of Columbia That's more than half the country in which ganjapreneurs can soon start new businesses that will touch every aspect of the weed economy.

The House's marijuana legislation has dedicated $ 50 million of future marijuana sales to substance abuse prevention and treatment.

The Legislature's Conference Committee is now debating the House and Senate versions of the marijuana legislation.