Medical Marijuana Program Connection

NC Senate expected to pass medical marijuana bill

MMP News AuthorJune 2, 2022

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The state of North Carolina is one step closer to legalizing medical marijuana after clearing a key committee in the legislature. The senate could vote on the bill as soon as Thursday. However the contents of the legislation are very specific. There are 15 conditions covered ... Read More

House Approves Bill To Enhance Medical Marijuana Research

MMP News AuthorDecember 14, 2020

In addition to trying to get through the bureaucratic red tape that it takes to get approved to study marijuana, researchers have only been allowed to use weed grown by Uncle Sam at the University of Mississippi. Politicians, drug warriors and other naysayers of the nug are always complaining that ... Read More

Senators advance bill creating recreational cannabis market

MMP News AuthorDecember 14, 2020

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey lawmakers moved legislation to set up the recreational marijuana market in the new year one step forward on Monday. The Democrat-led state Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the legislation to the floor later this week for a vote. The Democrat-led Assembly is also ... Read More

Bill Implementing Adult-Use Marijuana Referendum Advances in Senate

MMP News AuthorDecember 14, 2020

Trenton – Acting to implement the public referendum legalizing adult-use marijuana approved by the voters, the Senate Judiciary Committee today approved legislation sponsored by Senator Nicholas Scutari and Senate President Steve Sweeney that will create the organizational and regulatory system needed to oversee the operations of the cannabis industry in New ... Read More

House of Representatives looks to decriminalize marijuana with new bill, students respond

MMP News AuthorDecember 13, 2020

The United States House of Representatives passed new legislation Friday, Dec. 4 that would remove marijuana from the government’s list of scheduled substances and federally decriminalize the drug if agreed upon by the Senate. While Americans use marijuana at the same rate regardless of race, a Black individual is four ... Read More

Opposition submits Amendment Bill to remove jail time for small amounts of marijuana; Plan…

MMP News AuthorDecember 10, 2020

Opposition Members of Parliament Jermaine Figueria and Sherod Duncan have submitted a Bill to the National Assembly seeking to amend several parts of the Narcotics Act in an effort to remove jail time for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Under the proposed changes, the Opposition MPs want trafficking of ... Read More