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Marijuana legislation is popping up all over the place. (Creative Commons) Marijuana Policy Last Prisoner Project Calls on Biden to Grant Clemency to Federal Marijuana Prisoners. The Last Prisoner Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to cannabis-related criminal justice reform, has launched 'A Time To Heal,' an advocacy campaign calling on President Biden to leverage his clemency power to commute the sentences of thousands of people unjustifiably incarcerated due to federal marijuana-related violations. The advocacy organization is also encouraging the President to issue grants to the ...

Florida Florida Bill to Cap THC Levels for Medical Marijuana Wins Committee Vote. The House Professions and Public Health Subcommittee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would cap THC levels in medical marijuana at 10% and 15% for edibles. The vote to advance HB 1455 came despite testimony from doctors and patients that the measure was an assault on medicine. It still needs to be approved by the House Health and Human Services Committee and the House Health Care Appropriations Committee before going to a House floor vote. South Dakota South Dakota Senate Agrees to Medical Marijuana Program ...

Capitol Watch for Thursday, March 11 Florida lawmakers began a 60-day session March 2. (Source: News Service of Florida) By ABC7 Staff | March 11, 2021 at 9:29 AM EST - Updated March 11 at 10:21 AM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida Senate and House committees will be taking up the following bills on Thursday, March 11: LIABILITY PROTECTIONS AT ISSUE: The Senate Rules Committee will consider two bills (SB 72 and SB 74), filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, that would help shield businesses and health-care providers from lawsuits related to COVID-19. (8:15 a.m., 412 Knott Build...

If Florida doesn’t make significant reforms to its medical marijuana program, it could have another opioid crisis on its hands, a Republican lawmaker argued in a House committee Tuesday.

Listen • 1:04 The bill, which places limits on THC in medical marijuana, passed through the House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee by a party-line vote. With Democrats condemning the effort as “reefer madness,” a House panel on Tuesday pushed forward a proposal to impose limits on the amount of euphoria-inducing THC in medical marijuana products. The proposal, approved in a party-line vote by the House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee, would place a 10 percent THC cap on smokable marijuana and limit THC levels to 60 percent in most other medical-mari...