Utah medical pot applicants under wraps but will be revealed
5 years, 6 months ago

Utah medical pot applicants under wraps but will be revealed

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Who is going to grow Utah’s medical marijuana remains unknown as a July 1 license application deadline looms. State officials leading the medical marijuana license process said this week they will not release the names of applicants right now but will likely make applicant information public as soon as licenses are awarded mid-July. Assistant Attorney General Paul Tonks, who is helping coordinate medical marijuana license applications, said releasing applicants’ names once licenses are awarded will increase transparency. Chris Hughes, the director of the state’s Division of Purchasing who is assisting Tonks with the license process, said releasing applicants’ names before licenses are awarded could negatively sway the process. “If I knew how many big, out-of-state cultivators were also applying, it would psyche me out,” said Lyle Christensen, a Utah farmer applying to grow medical pot.

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Kentucky to help connect patients with medical providers as part of its medical cannabis program
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kentucky to help connect patients with medical providers as part of its medical cannabis program

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky will offer an online directory to help connect patients with medical providers as it prepares for the start of its medical cannabis program in 2025, Gov. So far, 154 doctors and advanced practice registered nurses are authorized to be medical cannabis practitioners, a number that is growing steadily, Beshear said. After years of setbacks for proponents …

Kentucky to open applications for the state’s medical marijuana business
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Kentucky to open applications for the state’s medical marijuana business

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Businesses that want to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for Kentucky can start applying for permits starting Monday, part of an accelerated push to have products available in early 2025, Gov. Patients can apply for medical cannabis cards starting Jan. 1 if they have qualifying illnesses, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, epilepsy, chronic nausea or …

State: Medical marijuana would see decline if pot legalized
2 years, 3 months ago

State: Medical marijuana would see decline if pot legalized

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Legalizing recreational pot in North Dakota could cut the number of people who are registered to use the drug as medicine by at least 80%, due to access to bigger quantities and more varied products, a health official said Monday. The state has issued more than 8,200 identification cards to qualifying patients since North Dakota voters approved …

Medical marijuana patients in Minnesota seek gun rights
3 years, 6 months ago

Medical marijuana patients in Minnesota seek gun rights

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Staunch conservatives and advocates of legal marijuana have formed an unlikely alliance in Minnesota to pressure the Legislature to allow medical cannabis patients to own guns. The more than 35,000 patients in Minnesota’s program can’t own guns as the law now stands because the federal government classifies marijuana as an illicit drug, on par with heroin, …

South Dakota passed medical pot, but physicians hesitant
3 years, 7 months ago

South Dakota passed medical pot, but physicians hesitant

Associated Press  

— Medical marijuana advocates have convinced South Dakota voters that legalizing the drug for medical use is a good idea, but they are struggling to do the same with many of the state’s physicians. But Melissa Mentele, who launched the medical cannabis legalization campaign, said that reluctance from physicians and health care providers could result in a bumbling rollout of …

Court: Medical marijuana license applications not secret
3 years, 7 months ago

Court: Medical marijuana license applications not secret

Associated Press  

— State regulators cannot keep information from medical marijuana license applications secret, a Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday. The court said it would be “unreasonable and absurd” to keep the applications secret from companies trying to determine why their applications to grow, distribute or sell marijuana were denied, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. In the lawsuit ruled on Tuesday, Kings …

Medical marijuana legal in Utah, but not always affordable
3 years, 8 months ago

Medical marijuana legal in Utah, but not always affordable

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Pain left from oil-field work defeated traditional pain pills and dominated William Adams’ life — until he tried medical marijuana. “I thought that we had relieved a lot of suffering, and I can’t deny that we have,” said Desiree Hennessy, executive director of Utah Patients Coalition. In New Mexico, a longstanding proposal to create a “low-income …

Utah medical marijuana program on track, starting small
4 years, 11 months ago

Utah medical marijuana program on track, starting small

Associated Press  

Associated Press — Utah’s new medical marijuana program will launch on time in the coming weeks, though health officials said Wednesday it will start small. To get the cards, they will need a recommendation from a doctor, which may be a challenge because the number of medical providers interested in recommending the drug has been “very limited,” said Marc Babitz, …

Missouri grants licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries
4 years, 11 months ago

Missouri grants licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries

Associated Press  

— Missouri health officials on Friday posted the list of recipients of the first 192 licenses to operate medical marijuana dispensaries, bringing the state closer to joining the many others that allow at least some form of marijuana use. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services awarded 24 licenses in each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts, saying recipients were …

Utah’s medical pot distribution, growing plans face scrutiny
5 years, 5 months ago

Utah’s medical pot distribution, growing plans face scrutiny

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah officials preparing to launch the state’s medical marijuana program next year face mounting pressure from county attorneys to scrap plans for a state-run dispensary system and lingering scrutiny from companies rejected for growers’ licenses. On Tuesday, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill and Davis County District Attorney Troy Rawlings said current plans to use …

The Latest: Utah dismisses protests by marijuana firms
5 years, 5 months ago

The Latest: Utah dismisses protests by marijuana firms

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — The Latest on protests by companies denied medical marijuana grower licenses in Utah : 3:45 p.m. Utah has dismissed appeals from six companies that were denied licenses to grow medical marijuana for the state and argued the state chose unqualified companies. ___ 1:46 p.m. Several county attorneys are pressuring Utah to scrap its plans for a …

6 companies challenge Utah’s medical marijuana growing picks
5 years, 5 months ago

6 companies challenge Utah’s medical marijuana growing picks

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s decision to award a smaller number of medical marijuana grower licenses than allowed by law is being challenged by six companies that say the state granted licenses to unqualified cultivators and had inappropriate interactions with applicants, among other claims. Utah’s Department of Agriculture and Food selected eight companies to grow medical marijuana for its program …

Marijuana firm challenges Utah’s medical pot growing picks
5 years, 5 months ago

Marijuana firm challenges Utah’s medical pot growing picks

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s decision to award a smaller number of medical marijuana grower licenses than the amount allowed by law is being challenged by a rejected applicant claiming the state granted a license to unqualified cultivators and could create a cannabis shortage that forces patients to buy on the black market. In an appeals letter dated July 21, …

Utah picks 8 growers for medical marijuana program
5 years, 5 months ago

Utah picks 8 growers for medical marijuana program

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah chose eight companies Friday to legally grow medical marijuana for the first time in the conservative state, though the decision to award a smaller number of licenses raised concerns among advocates about whether supply would be robust enough. Christine Stenquist, director and founder of advocacy group Together for Responsible Use and Cannabis Education, or TRUCE, …

Medical marijuana may be more accessible in New Jersey
5 years, 6 months ago

Medical marijuana may be more accessible in New Jersey

Associated Press  

FREEHOLD, N.J. — New Jersey expanded its medical marijuana program, including increasing the number of illnesses eligible for cannabis use, boosting the amount that can be dispensed and raising the number of cultivator permits, under a broad new law. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act on Tuesday at a tavern in Freehold known …

Group to try again with medical marijuana initiative
5 years, 6 months ago

Group to try again with medical marijuana initiative

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — An attorney representing a group trying to get a medical marijuana initiative on the Idaho ballot says it’s going to try again after an initial petition was rejected. State officials told the Idaho Cannabis Coalition some of the 20 signatures needed for initial approval weren’t valid because they didn’t match records of registered voters. Attorney James Piotrowski …

AP analysis: Legal pot for all takes a toll on medical users
5 years, 6 months ago

AP analysis: Legal pot for all takes a toll on medical users

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press. The largest of all the legal markets, California, doesn’t keep data on medical patients, but those who use …

Correction: Medical Marijuana-Utah story
5 years, 7 months ago

Correction: Medical Marijuana-Utah story

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — In a story June 5 about Utah’s medical marijuana law, The Associated Press reported erroneously some of the chronology of how and when the law came into effect. A corrected version of the story is below: Utah farmers push back on proposed cannabis regulations Potential marijuana growers raised concerns about the limitations of cultivation regulations at …

Nebraska’s tough approach to medical marijuana may backfire
5 years, 8 months ago

Nebraska’s tough approach to medical marijuana may backfire

Associated Press  

— Year after year, Nebraska’s conservative lawmakers have rejected measures calling for limited and highly regulated medical marijuana. “I have no idea what’s going on down in Lincoln.” Since 2010, legislators have rejected medical marijuana bills three times, even measures that allowed only low levels of the drug’s active ingredient and restricted it to creams and oils with a ban …

Medical marijuana makes its North Dakota debut in Fargo
5 years, 10 months ago

Medical marijuana makes its North Dakota debut in Fargo

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened for business Friday in a Fargo mini-mall and several of the dozen or so people who showed up in the first hour said they’re relieved they can finally get the drug. “It was a little bit slow but it’s day one,” said Schumacher, who spent about an hour filling out …

North Dakota’s 1st medical marijuana dispensary set to open
5 years, 10 months ago

North Dakota’s 1st medical marijuana dispensary set to open

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s first medical marijuana dispensary is set to open next week, the culmination of a nearly two-year effort by the state Health Department to establish a distribution system for the drug. The dispensary first will need to undergo what amounts to a final state inspection to ensure it meets all security rules, according to state Medical …

Arkansas moves closer toward launching medical pot program
6 years ago

Arkansas moves closer toward launching medical pot program

Associated Press  

— An Arkansas panel on Wednesday named 32 companies it intends to license to sell medical marijuana, two years after voters approved its legalization and following a series of delays that have frustrated patients and advocates. Arkansas voters in 2016 approved a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana, but the program’s rollout has faced legal and bureaucratic delays. “On a scale …

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