(Chicago Sun Times) — The Illinois House on Tuesday narrowly rejected legislation that that would legalize the medicinal use of marijuana. The measure pushed by Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) reached 58 votes — two shy of the 60 needed to pass the House — before members began deserting the apparently doomed bill, leaving the “yes” […]
(AP) — A tax on medical marijuana could generate some $400,000 for the city over the next five years, according to an estimate from the city’s top financial official released Tuesday. Washington’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer provided the estimate to the D.C. Council, which has proposed taxing marijuana as part of budget negotiations. Read […]
(Washington Post) — The risk with the District’s new medical marijuana law isn’t that the city will become another California with hundreds of pot shops and doctors who’ll approve it for people feeling just jittery or blue. Instead, the worry is that the statute is so restrictive there won’t be enough legal weed to meet demand. […]
(Washington Business Journal) — The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to legalize medicinal marijuana and establish a regulatory framework for pot cultivation, distribution, prescription and use in the nation’s capital. The bill now goes to Mayor Adrian Fenty for his signature. It must then survive a mandatory 30-day congressional review before D.C. becomes the 15th […]
(Washington Post) — Hundreds of chronically ill District residents will be able to buy government-sanctioned marijuana by the end of the year under a measure that was unanimously approved by the D.C. Council on Tuesday. Without debate, the council authorized five medical marijuana distribution centers throughout the city, a number that could grow to eight […]