Miss Marijuana

JULY 6, 2025

There are new studies, changing laws, and lots of personal stories online. Symptom Relief and Patient Outcomes So, what do real people say? If you want to hear more about real experiences, check out patient stories on Leafly. The rules can be different depending on where you are, so it’s smart to look up your local laws.

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Veriheal

MAY 16, 2025

Profits Drive Prices, Prices Drive Consumer Decisions Once competition and a surplus have been created, it still doesnt mean that dispensaries are lowering prices for customers in certain states anytime soonprofits being the main driving force. Since cultivators grow cannabis domestically in the U.S.,

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 24, 2025

The implementation will start with transporter licenses and registered testing laboratories, followed by cultivation centers, craft growers, and infusers, and with dispensaries transitioning last. Metrc has additional information and support available online here.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

These new laws would: a) strip out penalties for qualified patients in possession of five ounces or less of medical marijuana, and b) create a Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission to regulate and license the supply chain. Up to seven cannabis manufacturing facilities and eighteen dispensaries could be licensed.

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Veriheal

MARCH 19, 2025

Now, it seems that numerous medical marijuana dispensaries in South Dakota are closing their doors. In this article, youll discover the complicated history of legal cannabis in South Dakota, why recreational cannabis failed despite voters’ wishes, and why some medical dispensaries in South Dakota are now closing their doors.

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LifeCannMD

MAY 27, 2025

Here’s something that blows most of my patients’ minds: your body actually has built-in receptors for cannabis compounds. I’ve guided hundreds of patients through this process, and honestly? Great News for Seizure Patients If you’ve got epilepsy or any seizure disorder, you’re already qualified.

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LifeCannMD

JUNE 23, 2025

Here’s what I tell my patients: it depends on whether this is your first time getting a Florida MMJ card or if you’re coming back for a renewal. Let me walk you through exactly what Florida law says and what you can expect when you’re ready to get your medical cannabis recommendation in Florida.

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LifeCannMD

MARCH 3, 2025

Elena’s story sound like many of our Miami patients who find that medical marijuana edibles offer relief that helps them on a medical and personal level. Dispensary Purchases Only : Unlike some states, Florida requires all medical cannabis products to be purchased from a licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTCs).

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

JULY 3, 2025

Before weed went rec, before BOGO deals lit up your feed, before ‘dispensary near me’ was even a thing, there was Kind Meds. We were part of the original wave of medical dispensaries in Arizona, opening our doors back when you needed a card, not just curiosity, to walk through them. Want to know how it all began?

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 4, 2025

Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 56,847 unique patients, who purchased 1,298,645 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,311,940,075.94. Retail sales of medical cannabis for March totaled $10,816,859.45 in dry flower and $11,291,256.40

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 19, 2025

Melisa Stalets, IDPH Deputy Director, Office of Health Promotion, delivered a brief update, announcing that the new medical patient registration portal recently had gone live and that all four conditions that had been approved last year have been used by medical professionals to provide a patient with a medical card. 1-31, 2026.

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NORML

MARCH 18, 2020

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is issuing the following statements regarding the continued operation of medical cannabis dispensaries during the COVID crisis. “There are several million state-licensed medical cannabis patients in America. These guidelines are especially important for patients.

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MMJ Recs

JULY 30, 2019

More progressive states have been making it easier and easier for patients to have access to medical marijuana for years – but there are a few places where this progressive policy may come as a bit of a surprise… States like Oklahoma, for example. There are also no limits on how many medical marijuana dispensaries can be opened at once.

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NORML

JULY 1, 2021

Under the law, which took effect upon signing, qualified patients may now legally possess up to a 90-day supply of cannabis at one time. Patients also now have the ability to consult with authorizing physicians via video conferencing and may obtain cannabis from dispensaries via curbside pick-up.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Lehigh Valley NORML, and medical cannabis patients from across Pennsylvania, will hold the second in a series of monthly protests at the Department of Health (PaDOH) headquarters on Forster St. “Patients First: Fixing Medical Marijuana in PA” will commence on Wednesday November 13, 2019 from 08:30 AM-5:00 PM.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Those suffering from chronic pain report significant improvements in health following the passage of medical cannabis access laws, according to data published in the journal Forum for Health Economics & Policy. Among state-licensed medical cannabis registrants, two out of three report consuming cannabis to mitigate pain conditions.

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NORML

JANUARY 24, 2020

Under the law, which voters approved in 2018, regulators must license a minimum of 24 dispensaries in each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts. Regulators have already registered 27,000 patients to participate in the cannabis access program. Licensed dispensaries are expected to be operational by this spring.

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NORML

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Subcommittee members decided 6 to 4 to eliminate the ability for qualified patients to home-cultivate marijuana. Nearly 70 percent of voters decided in favor of the ballot Measure (Measure 26) last November, which allows patients to either obtain cannabis from state-licensed dispensaries or to grow it themselves.

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NORML

MARCH 13, 2020

Senate lawmakers approved legislation yesterday that seeks to regulate patients’ access to select medical cannabis products. Senators voted 22 to 11 in favor of SB 165 , which licenses dispensaries to provide qualified patients with non-herbal cannabis preparations, such as marijuana-infused tablets or pills.

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NORML

JULY 2, 2019

Phil Murphy signed legislation into law today significantly amending and expanding the state’s medical cannabis access program. The new law takes immediate effect. Specifically, it expands the pool of patients eligible for cannabis therapy to include those with chronic pain, menstrual cramps, and epilepsy.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

.” Last session, the Governor vetoed legislation , House Bill 364, which sought to allow patients registered in the state’s medical cannabis access program the option to home-cultivate up to three cannabis plants.

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NORML

APRIL 25, 2019

House Bill 1283 permits physician assistants to recommend cannabis to qualified patients. House Bill 1417 permits patients with cancer to possess enhanced amounts of cannabis flower (up to six ounces) when explicitly authorized by a recommending health care provider.

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NORML

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Under the state's medical marijuana law, patients are not permitted to home-cultivate cannabis. The post New Jersey: Regulators Approve Provisional Licenses for 30 New Medical Marijuana Dispensaries appeared first on NORML. Only 23 medical cannabis facilities are currently operating in the state.

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MMJ Recs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Medical marijuana (MMJ) dispensaries play a crucial role in providing patients with access to the cannabis products they need for managing various health conditions. Visiting an MMJ dispensary comes with a set of unwritten rules and etiquettes that patients should be aware of. This is a legal requirement in many states.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 7, 2024

Since before adult-use legalization, the hundreds of thousands of qualified medical patients in Illinois have had only 55 dispensaries to chose from, and the lack of access to specific medical needs, especially in southern Illinois, has forced several patients to drive 2-hours or more to purchase medicine.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It took until late 2017 for the first Maryland dispensary to open for business. By the end of 2018 there were almost 60,000 patients, and nearly $100 million had been taken in the first year of sales. It is projected that there will soon be over 200,000 registered medical marijuana patients in Maryland. Let’s dive in!

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NORML

MAY 27, 2020

Senators on Wednesday passed legislation to significantly expand the pool of patients eligible to qualify for medical cannabis access. ” Under the current law , doctors may only recommend medical cannabis products to those patients with a limited number of select conditions, such as HIV and cancer. .”

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Cannabis Cheri

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Now rules vary from state to state, so check the laws where you live, but these are typically the advantages of a medical marijuana card: It saves you money in the form of lower tax rates at dispensaries. If you are a grower, you can usually grow more plants with a medical marijuana card, so check the laws in your state.

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NORML

JANUARY 8, 2020

The proposed constitutional amendment establishes a state-licensed system of dispensaries to provide cannabis products to qualifying patients. The measure places no limit on the number of dispensaries and mandates that local municipalities “shall not impair the availability of and reasonable access to medical marijuana.”

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual amendments to the law legislators have introduced.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In the 144-page report, compiled by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) states in its data summary, “Looking ahead to Fiscal Year 2025, IDFPR has already begun its efforts to further expand access to cannabis both to consumers and medical patients.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

17 December… A New Mexico state judge ruled on Thursday that medical cannabis patients cannot purchase the same amount as non-patients when recreational-use sales begin. Prior to the Cannabis Regulation Act, the only way to legally possess cannabis in New Mexico was to be a medical cannabis patient.

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NORML

MARCH 23, 2023

These policies include providing patients with convenient access to regulated medical cannabis products, prohibiting certain employers from discriminating against those who use cannabis while off the job, and providing legal relief to those with past, low-level marijuana convictions."

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NORML

JUNE 25, 2019

. “Governor Pritzker and legislators in Illinois have laid out a path forward for states like New York, New Jersey, and others to emulate in the national movement towards comprehensive marijuana law reform.” Non-patients face civil fines of no more than $200 for growing personal use quantities of cannabis.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

By the time she learned she was breaking the law, cannabis medicine was saving her life. Tamara knew she had to get involved and work to change the law in her state of Virginia. It concerned her that even as a registered patient, she could still be arrested. Why not show these people on a good day?

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NORML

JUNE 13, 2019

Confused consumers are often paying $1000 per month at dispensaries , sometimes a lot more. ’s medical marijuana law will start bringing some transparency to consumer-level prices. Thus, the worst impact of high retail pricing at dispensaries falls upon the most seriously ill residents; many of whom also live on a fixed income.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As reported earlier , HB4161 focuses mainly on safety concerns, including permits, licensing, testing, taxes, and a new Hemp Social Equity Fund, but HB4161 also contains amendments that would affect registered Illinois medical cannabis patients and cottage hemp operators as well. Seeds may not be given or sold to any other person.”

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