medical marijuana
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Utah legalizes medical pot, expands Medicaid
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UTAH State legalizes medical pot, expands Medicaid SALT LAKE CITY – Voters in conservative Utah have decided to join the growing number of states legalizing medical marijuana and expanding Medicaid to cover tens of thousands more low-income residents, two issues that had long stalled out with conservative state lawmakers. Utah will be on the list…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Utah lawmaker tries pot ahead of medical marijuana vote
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Lawmaker tries pot ahead of medical marijuana vote SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah lawmaker drove to Las Vegas and tried marijuana for the first time ahead of the statewide vote on a proposition to legalize its use for Utah residents with qualifying medical conditions. Sen. Jim Dabakis wanted to try cannabis before the vote,…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Mormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah
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Here’s a roundup of news from Colorado’s neighbor states. Mormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church has joined lawmakers, the governor and advocates to back a deal that would legalize medical marijuana in conservative Utah after months of fierce debate. The compromise comes as people…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Oklahoma awards first medical marijuana patient licenses
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Oklahoma awards first medical marijuana patient licenses OKLAHOMA CITY – More than 1,600 people and businesses applied for Oklahoma medical marijuana licenses on the first day that applications were made available. The online application system went live in late August at www.OMMA.ok.gov for all potential medical marijuana patients, growers, dispensaries, processors and caregivers. Oklahoma State…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Ex-New Mexico official pleads guilty to embezzlement, perjury
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Ex-state senator pleads guilty to embezzlement, perjury SANTA FE – Former New Mexico state Sen. Phil Griego has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and perjury charges for misspending and falsely reporting campaign account activity, lengthening his ongoing stay in prison. Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that Griego, a Democrat, was sentenced to an additional year based…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Gay Native American Democrat busts candidate mold in Kansas
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KANSAS Gay Native American Democrat busts candidate mold in Kansas TOPEKA, Kansas – Democrat Sharice Davids of Kansas has added her name to her party’s increasingly diverse slate of candidates advancing to the November ballot. Davids, who would be the first gay Native American elected to Congress, narrowly won a six-way primary in her eastern…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Oklahoma fast-tracks medical marijuana, faces pushback
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Oklahoma Oklahoma fast-tracking medical marijuana, but with pushback OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma pushed ahead last week with emergency rules aimed at fast-tracking operations of the medical marijuana industry, but not before concerned health officials tacked on requirements that cannabis advocates say will only slow things down. The state Board of Health narrowly voted to prohibit…
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New look marijuana products threaten Colorado kids
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A Colorado committee recently considered how to regulate a new generation of marijuana-based products that illustrate just how far commercialization has extended since the comparatively innocent days before the legalization of recreational marijuana. The official state work group considered what to do about radically new ways to deliver intense amounts of THC, the main psychoactive…
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Q&A with Melissa Kuipers Blake | Power lobbyist has the answers on pot and more
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Colorado’s odyssey involving legal marijuana continues to spark debate in the political world and to sow confusion in the business world. It can be a minefield for both the public and private sectors – and Melissa Kuipers Blake stands ready to help. The Denver-based lawyer-lobbyist with political powerhouse law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has spent…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Romney looks ahead after winning Senate nomination
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Utah Romney looks to November after landslide Utah primary win SALT LAKE CITY – Mitt Romney looks like a shoo-in for a U.S. Senate seat from Utah after winning a landslide primary victory and toning down his criticism of Donald Trump, but first he’ll face a Democratic opponent with a distinctly different political outlook. Jenny…
