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Tennesseans’ support for gun reform and abortion access rises. So does their support for lawmakers opposing those measures.

Marianna Bacallao

December 13, 2024

Public support for Tennessee politicians has risen in recent months, according to a Vanderbilt poll out Friday. However, the report also found that support is higher for measures that the Republican-controlled statehouse opposes, including abortion access and gun reform.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, abortion rights, Bill Hagerty, Bill Lee, gun reform, IVF, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Marsha Blackburn, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, red flag law, Tennessee General Assembly, tnleg, Vanderbilt Poll

Kentucky voters overwhelmingly approve of allowing medical cannabis businesses

Joe Sonka, KPRandJustin Hicks, KPR

November 11, 2024

Each of the 106 counties and cities in Kentucky with a ballot referendum approved allowing medical cannabis businesses to operate in their jurisdiction.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, cannabis, Kentucky, Kentucky Public Radio, Louisville Public Media, marijuana, marijuana legalization, medical marijuana

Should Tennessee legalize marijuana? Lawmakers shoot down a proposal to hear your answer.

Blaise Gainey

February 22, 2023

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Forty-one states have legalized medical cannabis to some extent. Tennessee isn’t one of them. Lawmakers both Democratic and Republican have attempted to create a system for medical marijuana, but all have failed. Some are so against it they won’t even pose the question to their constituents.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, General Assembly, legislature, marijuana, marijuana legalization, medical marijuana, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol

The TBI won’t be backing off cannabis even as some prosecutors ignore state law

Blake Farmer

September 6, 2022

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Tennessee’s main crime lab is still very much treating marijuana like a dangerous drug. And state law enforcement has no plans to back off even as some prosecutors look the other way.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: delta-8, hemp, marijuana, marijuana legalization

Want To Grow Hemp In Tennessee? There Are Some Hoops To Jump Through

micah bradley

June 19, 2014

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has just proposed rules for farmers wanting to grow hemp, and they’re pretty strict.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: hemp, marijuana legalization

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