Rescheduling Medical Cannabis
A Turning Point for Oregon Healthcare and what Schedule III means for the Future of the OMMP Salem Or. – For more than two decades, Oregon’s medical cannabis program has existed in a legal and regulatory gray area. Patients, healthcare providers, researchers, and policymakers have all been forced to...
Cannabis Legislation Sees Mixed Results During Oregon’s 2026 Legislative Session
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers considered several cannabis-related measures during the 2026 legislative session, but only one bill ultimately reached Governor Tina Kotek’s desk and became law. The session featured three major pieces of cannabis legislation: Senate Bill 1548, House Bill 4139, and House Bill 4142. While all three...
Compassionate Oregon Clears the Way for Cannabis in Hospice and Residential Care
Salem Or. – HB 4142, Oregon’s Ryan’s Law, signed into law April 7, 2026; takes effect in June 1, 2026. On April 7th Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 4142, Ryan’s Law for Oregon into law thatrequires that “An organization or residential facility designated under ORS 475C.791shall: (a) Allow a...
CO Works to Save the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program
Salem, OR – Compassionate Oregon is leading efforts to preserve the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) as declining enrollment threatens its financial sustainability. Senate Bill 176, introduced through the Senate Judiciary Committee, seeks to address budget shortfalls, enhance patient protections, and improve industry standards through expanded budtender education requirements....
Cannabis Use in Hospice and Palliative Care
Salem, OR – Compassionate Oregon has reintroduced House Bill 3214 for the 2025 Legislative Session, renewing efforts to allow the use of cannabis as an alternative to opioids in hospice and palliative care settings. The bill builds upon previous legislation from 2023 and seeks to mandate that hospice, palliative...
Illinois Medical Marijuana Program provides Opioid Alternative Pilot Program.
This program is a significant step in harm reduction and offers a flexible and responsive alternative for those who might otherwise rely on opioids for pain management. Key Features...
DEA Schedules Public Hearing on Rescheduling of Cannabis
On August 29, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration will publish the official “notification of hearing” with respect to the proposed rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act Hearing NotificationPursuant to 21 U.S.C. 811(a) and 21 CFR 1308.41, DEA will convene a hearing onthe NPRM. The...
Cannabis for Oregon’s Hospice Patients
Compassionate Oregon Moves to Reintroduce Cannabis in Hospice Bill in 2025 Legislative Session Negotiations have begun to reintroduce legislation similar to Ryan’s Law in California to require licensed healthcare facilities to permit the use of cannabis as an alternative to opioid in end-of-life (EOL) or palliative care. Cannabis is...
DEA Rescheduling of Cannabis Update
The Comment period is over, here is what to expect next. Determination To Propose Rescheduling Marijuana to Schedule III HHS has recommended a finding that marijuana has a CAMU. HHS Basis for Rec. at 63-64. After considering the foregoing facts and data and the recommendation of HHS, and after...
OHA/OLCC Joint Public Comment on DEA Rescheduling
As two State of Oregon agencies that work together to regulate medical and recreational marijuana, the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission support rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. In 1998 Oregon voters approved Oregon Measure 67 permitting the medical use of marijuana....