Colorado law will now allow CBD prescriptions

Colorado’s governor has signed into a law a bill to allows physicians to prescribe CBD medicines that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA’s ruling is expected in a matter of weeks.

Colorado gov’s veto could drive marijuana businesses out of state, officials warn

After Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper quashed a bill that would have allowed publicly traded companies to invest in the state’s marijuana industry, local cannabis companies are threatening to move to other states.

Cannabis industry representatives joined state lawmakers and patient advocates at a news conference Thursday to voice their displeasure with the governor’s vetoes of three marijuana-related bills the industry supported, the Denver Business Journal reported.