Utah

After weeks of wrangling, a bill that was to have legalized medical marijuana in Utah was headed for a vote — and likely passage — Thursday when it got stopped dead as legislative leaders realized there was no money to…

SALT LAKE CITY – Leaders from various faiths gathered at the Utah State Capitol this week, where they called on members of the legislature to pass a law allowing patients to use medical marijuana. Anna Zumwalt, a Soto-Zen Buddhist Priest…

Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana cheered and exchanged tearful hugs as the Senate approved a bill Thursday that would make Utah the 24th state to adopt a medical-marijuana program, sending the bill on for consideration in the House, where it…

Sen. Mark Madsen’s medical marijuana bill lives on after the Utah Senate voted 15-13 Monday afternoon to give the legislation a final hearing. After another 90 minutes of debate and discussion, Madsen tearfully asked Senate members to send the bill…

With patients and advocates for the legalization of medical marijuana in the audience, Utah senators gave preliminary approval Friday to an incremental step to deal with cannabis, while a more sweeping bill that appeared in jeopardy may have been given…

Conceding the Utah Legislature is unlikely to pass a bill legalizing medical marijuana, Utah patients who have been using the plant along with backers of legal cannabis ­— including several wealthy and well-connected Utah businessmen — plan to launch a…

At least one and possibly two senators have abandoned their support of a medical-marijuana bill pending in the Utah Legislature after the LDS Church issued a statement opposing the measure. The measure's sponsor, Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, said his…

Salt Lake City — The more restrictive of Utah's two medical marijuana proposals has won early approval from state lawmakers. A Utah Senate health committee unanimously approved the bill Thursday afternoon. It now moves to the full Senate, where lawmakers…

More than three out of five Utahns want to see medicinal marijuana legalized in the state, but obstacles and opposition remain as the 2016 Legislature considers making Utah the 24th state to implement such a program. Gov. Gary Herbert said…

SALT LAKE CITY — Proponents of medical marijuana say it would be tightly controlled in Utah if it becomes legal. "There won't be dispensaries on every corner," said Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas Institute, a group that advocates individual…

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that he would be open to legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, provided the science shows it can benefit patients and tight regulations can be put in place to control distribution. "I'm open to the…