APIS Change Log

The APIS website is updated from time to time to add new material, enhance functionality, and clarify or correct information already available on the site. This page lists changes made since the launch of the website on June 23, 2003. Descriptions of these changes may be accessed by selecting a date from the “View Changes” menu.

View Changes

Material changes to the Web site have been made on the following dates:

Changes for: December 20, 2018

Additions and Enhancements

Update to 1/1/2018

The APIS information appearing on this website has been updated to include legislative and regulatory changes that took effect on or before 1/1/2018. Vehicular Insurance Exclusion has been discontinued and is not included in the update.

Policy Resources

New Policy Topic - A new policy topic addressing recreational cannabis use was added to the APIS Policy Topics section of the website. See Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 2. Coverage includes explanatory materials, maps and charts, and comparison tables with data for the period 1/1/2012 through 1/1/2018.

Additional Policy Resources:

A new About Cannabis Policy page was added.
Additional journal references were added to the Selected References sections of various APIS policy topics.

Corrections and Clarifications

Changes to data presented in the comparison tables in the APIS Policy Topics section of the website are listed below.

Changes to data presented in the comparison tables in the APIS Policy Topics section of the website.
Policy Topic	Jurisdiction	Changes
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 1	California	Changed minimum Cultivation limit, from 501 sq ft to <= 5,000 sq ft, as of 1/1/2017.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 1	Massachusetts	Changed coding for Local Authority from “Local Control” to “Both” for period beginning 12/15/2016.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 1	Nevada	Added THC limit and evidentiary standard to coding for Impaired Driving Prohibitions as of 1/1/2017.