Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to send the Biden administration a message: End prohibition of cannabis, once and for all, by fully descheduling it rather than simply rescheduling it to a slightly less restrictive category....
Two-time Superbowl Champion Jim McMahon and All-Pro offensive lineman Kyle Turley are hinting at a run for the White House with a campaign built on passing a banking bill for legal marijuana businesses and creating awareness...
As New York fails because of their failed marijuana rollout, they are constantly turning to random industries to solve their problems.
New York is an economic engine for the country, from Wall Street to the fashion and media,...
Governors across America are tired of waiting for President Joe Biden to fulfill his goal to swiftly determine if the country should reschedule cannabis at the federal level—leading six of them to urge the president in...
A proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act by Republican Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida would cease cannabis testing for military members, Politico reports.
Should the amendment make it into the...
A group of Democratic lawmakers has written a letter to federal financial regulators calling on them to update rules that hinder cannabis business owners with past convictions for marijuana-related crimes. In the letter to...
Rescheduling is important to states and the marijuana industry…and people are looking for clues
States with legal marijuana want the tax revenue. Cannabis businesses need relief and help to continue and grow. The marijuana...
A group of Republican legislators recently sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) asking for the agency to reject the recent recommendation to reschedule cannabis, which was suggested by the Department...
On Dec. 22, President Joe Biden announced that he will be expanding his pardon initiative to include offenses that occurred on federal properties.
“America was founded on the principle of equal justice under law. Elected...
As it reaches a tense 3 week mark to find a Speaker for the US House, perhaps everyone can chill and support marijuana
The US House of Representatives seems to be struggling to find a Speaker. Since Matt Gaetz (R-FL) lead...
In many ways, what happened in Adelanto, California, is an epitomic American tale: a failing prison town wanted to turn itself into a place of prosperity so it turned to another of the country’s greatest commodities, marijuana....
On August 4, former Adelanto, California mayor Richard Kerr was found guilty of taking cannabis-related bribes while in office. According to coverage from the Los Angeles Times, Kerr was sentenced to federal prison for 14...
Following the chaos of the recreational weed rollout, the government is trying to figure out next steps. But it seems legal marijuana has been handed a nothing burger from NY state with their last rollout for potential cannabis...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to make major drug reform a reality should his long-shot presidential bid land him in the White House.
In an interview last Thursday, Kennedy, who is challenging President Joe Biden for the 2024...
The GOP’s nominee to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) as Speaker of the House—one of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government—has opposed nearly every cannabis bill he’s encountered during the...
Washington State legalized weed in 2012 and things rolled out slowly but surely. Then things took a rough turni in 2020. Since then, crimes against cannabis has soared in Seattle, causing angst among business owners.
In...
As autumn leaves begin to turn, it is also the Jewish high holy season. It is time for reflection, celebration, being thankful for blessing and to honor the history of the Jewish people. An ancient tradition upheld around...
The U.S. Cannabis Council (USCC) announced on June 28 that it has created Legalize America, which is the first United States’s Super Political Action Committee (or Super PAC) that is specifically dedicated to cannabis reform....
On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he would not legalize adult-use cannabis if elected president, confirming what he said in June, and warned about the danger of fentanyl-laced pot at the Never Back Down Super...
On July 4, 1776—247 years ago—the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain. Many of them not only grew hemp but insisted...
TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have surpassed the required number of petition signatures to place it on the 2024 ballot, according to the state...
New Hampshire Representative Dan Hynes announced on Facebook that he is officially switching parties from Republican to Independent due to his belief that the Republican party no longer values priorities such as the defense...
A US House of Representatives subcommittee last week held a hearing to explore the legalization of marijuana with testimony from a slate of witnesses who support ending the federal prohibition on cannabis. The congressional...
Don’t blame marijuana for fentanyl sweeping the nation and endangering millions
Fentanyl has become the thing parents warned us about. Easily addictive, it can wreck a person’s life within a few months. Fentanyl...
The Republican governor of New Hampshire stated that he would sign an alternate proposal to legalize marijuana through a system of state-run retailers just one day after the New Hampshire Senate blocked a similar measure.
What...
On Thursday, a significant U.S. Senate committee will meet to discuss marijuana banking issues and bipartisan legislation that aims to address the industry’s particular financial difficulties.
The Senate Banking Committee...
On the unofficial cannabis festival of 4/20, marijuana reform campaigners revealed on Wednesday that they will be hosting a policy conference inside the U.S. Capitol Building. Speakers will include Senate Majority Leader...
Advocates for drug reform and harm reduction applaud the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) for formally supporting the decriminalization of all drugs and drug-related items.
Late last month, the APhA House of Delegates...
On Jan. 16, President Joe Biden spoke at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast event in Washington D.C., which was hosted by the National Action Network. In his speech, he briefly included a mention of consumers in prison...
Colorado is poised to become the second U.S. state to legalize medicinal psychedelics.
Proposition 122, Access to Natural Psychedelic Substances, was supported by about 52% of the vote as of 12:35 p.m. Friday with 2,240,233...
A bipartisan duo of US House legislators has introduced a pair of CBD regulation bill proposals to regulate the hemp-derived cannabinoid, arguing that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has failed to regulate the popular...
A Washington State legislative committee last week approved a bill that would permit interstate cannabis commerce between companies in states that have legalized marijuana. The measure, House Bill 1159, was advanced by the...
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are now “close” to supporting legislation to legalize medical marijuana, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said last week. Support for legalizing medical cannabis signals a change...
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