Watch This: Congressmen Discuss Federal Cannabis Policy, Jeff Sessions(Courtesy of Congressman Beto O’Rourke/Facebook)It’s not often we get to hear members of Congress talk openly and at length about cannabis. New Hampshire Just Decriminalized Cannabis Possession Video Footage Offers Glimpse of Australia’s Secret Medical Cannabis Crops Politics Two-Thirds of Police Say Cannabis Laws Should Be Relaxed Politics Jeff Sessions’ (Unfounded) Love Letter to DARE Industry Surprising New Poll Finds Cannabis Stigma Declining Politics We Talk Cannabis Reform With Rep. Perhaps the most important takeaway of the talk was this: Contact your congressional representatives and encourage them to support protecting state cannabis laws! (Not sure who those people are? Use this handy tool to find out.) Latest in Politics Can the Philippines Legalize Medical Marijuana Despite Duterte’s Violent Drug Crackdown? For years, the topic was a dangerous one, seen by most elected officials as more of a political liability than a way to win votes.
Watch This: Congressmen Discuss Federal Cannabis Policy, Jeff Sessions
(Courtesy of Congressman Beto O’Rourke/Facebook)It’s not often we get to hear members of Congress talk openly and at length about cannabis. For years, the topic was a dangerous one, seen by most elected officials as more of a political liability than a way to win votes. But as popular support grows for legalization—or, at the very least, letting states chart their own course on cannabis—more and more officeholders are wading into the debate.
On Tuesday, four Congressional representatives—who represent both Democrats and Republicans and who hail from four states...
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