Many Excited For The Future Of Cannabis At This Year’s DNC

July 26, 2016
AggregatedNews
Policy & Legal
0 Comments

PHILADELPHIA – The Democratic Party is poised to put marijuana on its party platform for the first time in history and pro-legalization groups and some members of Congress are overjoyed.

“This is the year that this issue crests. I’ve been working on it a long time,” said Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who has been a vocal supporter for marijuana reform for years. “We’ve had six pro-cannabis votes on the floor of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives [this year], so I’m optimistic.”

Marijuana lobbies and members of Congress who have supported marijuana reform and legalization for decades are now seeing the issue morph from what once was considered a fringe idea, to a national issue that now has 61 percent of public support for legalization — 70 percent of Democrats support legalization. [Read more at NBC26]

This Post Has 0 Comments

Recent Stories

Most Texans Want To Legalize Marijuana. Why Doesn’t Greg Abbott Listen to Them?

The governor, like Republican politicians in other red states where support for legalization is surprisingly strong, does not seem to think it is risky to defy public opinion. A new poll finds that 55 percent of Texas voters favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use. That’s down a bit from the 60-percent support measured last spring, but it is still…

I evolved on cannabis — Congress should, too

When I entered the halls of Congress for the first time in 1979, the idea of legislating cannabis was not only off the table; it was nowhere near it. Like most Americans at the time, my understanding of cannabis was informed by the perspective that fighting drug use was best done through stringent legal penalties…

Missouri voters to weigh forgiveness for past weed crimes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri could become the first state to pass a voter-led effort to require courts to automatically forgive past marijuana crimes as part of a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational pot on November’s ballot. Of the 19 states where recreational marijuana is legal, only seven states require some sort of judicial forgiveness…

NECANN’s 7th Annual Maine Cannabis Convention September 24-25 in Portland

PRESS RELEASE The largest cannabis industry event in Maine returns to the Sports Complex in Portland for its 7th Annual Maine Cannabis Convention. Presented by NECANN, the event is designed specifically to help educate, promote, and develop state-wide cannabis resources and networking opportunities with 150+ exhibitors and 40+ expert speakers. Cannabis business professionals, investors, patients,…