How potent is pot as a midterms issue for Democrats? October 11, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 1 Comment What’s happening President Biden announced last week that he is pardoning thousands of people with federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana. “Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It’s time that we right these wrongs,” Biden… Read More→
When Will Democrats Get Serious About Repealing Pot Prohibition? April 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments When Republicans who oppose federal marijuana prohibition vote against your legalization bill, you probably are doing something wrong. That is what happened last week, when the House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act by a vote of 220 to… Read More→
Democrats are embracing legal marijuana. Why is Biden reluctant to fully join the party? October 7, 2021 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments As Democrats rally around marijuana legalization, President Joe Biden remains hesitant to fully embrace the idea, which some advocates say may be wasting an opportunity to appeal to a wide variety of voters. “It’s an enormously powerful public policy lever,”… Read More→
Democratic Senators Elevate Federal Cannabis Reform To High Priority March 15, 2021 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments On February 1, Senators Cory Booker and Ron Wyden, alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement announcing that marijuana reform bills would be merged as Congress moves toward some form of federal cannabis legalization. In the wake… Read More→
Democrats lose control of marijuana messaging September 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Removing federal penalties for marijuana looked like an easy win for Democrats two weeks ago, but the momentum has stalled. Democrats have been scared off by Republicans' use of the marijuana bill to bludgeon Democrats on the lack of a coronavirus deal,… Read More→
Marijuana vote poses November risk for Democrats September 9, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Democrats are taking an unprecedented gamble this month: voting to legalize cannabis at the federal level. The MORE Act would remove the penalties for marijuana, erase some criminal records and create grant programs for people hit especially hard by the… Read More→
Democrats Reject Marijuana Legalization In Party Platform July 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Democratic National Committee delegates voted 105-60 against including marijuana legalization in the party platform on Monday. The draft version of the platform supports decriminalizing marijuana use and legalizing medical marijuana, adding that it should be left up to the states… Read More→
The CEO of the largest marijuana company says a blue wave could trigger legalization ‘very quickly’ July 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments As prospects of Democrats taking back control of the Senate continue to grow, the CEO of the largest cannabis company by revenue is predicting it could lead to an expedited timeline of marijuana becoming legal in the U.S. at the… Read More→
Beto Promotes Legalized Marijuana During Democratic Debate October 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments During a discussion about solutions to the opioid crisis during last night’s Democratic primary debate, Beto O’Rourke suggested that when pharmaceutical companies go low, we should get high. The former congressman from El Paso said a veteran he once met… Read More→
Where the 2020 Democratic candidates for president stand on marijuana legalization September 9, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Democrats running for president have thoughts on marijuana legalization. Here they are. The Democrats seeking the 2020 presidential nomination all share a commitment to reducing the penalties for using and possessing marijuana, which remains illegal at the federal level. Many… Read More→
2020 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Support Marijuana Legalization Bill February 28, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, one of half a dozen Democratic senators running for the White House, is reintroducing a bill on Thursday that would fundamentally end the federal government's prohibition on marijuana. The Marijuana Justice Act, which was first introduced… Read More→