PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) today applauded the re-introduction of the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act. The bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). In the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep. […]
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Marijuana midterms: Why some legal weed advocates think ‘all the pieces are coming together’ this year
As polls show record support for marijuana legalization, advocates say the midterm elections could mark the point of no return for a movement that has been gathering steam for years. “The train has left the station,” said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., a leading marijuana reform advocate in Congress. “I see all the pieces coming together… […]
Congressman Issues ‘Blueprint To Legalize Marijuana’ For Democratic House In 2019
Goal is to have Congress pass legislation by the end of 2019 Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer, one of Congress’s most vocal marijuana proponents, sent Democratic leadership a memo Wednesday outlining steps Congress should take to legalize the Schedule I drug. “Congress is out of step with the American people and the states on cannabis,” Blumenauer wrote […]
Ten Reasons Why 2018 Will Be the Year of Cannabis
We are quickly approaching the most important year of the cannabis industry since Colorado began selling recreational cannabis in 2014, or voters in Washington D.C. later that year approved an initiative for recreational sales in the District.. or maybe.. ever. The east coast is slogging through setting up their regulatory structures, with re-dos and delays […]
Congress Looks Ready to Take on Sessions If Necessary on Medical Marijuana
Congress will likely renew protections next month for state medical marijuana laws — but pro-pot lawmakers and advocates are still watching nervously in case Attorney General Jeff Sessions launches a last-minute sabotage campaign. For nearly three years now, Congress has maintained a policy prohibiting the Justice Department from using federal funds to prevent states allowing medical marijuana – which […]
Congressional Cannabis
In my last column, I reviewed the Trump administration’s treatment of cannabis. I would love to say that we discussed the administration’s cannabis policy, but that would imply that such a policy exists. What we saw instead was an incoherent assortment of contradictory statements from various members of the administration—not really a policy by any […]
Curbelo, Blumenauer Introduce Bill to Treat Legal Marijuana Businesses Fairly Under Tax Code
Press Releases Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Carlos Curbelo (FL–26) and Earl Blumenauer (OR–3) introduced the Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017, H.R. 1810. This legislation will amend Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code to allow marijuana businesses operating in compliance with state law to utilize common tax deductions and credits. Section 280E currently prohibits businesses that […]
Legislation Introduced in Congress to Regulate and Tax Marijuana Like Alcohol at the Federal Level; Statement Below From the Marijuana Policy Project
PRESS RELEASE Measures filed in the House and Senate on Thursday would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and create a federal regulatory process for states that choose to regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana for adult use Additional bills filed in the House and Senate on Thursday would eliminate many of the […]
Pro-Pot Lawmakers Launch a Congressional Cannabis Caucus
Four members of the U.S. congress are banding together to protect the growing marijuana industry. A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers launched the Congressional Cannabis Caucus in a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday afternoon. Republican congressmen Dana Rohrabacher (California) and Don Young (Alaska) joined Democrats Earl Blumenauer (Oregon) and Jared Polis (Colorado) […]
