Democrats urge Biden administration to deschedule marijuana January 30, 2024 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments Senate Democrats are putting new pressure on the Biden administration to ease federal restrictions on marijuana in a new letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday as it considers rescheduling cannabis after it was federally classified more than five decades ago.… Read More→
Legalizing Marijuana, With a Focus on Social Justice, Unites 2020 Democrats March 18, 2019 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments People in Colorado still remember John Hickenlooper’s crack after the state legalized marijuana, a move he opposed: “Don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” But Mr. Hickenlooper, the governor at the time of the 2012 initiative allowing recreational… Read More→
Former Speaker John Boehner on weed legalization: It’s time for Washington to ‘get out of the way’ March 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Former House Speaker John Boehner told CNBC on Friday that U.S. lawmakers are behind the times on cannabis legalization. "It's clear this market is going to expand. And as it does, lawmakers in Washington have to look up and realize… 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→
Where the 2020 presidential candidates stand on marijuana legalization February 21, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments If there's one thing that united Democrats and Republicans in the Reagan era (besides their unfortunate fixation with perms), it was their near universal hatred of weed. Everybody was a cop back then. Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate for president in 1984, called… Read More→
Veterans Left Off Medical Marijuana Protections Bill June 26, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments When Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced legislation this month to restrain the federal government from interfering with state-legal cannabis consumption and commerce, they galvanized an all-too-rare level of bipartisan, bicameral support. Notably missing from the voices of support for their… Read More→
Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Urge Trump To Overrule Sessions On Cannabis January 27, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A bipartisan group of 54 members of Congress led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Colorado Representative Jared Polis is demanding that President Trump restore the federal government’s previous hands-off approach to marijuana. Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, shook the… Read More→
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Open to Legalizing Marijuana in Massachusetts August 29, 2016 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Marijuana is "widely available" in Massachusetts due to decriminalization but there's little regulation of the drug, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday, explaining why she is open to supporting legalization. "Massachusetts is in a very difficult position, because we have decriminalized… Read More→