Kamala Harris will host a marijuana reform event with Fat Joe March 14, 2024 AggregatedNews Federal 1 Comment Vice President Kamala Harris will hold the administration's first public event on marijuana reform this week after President Joe Biden addressed the issue as one of his priorities in last week's State of the Union address. Harris will convene a… Read More→
Veterans groups join calls for Biden administration to reschedule marijuana February 22, 2024 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments Some of the nation’s largest veterans groups are pushing the Biden administration to “expeditiously” ease federal restrictions on marijuana, joining a growing number of calls to reschedule the drug six months after the Department of Health and Human Services recommended doing… Read More→
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→
President Biden Needs Cannabis To Win In 2024. Here’s Why. January 25, 2024 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments A recent poll found positive impressions of President Biden improve by double-digits if he reschedules cannabis. The youth rejoiced when President Biden pushed through hard-fought financial aid in the form an additional $5 billion in student loan forgiveness. This move will offer relief… Read More→
Governors Urge Biden To Reschedule Marijuana By The End Of This Year December 6, 2023 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments The governors of six states have jointly written a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to ensure marijuana is rescheduled by the end of this year. The letter, signed by the governors of Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey,… Read More→
Marijuana rescheduling falls short of expectations on Biden September 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments The Biden administration’s recommendation last week for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reschedule marijuana marked one of its most significant steps related to the president’s ambitious campaign promise to decriminalize cannabis use. But advocates and policy experts say rescheduling… Read More→
Marijuana Pardons Affect Just a Sliver of Those Swept Up in the War on Drugs November 28, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments Valerie Schultz’s conviction for possession of a small amount of marijuana in 2010 was anything but simple. Ms. Schultz was arrested on federal land, the Mount Olympus Trail in Utah, which means she was charged under federal law. The authorities… Read More→
New Weed Bill Aims to Speed Research as DC Lobbying Grows November 21, 2022 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments The first bipartisan marijuana bill to pass Congress went ahead with unanimous consent last week. But it wasn’t the legislation that the cannabis industry has been hoping for. The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, passed on Nov. 16 by… Read More→
Sentenced to 40 years, Biden’s marijuana pardons left him behind October 24, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments Edwin Rubis heard about President Biden’s announcement of mass marijuana pardons earlier this month and realized he would be left out. Rubis — who has spent more than two decades in federal prison for his involvement in a cannabis distribution conspiracy —… Read More→
What Does Biden’s Marijuana Pardon Mean for Deportations? October 21, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments With the Biden administration’s recent announcement that it was issuing widespread pardons for people convicted of federal marijuana possession, progressives and criminal justice advocates rejoiced that the president had finally reversed course on a stance preserved in amber since the 1990s on… Read More→
Biden order adds momentum to bipartisan marijuana bill October 19, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments President Biden’s move to reevaluate marijuana’s legal status and pardon federal weed convictions has reinvigorated momentum for congressional action to boost the ailing cannabis industry. Lawmakers see the lame-duck session as their best chance yet to pass the SAFE Banking Act,… Read More→
Five Decades Into The War On Drugs, Decriminalizing Marijuana Has High Bipartisan Support October 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments Last week, President Biden pardoned federal offenses for marijuana possession, part of a promise he had made on the campaign trail to decriminalize weed. The order to vacate the sentences of at least 6,500 American citizens and lawful permanent residents elicited praise from some cannabis advocates,… Read More→
Racial equity in marijuana pardons requires states’ action October 10, 2022 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments By pardoning Americans with federal convictions for marijuana possession, President Joe Biden said he aimed to partially redress decades of anti-drug laws that disproportionately harmed Black and Latino communities. While Biden’s executive action will benefit thousands of people by making it easier for them… Read More→
Missouri governor will not grant mass pardons for marijuana offenses after Biden request October 7, 2022 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments Missouri's governor will not grant a blanket pardon to those convicted on minor marijuana offenses after President Joe Biden pardoned federal convictions and urged governors to do the same at the state level. A spokesperson for Republican Gov. Mike Parson said Biden's… Read More→
Courts could throw state marijuana markets into disarray October 3, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments President Joe Biden is showing no interest in loosening federal restrictions that have left states in charge of developing how the multibillion-dollar U.S. cannabis industry grows. The nation’s courts may ultimately force the issue — in a chaotic fashion that… Read More→