Senate committee moves to let intel agencies hire people who have used marijuana June 24, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced legislation that would allow US intelligence agencies to hire applicants who have used marijuana in the past, according to committee aides. Language included in the committee's annual authorization bill for the intelligence community -- which passed… Read More→
Kirsten Gillibrand Announces Plan For National Marijuana Legalization June 6, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) unveiled a plan on Wednesday that would legalize recreational and medical marijuana, expunge all nonviolent marijuana convictions and “tap into the medical and economic opportunity” of the drug. “Fundamentally, whether adults use marijuana is a matter… 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→
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→
Pot for All: How Congress Is Trying to Make Weed Legal May 30, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments From decriminalization to opening up the banking industry, both sides of Congress are preparing cannabis bills – but with much different approaches Over the past decade, marijuana legalization has happened at break-neck speed at the state and local level. And yet,… Read More→