House poised to pass bill legalizing marijuana March 28, 2022 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The House is poised to pass legislation this week that would legalize marijuana, just the latest example of the swiftly changing attitudes on drug laws that marks a near reversal from the Reagan-era “war on drugs” that also reverberated through… Read More→
DC Council chair says Congress is making ‘lawless’ marijuana situation worse March 16, 2022 AggregatedNews District of Columbia 0 Comments The chairman of the D.C. Council said that Congress is making crime worse in the District by continuing to stop local leaders from regulating the sale of recreational marijuana. “It perpetuates the current lawless situation in the city,” said Council… Read More→
Cannabis banking legislation passes House. Booker and other advocates have equity concerns. February 7, 2022 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments Legislation allowing banks to offer credit cards, checking accounts and other financial services to legal cannabis businesses passed the U.S. House Friday, the sixth time that the Democratic-controlled chamber approved such a measure. The Secure and Fair Enforcement, or SAFE Banking… Read More→
Congress Passes Marijuana Banking Reform, But Cannabis Is Still Cash Only—For Now April 20, 2021 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments In a bipartisan vote, the US House of Representatives on Monday approved reform of federal banking rules that would finally allow legal marijuana businesses to access banks. Now, ending a dangerous and unwieldy cash-only cannabis industry—and encouraging investment that would diversify and… Read More→
House passes bill to broaden marijuana research December 10, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would expand scientists’ ability to study marijuana in states where the drug is already legal. The bill, which passed in a bipartisan voice vote, is the second time this month the House has… Read More→
As world moves forward on marijuana legalization, Iowa is stuck December 8, 2020 AggregatedNews Iowa 0 Comments Last week was a big one for marijuana reform across the world. The United Nations narcotics commission voted to remove cannabis from its list of most restricted drugs, with backing from the United States and the World Health Organization. The Mexican legislature advanced a… Read More→
Bill decriminalizing marijuana ‘great step’ but ‘largely symbolic,’ says cannabis COO December 7, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments This week became historic for the “legalize marijuana” movement, with the House of Representatives passing the MORE Act by a vote of 228-164 on Friday. The bill would decriminalize cannabis and marks the first time that Congress has ever voted on the… Read More→
House of Representatives to vote on marijuana legalization bill December 4, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote on marijuana legalization at the federal level Friday, the first time either chamber of Congress has voted on the matter. The bill is likely to pass the chamber, but the Republican-controlled Senate is… Read More→
State ballot measures to legalize cannabis could add $9 billion to US marijuana market September 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota 0 Comments Despite a delay in the U.S. House of Representatives vote for a bill that would seek to legalize cannabis at the national level, the legal cannabis market in the U.S. still stands to substantially grow as more states plan to… Read More→
Bill to decriminalize marijuana at federal level up for House vote next month August 31, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A landmark bill that would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level is up for vote soon. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the legislation in September, according to an email sent out on Friday by Majority Whip James Clyburn. Politico first reported on… Read More→