House panel approves marijuana decriminalization, but it faces a long, hard road November 22, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A Republican on the House Judiciary Committee said Republicans would oppose the bill and that "it is even less likely that the Senate would take it up." The campaign to decriminalize marijuana overcame a historic congressional hurdle this week, but… Read More→
‘H.R. 420’ is a proposed bill that would regulate marijuana like alcohol January 12, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A bill introduced in Congress this week that seeks to regulate marijuana like alcohol has been numbered "H.R. 420," a name the bill's sponsor has called a "tongue-in-cheek" reference to cannabis. A press release from U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer — a… Read More→
Congress just quietly passed a law that could spark a boom for the $1 billion marijuana-linked CBD industry December 12, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments This week, a plant that's nearly identical to marijuana is set to become legal to grow in the US. Thanks to the US Farm Bill, which the House passed on Wednesday in a 369 to 47 vote, American farmers will… Read More→
Congress is going to make marijuana moves November 15, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Despite majority public support in favor of marijuana legalization, and super-majority support in favor of medical cannabis access, members of Congress have nonetheless been reticent to move forward with any significant changes to federal pot policy. That is, until now.… Read More→
Marijuana Bill Approved By Congressional Committee, Despite Drug Conviction Restriction Dispute September 13, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A powerful U.S. House panel that oversees federal drug enforcement efforts approved a bill on Thursday to require the Department of Justice and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to begin issuing more licenses to grow marijuana for research. Prior to the vote, a bitter… Read More→
Congress Allocates $0 Towards Medical Marijuana Crackdown in New Budget Bill May 2, 2017 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments WASHINGTON ― Congress, once again, is blocking the Justice Department from spending any money that interferes with state medical marijuana laws. In their newly unveiled budget bill, lawmakers included a provision, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, that allows states to… Read More→
Congressional Cannabis April 23, 2017 Matt Walstatter Policy & Legal 1 Comment 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… Read More→
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