Former GOP Congressman Who Actually Supported Marijuana Reform Enters The Cannabis Industry Lately it’s come to seem as if most of the former politicians who’ve entered the marijuana industry were unhelpful or downright hostile to legalization when they were in office. But on Friday, a cannabis company announced an addition to its board who disrupts […]
Montana Officials Loosen Proposed Marijuana Advertising Restrictions The Montana Department of Revenue has revised proposed regulations regarding marijuana advertising that had raised eyebrows among dispensaries, growers and others in the state’s burgeoning adult-use cannabis industry. This summer, the department has been navigating an exhaustive rulemaking process ahead of the Jan. 1, 2022, opening of Montana’s […]
Cannabis Commission Wants Plants Next Year, Hires Director MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission will ask state lawmakers to revise the state’s medical marijuana law in order to get plants in the ground next year and make the products available to patients sooner, Al.com reported. The commission also voted to offer State […]
Marijuana Legalization Does Not Lead To Increased Youth Use, American Medical Association Study Finds Youth marijuana use does not increase after states enact legalization for medical or recreational use, researchers concluded in a study published in a prominent scientific journal on Tuesday. The policy change instead has an overall impact on adolescent cannabis consumption that […]
Joe Biden Can No Longer Hide From Cannabis Legalization Efforts Cannabis legalization efforts in Congress have been a series of hits and misses during the Joe Biden administration, even as Congress juggles more cannabis-related bills than ever before. There are currently 35 cannabis-related bills in Congress—26 in the House, nine in the Senate. The foot-dragging […]
House Approves Cannabis Banking, Employment & DC Provisions TOP THINGS TO KNOW The House of Representatives passed a large-scale spending bill that includes provisions on marijuana banking, letting Washington, D.C. legalize cannabis sales, CBD regulations, employment protections, loosening hemp rules, safe consumption site for illegal drugs and psychedelic research, among other issues. Idaho’s secretary of […]
Billionaire Charles Koch On Why Cannabis Should Be Legal The devout libertarian known for spending a fortune on political causes is now actively funding efforts to end federal marijuana prohibition. Here’s why pro-pot advocates in both parties are high on his support. Depending on whom you ask, Charles Koch is a titan of industry, dark […]
What Ending The Federal Marijuana Prohibition Could Mean For The Industry A Pew Research Center poll shows 91% of US adults favor legalizing cannabis. Purveyors of legal marijuana are cautiously applauding a Democrat-backed Senate bill to end the federal prohibition of pot, saying their businesses have been stymied by banking regulations that force them to […]
Democrats Have A New Plan To Legalize Marijuana Federally The proposal would expunge federal convictions and set a minimum age of 21 for cannabis purchases On Wednesday, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a discussion draft of legislation that proposes sweeping reform to marijuana policy in the US. The […]
Cannabis Reform? It’s The Right Time For Full Federal Legalization To Help Economy And People Politicians are finally realizing what the public has known for years: Legalizing cannabis can positively support our economy, communities, and people With the Democrats in full control of Congress and the White House, the odds for real cannabis reform, such […]
