Politics & Policy

FDA Head Reveals New Details About Agency’s CBD Regulation Plans

FDA Head Reveals New Details About Agency’s CBD Regulation Plans February 27, 2019 | Kyle Jaeger Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb revealed new details about plans to pursue Read More

Ten Washington Lawmakers Claim Liquor and Cannabis Board Has a “Toxic Culture”

Ten Washington Lawmakers Claim Liquor and Cannabis Board Has a “Toxic Culture” Lester Black | Feb 26, 2019 Washington’s weed regulator is in hot water after a bipartisan group of Read More

Sen. Kaine introduces bill to allow veterans access to medical marijuana through VA

Sen. Kaine introduces bill to allow veterans access to medical marijuana through VA Elizabeth Tyree | February 14th 2019 Sen. Tim Kaine joined Senator Brian Schatz to introduce legislation to Read More

Spokane Valley banker tells Congress to allow lenders to deal with marijuana businesses

Spokane Valley banker tells Congress to allow lenders to deal with marijuana businesses Feb. 16, 2019 | Kip Hill Spokane Valley banker Greg Deckard found himself on Capitol Hill earlier Read More

Oregon pot export bill gets hearing, and a warning

Oregon pot export bill gets hearing, and a warning ANDREW SELSKY | February 7, 2019 A bill that would create the possibility of Oregon exporting marijuana to adjacent states where Read More

Washington Senate Committee Passes Bill to Allow Patients to Buy Medical Marijuana Tax Free

Washington Senate Committee Passes Bill to Allow Patients to Buy Medical Marijuana Tax Free Anthony Martinelli | February 5, 2019 Senate Bill 5234 was filed by Senator Karen Keiser (D)Read More

Legislation to Legalize Personal Marijuana Cultivation Filed in Washington’s House and Senate

Legislation to Legalize Personal Marijuana Cultivation Filed in Washington’s House and Senate Anthony Martinelli | January 11, 2019 The legislation, which has bipartisan support in both chambers of the Read More

Congressman Introduces ‘420’ Marijuana Legalization Bill to Regulate Weed Like Alcohol Throughout U.S.

Congressman Introduces ‘420’ Marijuana Legalization Bill to Regulate Weed Like Alcohol Throughout U.S. Benjamin Fearnow | 1/10/19 Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon introduced a bill Wednesday that would regulate marijuana the same Read More

In reversal, Representative Joe Kennedy calls for marijuana legalization nationwide

In reversal, Representative Joe Kennedy calls for marijuana legalization nationwide Victoria McGrane | November 20, 2018 On the day the first two state-sanctioned recreational pot shops opened their doors in Read More

Congressman Issues ‘Blueprint To Legalize Marijuana’ For Democratic House In 2019

Congressman Issues ‘Blueprint To Legalize Marijuana’ For Democratic House In 2019 Tom Angell | Oct 17, 2018 “Congress is out of step with the American people and the states on Read More