Politics & Policy

Chuck Schumer Just Introduced His Bill To Decriminalize Cannabis Nationwide

Chuck Schumer Just Introduced His Bill To Decriminalize Cannabis Nationwide Miroslav Tomoski | Jun 27, 2018 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced new legislation to decriminalize marijuana on Wednesday Read More

Federal cannabis bill would help California marijuana businesses get banking

Federal cannabis bill would help California marijuana businesses get banking Kimberly Veklerov | June 8, 2018 A bipartisan effort in Congress to ease federal restrictions on cannabis, which President Trump Read More

MMJ For Veterans Amendment Approved By Senate Committee

MMJ For Veterans Amendment Approved By Senate Committee Pat Beggan | 6/08/2018 The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved on Thursday an amendment to SB 3024 that ensures access to medical Read More

Trump says he is likely to support ending blanket federal ban on marijuana

Trump says he is likely to support ending blanket federal ban on marijuana Evan Halper | Jun 08, 2018 President Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to Read More

Dr. Sanjay Gupta Calls on Jeff Sessions to Back Medical Cannabis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta Calls on Jeff Sessions to Back Medical Cannabis Associated Press | April 27, 2018 CNN’s medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has taken the unusual step of publicly Read More

Trump deal promises no pot crackdown despite Sessions’ threats

Trump deal promises no pot crackdown despite Sessions’ threats Joel Connelly | April 17, 2018 President Trump, doing a backroom political deal, has promised that states can enact their own Read More

AG Ferguson statement on Trump marijuana news

AG Ferguson statement on Trump marijuana news FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Apr 13 2018 OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offered the following statement on the news of President Donald Trump’s Read More

Sen. Cory Gardner says Trump has reassured him Colorado’s legal marijuana programs are safe

Sen. Cory Gardner says Trump has reassured him Colorado’s legal marijuana programs are safe Blair Miller | Apr 13, 2018 U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Friday he’d received assurances from Read More

Trump administration abandons crackdown on legal marijuana

Trump administration abandons crackdown on legal marijuana Evan Halper | Apr 13, 2018 The Trump administration is abandoning a Justice Department threat to crack down on recreational marijuana in states Read More

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushing hemp legalization bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushing hemp legalization bill Fiza Pirani | Mar 27, 2018 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday announced plans to introduce a bill legalizing hemp as Read More