Search results for "Earl Blumenauer"
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Politics
Congressmen Call for Descheduling, More Cannabis Research
May 1, 2019Lawmakers are pushing for more research into the medicinal qualities of cannabis, which can’t happen until...
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Politics
STATES Act Would Remove Feds From Local Cannabis Policy Equation
April 4, 2019Introduced today, the STATES Act could certainly be a quick fix for the cannabis industry until...
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Economics
Cannabis Industry Edges One Step Closer To Easy Banking Access
March 28, 2019The Dark Ages of cannabis banking may be coming to an end as the Secure and...
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Politics
Bill Filed to Expand Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana Has Promising Path to Passage
March 20, 2019Advocates say that, unlike in years past, this time the bill could be championed by the...
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Politics
The Marijuana Legalization Congress’s First Bill is S420
February 13, 2019Bill, which would legalize, regulate and tax cannabis across the nation, has yet to find co-sponsors...
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Politics
HR 420, a Bill to Deschedule Cannabis, Has a Decent Chance of Passing This Year
January 15, 2019A House bill to legalize cannabis, wryly dubbed HR 420, isn't the first such bill in Congress...
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Legal
Former House Speaker Hints Federal Marijuana Legalization Is Around the Corner, But Is it Real?
October 26, 2018Boehner predicts cannabis will soon be legalized across the nation.
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Politics
Trump Says He’s Likely to Support a Bipartisan Plan to Legalize Marijuana
June 8, 2018Industry advocates are optimistic that pro-cannabis pressure from Democrats and Republicans alike has created a political...
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Politics
McConnell Still Opposes Marijuana Legalization At National Level
May 16, 2018Although the Senate majority leader supports hemp, he does not support cannabis.
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Politics
Federal Medical Marijuana Protections Renewed Again
March 23, 2018Rohrabacher-Blumenauer is included in government spending bill.
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Joint Opinions
Stop Blaming Jeff Sessions for America’s Anti-Pot Drug Policy
March 8, 2018The U.S. Congress is the real powerhouse refusing to stop federal prohibition. The Attorney General is...
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Legal
Marijuana Crackdown? Not Yet: What Jeff Sessions’s New Memo Means For Legal Pot
January 4, 2018Don’t panic — and please don’t allow confusion and misinformation to fool you into doing Jeff...
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Politics
How Trump’s War on Weed Could Start on Saturday (And Why It Probably Won’t)
April 28, 2017The most important Congressional action on cannabis — ever — is set to expire this Friday at midnight;...
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Politics
Does Trump Even Have a Cannabis Policy? Signs Point to No
April 25, 2017Initial cannabis industry responses to Trump's election and subsequent promotion of avowed "drug warriors" ranged from...
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Legal
GOP Congress is Full of Marijuana Bills
April 5, 2017Several pro-cannabis bills have been introduced in Congress.
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Politics
Congressional Cannabis Caucus Kicks Off
February 17, 2017In the face of legal uncertainty surrounding the future of federal enforcement of drug laws in...
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Legal
PTSD Researcher: More Than Rescheduling Is Needed
August 18, 2016Like you and a sizable contingent of members of Congress, Dr. Sue Sisley was disappointed the...
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Legal
DEA Blasted For Failing to Reschedule Marijuana
August 11, 2016The Drug Enforcement Administration is under severe criticism today after it failed to downgrade marijuana from...
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Joint Opinions
Giant Joints, A Path to Legalization
July 26, 2016In between the Bernie Bros. booing, Paul Simon… singing, and Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders tearing...
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Cannabis
The Pesticide Dilemma
May 21, 2016Colorado, Oregon, California and other legal states are tightening their list of allowed pesticides.