Search results for "federal government"
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Politics
Anti-Marijuana Group Project SAM Uses Federally Funded Non-Profits to Push 2015 Legislation
September 23, 2014Earlier this year, a wave of conservative states passed legislation legalizing possession of medical cannabis extracts...
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Joint Opinions
Federal Marijuana Legalization by 2024: How Will It Happen?
September 2, 2014Over the past year, a number of lawmakers and industry experts have speculated the end to...
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Politics
A Call For Unity From Federal Marijuana Prisoner Luke Scarmazzo
May 9, 2014Dear Sisters and Brothers, I write these words you see before you from the dark confines...
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Books
A Federal Marijuana Prisoner Reviews Two Books About the End of Cannabis Prohibition
April 24, 2014It is somewhat strange and ironic to me to really be sitting in prison for federal...
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Medical
University of Arizona PTSD Study Suggests Shift in Federal Medical Marijuana Policy
March 31, 2014On March 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved the sale of...
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Politics
Maryland Withdraws Support for Federal Cannabis Prohibition
February 22, 2014In early February, a coalition of bipartisan legislators in Maryland introduced a bill in the State...
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Politics
Reaction on Legal Marijuana in Colorado from a Federal Prisoner
January 14, 2014On New Year’s Day, I walked into the TV room to find inmates watching the news...
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Current Events
Activists Face Federal Charges Over Smoking Joint
October 10, 2013photo by Kit Friday This article originally appeared on the Daily Chronic and was written by...
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Politics
Senate Holds Hearing on Conflict Between Federal and State Cannabis Laws
September 10, 2013Taking preemptive action against states that have voted to legalize recreational cannabis may result in the...
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Politics
Senate To Hold Hearings On State/Federal Cannabis Conflicts
August 29, 2013Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to...
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Legal
UN Warns Adult-Use Cannabis in US States Violates International Treaty
March 23, 2023The United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board's annual report states that the failure of the US...
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Legal
Will the Supreme Court Legalize Cannabis?
June 17, 2022A cannabis company CEO says he’ll sue the federal government to overturn cannabis prohibition. What are...
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Hemp
What Does Hemp Legalization Mean for Selling CBD?
July 30, 2020The federal government has legalized hemp, opening up the market for CBD, CBG and beyond.
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Legal
Feds Request Records From Weedmaps
March 5, 2020Weedmaps has been subpoenaed by the federal government.
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Medical
The Feds Request Info on Cannabis & Migraines
January 21, 2020About 39 million American suffer from migraines. Amid restrictions on studying cannabis, the federal government is...
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Legal
Guns vs. Marijuana: Will Texas Give Cannabis Users Their Second Amendment Rights?
June 21, 2019The federal government’s longstanding ban on firearms ownership for cannabis patients not popular in Texas, but...
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Medical
Hops Don’t Contain Cannabinoids: Experts Push Back on Corporate Claims
August 24, 2018A new product is being plugged as containing CBD derived from hops, but experts raise a skeptical...
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Economics
California’s Marijuana Distribution Regulations Force Applicants to Report Themselves To Feds
May 17, 2018California's Bureau of Cannabis Control says it's powerless to address a requirement in the distribution application...
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Politics
FDA Wants to Hear From the Experts on Pot, THC and CBD
April 10, 2018The federal government is seeking comments on cannabis safety and medical uses before it presents before...
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Joint Opinions
The Future of Cannabis: Where We Are Heading vs. Where We Should Go
April 6, 2018Three major factors are in play for the future of cannabis: technological and scientific advancements, the...