All posts tagged "federal prohibition"
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Legal
Man Faces Life Sentence After Federal Cannabis Conviction
June 2, 2022Jonathan Wall faces ten years to life in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute...
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Politics
US House Approves Cannabis Decriminalization Bill
April 5, 2022The House of Representatives passed the MORE Act, a bill to end the national prohibition of...
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Legal
Federal Charges for Flying with Cannabis? LAX’s ‘Scare Signs’ a New Low
October 26, 2021Ominous warnings of arrest on a federal offense are greeting passengers who dare fly through Los...
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CBD
NFL Says Players Can’t Use CBD Because Science Is Whack
January 17, 2020NFL’s Pain Management Committee says there isn’t enough science that CBD can combat pain and argues...
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Medical
Cannabis Use in Hospitals Is Still Prohibited, Despite State Medical Pot Programs
January 16, 2020More and more people are using cannabis to treat a wide spectrum of medical conditions, and...
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Politics
Congress Talks Pot with DEA, FDA & NIDA
January 15, 2020Cannabis advocates were disappointed to hear many of the same old anti-pot talking points in a...
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Culture
3 Cannabis Trends to Watch in 2020
January 1, 2020The cannabis renaissance is here, and we’re seeing the way people interact with the plant change...
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Politics
House Committee Approves Cannabis Legalization Bill for First Time
November 20, 2019The skeletons of every piece of past cannabis legislation lie scattered across the committee floor, where...
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Politics
Trump Admin. Wants Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits
October 15, 2019The Trump administration has issued rules allowing drug tests (including for cannabis, of course) for those...
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Legal
The DEA Seized 2.8 Million Cannabis Plants Last Year
July 18, 2019The number of cannabis plants the DEA seizes each year continues to decline, but the cost...
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Politics
Sen. Schumer Reintroduces Marijuana Freedom & Opportunity Act in Congress
May 17, 2019Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced he will reintroduce his bill to remove cannabis from the...
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Politics
Congress Demands Answers From Attorney General on Medical Cannabis Research Delays
May 8, 2019While the fallout from the Mueller report is currently steering Attorney General William Barr into rough...
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Legal
Slowly but Surely, Efforts Mount to Expunge Old Cannabis Convictions
January 16, 2019With cannabis now legal in 10 U.S. states as well as Canada, demands are growing to...
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Q&A
Q&A: Kevin O’Leary Discusses the Dangers of Cannabis Investing Under Federal Prohibition
October 8, 2018"Shark Tank" star and investor Kevin O'Leary explains why he won't invest in any cannabis businesses...
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Legal
U.S. Marijuana Arrests Rise for Second Straight Year in 2017
September 24, 2018The most recent data on drug arrests from the FBI paints a sobering picture.
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Politics
Canadian Officials See Little Hope for Pot Investors at U.S. Border
September 19, 2018After U.S. officials made it clear they’d be banning entry for Canadian citizens operating legally in...
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Politics
A New Bill Would Eliminate Drug Convictions as Bar to Student Financial Aid
August 23, 2018Tens of thousands of students across the United States have lost access to federal financial aid...
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Politics
Mayors of Marijuana-Friendly U.S. Cities Form New Pro-Cannabis Lobbying Group
June 13, 2018One notable exception from U.S. Conference of Mayors’ new cannabis group: Boston’s Marty Walsh.
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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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Joint Opinions
This Memorial Day, Veterans Need More Medical Marijuana Access
May 27, 2018While veterans living in regulated markets have had better access to medical marijuana than ever each...
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