U.S.: Senate To Vote On House-Approved Amendment To Protect Medical Marijuana...
The Senate is expected to vote — possibly as soon as Thursday night or Friday — on a measure that is intended to shield medical marijuana patients and providers from enforcement of federal laws in...
View ArticleU.S.: Senators To Introduce Groundbreaking Criminal Justice Reform Bill
REDEEM Act Helps Formerly Incarcerated Seal Conviction Records, Eliminates Barriers to Employment, Public Assistance, and Re-EntryDrug Policy Alliance: Criminal Justice Reform is Good Policy and Good...
View ArticleD.C.: Marijuana Legalization Initiative Qualifies For November Ballot
Drug Policy Alliance Kicks Off “Legalization Ends Discrimination” CampaignCampaign Sets Stage for Washington DC to be First Jurisdiction to Legalize Marijuana in Racial Justice ContextThe Washington,...
View ArticleU.S.: Drug Policy Action Grades Members of U.S. House of Representatives on...
Historic Bipartisan Majority in Favor of Reforming U.S. Drug Laws and Letting States Set Their Own Marijuana PoliciesIdeologically Diverse Representatives – From Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep....
View ArticleD.C.: Congress Members Hold Bipartisan Press Conference On Marijuana...
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and other Members of Congress whose states have legalized or relaxed restrictions on marijuana and who support the District of Columbia’s right to legalize...
View ArticleWashington: Trial Postponed, New Judge Assigned In Kettle Falls 5 Federal...
U.S. Senate expected to take up measure restricting Justice Department funding for such prosecutions later this weekA new judge assigned to hear the widely watched federal medical marijuana case of the...
View ArticleU.S.: Final Spending Bill Prohibits Feds From Undermining State Medical...
Spending Bill Allows Legalization of Marijuana Possession in Washington, D.C. to Move Forward, but Prevents Taxing and Regulating Marijuana like AlcoholMomentum Builds Nationally to End the Failed War...
View ArticleD.C.: Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group To Host 3rd Annual Conference
Scientists, patients, doctors, advocates, lawyers, policymakers unite to further advance public health policy reformsMedical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA), will hold its...
View ArticleU.S.: House Version of Groundbreaking Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced
Bill Follows Historic Introduction of the CARERS Act by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Barbara Boxer (D-CA)Support for Letting States...
View ArticleU.S.: President Obama Declares Full Support For Medical Marijuana
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsPresident Barack Obama will state his full support for medical marijuana in a CNN special to be aired on Sunday.The TV special, "Weed 3," features CNN chief medical...
View ArticleU.S.: Americans for Safe Access To Host Advocate Discussion of CNN's Weed 3
Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Sunday night continued his groundbreaking reporting on medical marijuana with "Weed 3," which continued to introduce Americans to new stories of patients benefiting from medical...
View ArticleOhio: New Video Tells Story of Young Epilepsy Patient Without Safe Access To...
Moving Video Features Struggle and Frustration of Ohio Family That Has Run Out of Treatment Options for Their DaughterThe Drug Policy Alliance and Learn Liberty have teamed up to tell the emotional...
View ArticleU.S.: House Voting On Amendment Allowing VA Doctors To Discuss Medical Marijuana
36 States Allow Use of Some Form of Marijuana for Medical Reasons, but VA Doctors Prohibited from Recommending Medical Marijuana to PatientsAmendment Comes as Support for Medical Marijuana Increases in...
View ArticleU.S.: Obama Administration Removes Crucial Barrier To Marijuana Research
Big Win for Marijuana Reform Advocates but More Has to Be DoneSenate Hearing on Medical Marijuana Scheduled for WednesdayBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsIn a long-sought move anticipated by many marijuana...
View ArticleU.S.: Senate Members To Investigate Barriers To Researching Marijuana Extract...
The U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control will hold a hearing Wednesday morning on cannabidiol (CBD), a component of marijuana being used in the treatment of seizure disorders and other...
View ArticleU.S.: Senators Tell Federal Agencies To Remove Barriers To Medical Marijuana...
FDA and NIDA officials express support for ending NIDA’s DEA-mandated monopoly on marijuana available for research purposesBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsAt a Wednesday hearing, Senators Cory Booker and...
View ArticleNew York: Sen. Schumer Throws Weight Behind Federal Medical Marijuana Bill
Senator Chuck Schumer Joins NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in Sponsoring the CARERS Act, a Bill that Would End Federal Prohibition of Medical MarijuanaNew York Patients and Families Applaud Schumer for...
View ArticleU.S.: 90+ Celebs Join 130,000 Americans Demanding Criminal Justice Reform
Amy Schumer, Steph Curry, Ed Norton, Jesse Williams, Chris Pine, Russell Simmons, and Piper Kerman are among 90+ celebrities calling for reform to our criminal justice system -- a call sounded by...
View ArticleU.S.: Sen. Bernie Sanders To Introduce Legislation To End Federal Marijuana...
First-Ever Bill Introduced In Senate To Legalize Marijiuana; Second Major Cannabis Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate This YearSupport for Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Continues to...
View ArticleU.S.: Bernie Sanders Introduces First-Ever Senate Bill To End Marijuana...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsSen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would repeal all federal penalties for possessing and growing marijuana, allowing states to establish their own...
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