For more than 50 years, NORML has been ‘setting the record straight’ on cannabis. Today, this job is more important than ever. You’ve no doubt seen the headlines. More and more, sensational claims about marijuana are going unchallenged in mainstream reporting. Fortunately, NORML is there to respond. Most recently, editors at the New York Times…
Mainstream Media’s New Era of Reefer Madness Read More »
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear a case next week on the constitutionality of a federal gun ban for marijuana users, attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are feeling “hopeful” that justices will take their side over the Trump administration’s Justice Department and ultimately declare the current policy unlawful. Oral arguments…
ACLU Attorney ‘Confident’ Supreme Court Will Strike Down Gun Ban Read More »
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Congress will consider hemp THC product ban delay next week Read More »
Virginia lawmakers have advanced a bill to legalize marijuana sales along another step in the bicameral legislative process, with a House committee approving a substitute version of a Senate-passed reform measure. The House General Laws Committee on Tuesday took up the legislation from Sen. Lashrecse Aird (D) and replaced its contents with the text of…
Virginia House Lawmakers Amend Senate-Passed Marijuana Sales Bill, Setting Stage Read More »
A Florida bill to significantly reduce the fee for military veterans to obtain medical marijuana registry identification cards has cleared another legislative committee. The House Health & Human Services Committee approved the measure from Reps. Susan Valdés (R) and Michelle Salzman (R) in a 22-0 vote on Tuesday. This comes after the legislation cleared two…
Florida Lawmakers Vote To Slash Medical Marijuana Fees For Military Read More »
A GOP congressman is seeking to amend a large-scale agriculture bill to delay the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products for one year as industry stakeholders work to identify a long-term solution to the pending recriminalization—and a key House committee is expected to consider the proposal next week. The hemp sector has been sounding the…
Key Congressional Committee Could Vote On Delaying Federal Hemp THC Read More »
The Oregon House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow patients with debilitating medical conditions to access medical marijuana in certain health facilities such as hospices. The legislation from Rep. Farrah Chaichi (D) cleared the chamber in a 39-3 vote on Friday, sending it to the Senate for consideration. That chamber’s Health Care…
Oregon House Passes Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Access For Read More »
The sponsor of the bill to eliminate the cannabis panel said it has become an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy. By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight The controversial committee that oversees South Dakota’s medical marijuana program could come to an end. A bill sponsored by Rep. Tim Goodwin, R-Rapid City, that passed the House 41-26 on Monday would repeal the…
South Dakota Lawmakers Vote To Eliminate Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee Read More »
Federal appropriations language prohibiting the Justice Department from interfering in jurisdictions with state-authorized medical cannabis access does not include language protecting Nebraskans, despite voters’ 2024 decision legalizing it. The federal appropriations rider, versions of which have been approved by Congress annually since 2014, omits any reference to Nebraska. The amendment forbids the Department of Justice…
Nebraska Omitted From Federal Protections for Medical Marijuana States Read More »
Support for legalizing the use of psychedelics might relatively low today, according to a new survey from the RAND Corporation, but public opinion on the issue seems be closely following in the footsteps of the marijuana reform movement before the first states started enacting cannabis legalization. As more states and localities, as well as Congress,…
Americans’ Support For Legalizing Psychedelics Is Where Marijuana Was In Read More »
