Cannabis U.S. Mayors Approve Resolution to Demand Congress to End Prohibition on Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 06, 2022 An organization representing mayors from across the U.S. adopted a resolution that is demanding Congress to pass a bill to safeguard banks that work with state-legal marijuana businesses from federal penalties. The U.S. Confere...
Legal Related Senator Chuck Schumer Asks Fellow Senators to Do This for Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida February 11, 2022 First reported by the Ohio Capital Journal, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer has asked senators to help shape marijuana legislation bill. “Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once famously said that the states are Americ...
Legal Related Senator Chuck Schumer Gives Update on Federal Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida February 01, 2022 In a meeting with equity advocates, Senator Chuck Schumer has recently provided an update on marijuana legalization and banking. The Democrat politician held a meeting with a variety of marijuana reform and other advocacy group...
Legal Related Most Americans Think Biden Will Not Uphold Marijuana Decriminalization by Sophia Vida January 20, 2022 According to a new poll, most Americans have predicted that President Biden will not uphold his marijuana decriminalization promise. The new 2022 poll shows that more than half of Americans feel that President Joe Biden has mad...
Legal Related Democrat Senators Urge Biden to Pardon Nonviolent Marijuana Offenders by Sophia Vida November 15, 2021 United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon have sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to use his executive authority to issue a blanket pardon for all nonviolent...
Legal Related South Carolina Congresswoman to Unveil Legislation for Federal Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 11, 2021 Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, announced plans this week to unveil a new bill called the States Reform Act. The bill is intended to legalize marijuana at the federal level. Mace took to her Twitter to say...
Legal Related Lawmakers in South Dakota Introduce Bill to Legalize Adult Use Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 21, 2021 After a recommendation from a legislative subcommittee that studied the issue of legalizing marijuana for adult use, lawmakers in South Dakota have now introduced a bill to do so. According to Sioux Falls TV station KELO, the b...
Legal Related House Committee to Vote on Federal Marijuana Legislation Bill Next week by Sophia Vida September 24, 2021 Days after a banking reform advanced, a bill to legalize marijuana on a federal level will be voted on by the House Judiciary Committee next week. The House had voted in favor of a defense spending bill this week that included ...
Legal Related Colorado Governor Wants Senators To Pass Marijuana Banking And Tax Reform by Sophia Vida August 30, 2021 This past Friday, Colorado's governor Jared Polis (D) sent a letter to the Senate sponsors of a federal marijuana legalization bill. In the letter, Polis urges the senators to pass incremental cannabis banking and tax reform fi...
Sector News Cory Booker’s Partner Rosario Dawson Joins Board Of Marijuana Business by Sophia Vida August 20, 2021 While Senator Cory Booker is pushing for marijuana reform in D.C., his actress partner, Rosario Dawson, has joined the board of a California-based marijuana beverage company. According to the actress, she is impressed by the di...