Money related House of Representatives Passes Cannabis Banking Bill by Sophia Vida April 20, 2021 For a long time banks have been unwilling to do business with marijuana companies due to the drug being illegal on a federal level. Things may be soon changing. This week the United States House of Representatives passed legisl...
Sector News Cory Booker Says President Biden is on Board with Marijuana Legislation on Federal Level by Sophia Vida April 16, 2021 New Jersey Senator Cory Booker believes President Biden is on board with federal marijuana legislation even if he doesn't use the word. In an interview recently on Biden's stance, Booker said that the president is already where...
Legal Related Two Thirds of Americans are Now Supporting to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 15, 2021 According to the latest Pew Research Center survey, public opinion on marijuana legislation is even more favorable today. The survey, which was conducted on Sept. 3 to 15 on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel, has fo...
Legal Related Connecticut Gets Closer to Legalizing Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 07, 2021 Democrats in the Judiciary Committee in Connecticut have moved closer to sending a bill to the governor's office that would create a recreational cannabis market in the state. The bill however still needs work. “I will adm...
Sector News A Zoom Meeting with Rapper Snoop Dogg Sparks the Launch of the Cannabis Freedom Alliance by Sophia Vida April 07, 2021 GOP mega-donor Charles Koch launched the Cannabis Freedom Alliance this week, an idea that was sparked after Koch had a Zoom call with Snoop Dogg. According to a Politico report, the rapper, Koch, and criminal justice reform ad...
Legal Related Schumer Wants Marijuana Law Changes Even if Biden Isn’t Ready for Legislation by Sophia Vida April 06, 2021 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is ready to make marijuana law changes even if President Biden isn't. President Biden had been the only Democratic candidate during the 2020 Presidential Election that had been against legal...
Legal Related President Biden Feels this Way about Marijuana Legislation Now by Sophia Vida March 30, 2021 Despite many states now allowing marijuana recreationally, and many politicians in D.C. on both sides wanting to legalize the plant, President Joe Biden is still opposed to the idea. This is according to his press secretary, Je...
Legal Related Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to Make Marijuana Reform a Priority by Sophia Vida March 20, 2021 In a Twitter video this week, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer, who is the Senate Majority Leader, has addressed that he wants to make the "long overdue" issue of marijuana reform a priority for Congress. The Senator said it wil...
Legal Related Top Senator Democrats Vow to Legalize Cannabis This Year by Sophia Vida February 03, 2021 Three of the top Senate Democrats, Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker, and Ron Wyden, have released a statement this week that declare their intention to legalize cannabis in 2021. “The War on Drugs has been a war on people—particu...
Legal Related Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has Listed Marijuana as a Priority by Sophia Vida January 26, 2021 Chuck Schumer was recently installed as the Senate Majority Leader and he has reiterated this week that marijuana reform will be a priority for his chamber. In his first public comments on cannabis policy since he gained the to...
