Legal Related Bankers Associations Across the U.S. Push Senate to Pass Marijuana Banking Reform by Sophia Vida April 28, 2022 As part of a large-scale bill, banking associations that represent all 50 states and one U.S. territory, are pushing the senate to pass marijuana banking reform. The associations have sent a letter to Senate leaders this week, ...
Legal Related AOC Urges President Biden to Use Executive Authority on Marijuana Policy by Sophia Vida December 21, 2021 This week American politician and activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, urged President Biden to use executive authority on marijuana policy. AOC took to her Twitter where she wrote, "Biden needs to lean on his ...
Legal Related Senator Bernie Sanders Had This to Say on Ending the Drug War by Sophia Vida September 07, 2021 Recently at a town hall event that was focused on Democrats' large scale budget plan, Senator Bernie Sanders touted on the progress for legal marijuana and ending the drug war. Sanders sad that Congress is "making progress" tow...
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 Marijuana Legislation May Be Major Political Issue According to BofA Analysts by Sophia Vida October 17, 2020 We're a few weeks away until the nation decides on a new president and according to BofA analysts Bryan Spillane and Lisa Lewandowski, cannabis legalization would be the “major political issue,” following the U.S. presidential...
Legal Related Biden Administration Will Pursue Marijuana Decriminalization by Sophia Vida August 28, 2020 According to Joe Biden's Vice Presidential pick Senator Kamala Harris (D), Biden will be pursuing marijuana decriminalization if elected. Speaking about marijuana decriminalization and other drug policy reforms during their fir...
Sector News Marijuana Company CEO Sends Letter to President Trump Asking for This by Sophia Vida June 12, 2020 BudTrader's CEO Brad McLaughlin published a statement in the Santa Monica Daily Press recently that calls for law enforcement and cannabis policy reform and the immediate release of inmates incarcerated for non-violent cannabis cr...
Legal Related Marijuana Reform Becomes a Topic in D.C. by Sophia Vida July 11, 2019 The United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security debated marijuana reform this week. Marijuana advocates called it a “historic” hearing entitled Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Just...