22 A Day The issue of Veteran suicides is real and troubling, as has been stated by the following U.S. Senators. When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem. – Senator Johnny Isakson (R – GA) Every day, approximately 22 American veterans commit suicide, totaling over 8,000 veteran […]
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Friend, With public support for reforming marijuana laws at an all time high, Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), and Don Young (R-AK) have formed the first-ever Congressional Cannabis Caucus to promote sensible cannabis policy reform and to ease the tension between federal and state cannabis laws. The official establishment of
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Marijuana is a slang name for Cannabis, a family of plants that includes Hemp. Prior to 1937, Cannabis was used in numerous medications and was prescribed by Doctors. With the exception of a few jurisdictions which had enacted legislation prohibiting the smoking of cannabis, it was legal throughout the United States. Then in 1937,
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The Public Safety/Legal Committee of the Atlanta City Council met on Tuesday February 14, 2017, leaders from many grassroots organizations and activists packed the room to demand action stemming from the City’s lack of action surrounding the shooting death of Deaundre Phillips. The Committee waived their original agenda and allowed public comment
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At the start of this year’s legislative session, House Leadership formed the Medical Cannabis Working Group, an 11 member panel chaired by Rep. Allen Peake. Although the panel only met twice, first on February 1st, then again on the 8th, they agreed unanimously to add four “improvement recommendations” to the bill, as they were a
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