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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Action Alert! Legislation is pending in the Senate, SB 105, to reduce felony marijuana possession offenses to a fine-only misdemeanor. Under state law, the possession of over one ounce of marijuana is classified as a felony offense punishable by a minimum of one year in jail and up to ten years in prison and
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by Russ Belville Like the 2016 Los Angeles Rams, the so-called quarterback of the anti-legalization movement, Kevin Sabet, has only won a quarter of his contests. Hes gone 3-9 on statewide legalization initiatives* in the past four elections. Smart Approaches to Marijuana Use Except Legalization Nevertheless, his group, Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), believes it can
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