Washington, DC: Today, Republican Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced the States Reform Act, a comprehensive bill that repeals the federal prohibition of marijuana, expunges federal non-violent marijuana crimes, promotes local ownership in the emerging regulated industry, and places certain restrictions on the advertising of regulated cannabis products, among other federal reforms. “Representative Mace, along with multiple other Republicans, has put …

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 11, 2021 The Veterans Cannabis Group (VCG), a national non-profit advocacy organization founded in 2016, announced today, in honor of Veteran’s Day, its official partnership with Metta Medical, maker of LEVEL brand cannabis edible products, to co-sponsor ECS21, a California-based study into cannabinoid cannabigerol’s potential for improving sleep. The ECS21 study will track the effects of cannabigerol – known as CBG – …

Washington, DC: A representative with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) affirmed this week that the agency will continue to discriminate against those who use cannabis, including those who do so in compliance with state and local laws. In a letter addressed to Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, the agency says that it will continue to enforce policies that involve the “termination …

Washington, DC: Congressional lawmakers, not the President, possess the authority to declassify cannabis from the US Controlled Substances Act – thereby repealing federal marijuana prohibition, affirms a newly issued report by the Congressional Research Service. The report indicates that the President does not possess unilateral authority to amend drug policies – stating: “The CSA does not provide a direct role for the President …

Asbury Park, NJ: Nearly two-thirds of US adults, including 54 percent of Republicans, support “the national legalization of marijuana,” according to polling data compiled and released this week by Rasmussen Reports. Overall, 62 percent of respondents expressed support for legalization – a percentage that is consistent with prior national polls. Only 23 percent of respondents voiced opposition to legalizing cannabis. Last week, national polling data provided by Gallup …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) teamed up with U.S. Congresspeople Tom McClintock (R-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) today to urge House leaders to respect the will of voters across America, by including language to protect state, territory, and tribal cannabis programs from federal interference in the end-of-year Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill. “To date, 48 states have …

Twenty-two percent of veterans consume cannabis to “to treat a mental or physical condition” according to the American Legion, yet these individuals who were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation are viewed as criminals by the same federal government whose uniform they wore. Despite medical marijuana programs being passed or enacted in a supermajority of states, federal …

Washington (November 10, 2021) – United States Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter urging President Joseph R. Biden to use his executive authority to pardon all individuals convicted of federal non-violent cannabis offenses. America’s cannabis policies have long punished Black and Brown communities, and these policies are increasingly out of step …

DENVER – Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Governors of 21 states, Washington, D.C., Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands sent a bipartisan letter urging Congress to include legislation in the final 2022 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 that would allow states with legalized medical or adult-use cannabis to operate safely under the national banking system. “It’s time …