by InfluencER | Mar 3, 2021 | Politics and Law
The top lawmaker in the U.S. Senate is again making clear that federal marijuana legalization is a priority part of his legislative agenda for 2021. In a fundraising email to his list of supporters on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) laid out what...
by InfluencER | Mar 3, 2021 | Politics and Law
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking to collect additional data on hemp production from tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers. In a notice published in the Federal Register, the agency said that it’s requesting permission from the White House to...
by InfluencER | Mar 3, 2021 | Politics and Law
Many Republican lawmakers in Florida haven’t hidden their skepticism about the use of marijuana as a medical palliative. After voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment broadly legalizing medical marijuana in 2016, the Republican-controlled Legislature...
by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2021 | Politics and Law
As Pennsylvania lawmakers are set to take up a new bipartisan marijuana legalization bill, the governor on Monday announced he granted expedited pardons for low-level cannabis offenses for 69 more people. Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed off on the clemency actions last week...
by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2021 | Politics and Law
The prospect of safe consumption sites (SCS) for mitigating the United States’ historic overdose death toll has long been delayed by the federal obstruction of a Philadelphia-based organization’s bid to open the first sanctioned site. Now, hope may be found in a few...
by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2021 | Politics and Law
After failing at previous efforts, Morocco is set to open the door for the production of medical cannabis. The stage is set after “the co-ruling PJD party, the largest in parliament, dropped its opposition,” according to Reuters. The PJD shifted its position following...
