by InfluencER | Nov 16, 2021 | Politics and Law
A New York senator has filed a bill to make it so transgender and non-binary people can qualify as social equity applicants under the state’s marijuana law. Sen. Jeremy Cooney (D) introduced the legislation in an attempt to resolve an “unintended consequence” of the...
by InfluencER | Nov 16, 2021 | Politics and Law
Rep. Nancy Mace, a first-term Republican from South Carolina, introduced a bill Monday to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, which she hopes will garner more GOP support for the legalization movement. “This legislation, I believe, has something good for...
by InfluencER | Nov 16, 2021 | Politics and Law
Indiana Democrats plan to push for medical and adult-use cannabis legalization during next year’s legislative session. The party expressed its support for policy reform on Nov. 15, ahead of Organizational Day for legislators on Nov. 16, according to a WTHR report....
by InfluencER | Nov 16, 2021 | Politics and Law
Last week, the House of Representatives passed infrastructure legislation that includes provisions that will permit researchers to conduct research on the cannabis that consumers purchase from state-legal dispensaries. This bill, which has been advanced to President...
by InfluencER | Nov 16, 2021 | Politics and Law
A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Monday to federally decriminalize and tax marijuana, adding an alternative to sweeping Democratic proposals for major marijuana reform and narrow GOP-backed efforts to deschedule the drug in the U.S. Rep Nancy Mace...
by InfluencER | Nov 15, 2021 | Politics and Law
Ohio senators have filed legislation that represents a broad revision of the state’s medical marijuana system. Among the changes is language expanding access to the drug if a physician “reasonably” believes their patient’s symptoms would be relieved or they would...
