Kamala Harris praises Illinois for legalizing marijuana
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Monday praised Illinois for legalizing recreational marijuana."Thankful states like Illinois are stepping up to correct the mistakes of our past," the White House...
View ArticleStudy shows decline in teen use of marijuana where recreational use is legal
Marijuana use among teens dropped in states that legalized the substance's recreational use, according to research published Monday.Laws that legalized recreational marijuana, which have been passed in...
View ArticleHawaii decriminalizes marijuana
Hawaii decriminalized marijuana on Tuesday, becoming the 26th state in the nation to legalize or decriminalize the drug. Hawaii's Democrat-controlled legislature approved the bill and sent it to Gov....
View ArticlePot banking bill supporters seek path to passage in skeptical Senate
Advocates for a bill to give financial firms legal cover to serve cannabis companies urged senators Tuesday to put aside skepticism of the drug to help secure and regulate its expanding market.At a...
View ArticleIt's time Congress fixed cannabis' green problem
Last month, Illinois became the 11th state to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Across the country, 33 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis medically or recreationally,...
View ArticleTrump administration warns against marijuana use for pregnant women, youth
The Trump administration issued a warning Thursday about the dangerous effects of marijuana on adolescents and pregnant women. "No amount of marijuana use during pregnancy or adolescence is safe,"...
View ArticleHere's what the Surgeon General gets wrong about marijuana
Recently, the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams sounded the alarm on cannabis. There is nothing novel or altogether objectionable about the nation’s top public health official speaking out in an effort...
View ArticleFive things to know about the deadly vaping illnesses
Health officials across the country are scrambling to find out what’s causing severe lung disease in some e-cigarette users.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said it was...
View ArticleMarijuana industry donations to lawmakers surge in 2019: analysis
Political contributions to lawmakers from marijuana industry groups and related companies this year have already exceeded totals from 2018, a new study finds.The marijuana industry gave $305,675 to...
View ArticleCannabis trade group: Vaping deaths result of 'failed prohibition...
The cannabis industry is blaming a recent wave of vaping deaths on "failed prohibition policies" against marijuana.The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) this week called on Congress to take...
View ArticleMarket model for vaping and pot is creating a public health crisis
President Trump has scored a potential victory by announcing his administration will take action to ban the sale of flavored vaping products. It’s a good first step against an industry that appears to...
View ArticleVA under pressure to ease medical marijuana rules
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is under pressure to ease restrictions on veterans’ access to medical marijuana to help treat pain and other ailments.Veterans advocacy groups want to know if...
View ArticleCongress should vote to bank marijuana businesses and use taxes to pay for...
Majority Leader Hoyer on Friday announced that members of the House are anticipated to hold a floor vote this week on The SAFE Banking Act (HR1595), which explicitly permits banks and other financial...
View ArticleGive cannabis businesses access to financial institutions - pass the SAFE...
Common sense should be common, but it’s damned elusive in Washington.But sometimes — and only rarely — Capitol Hill has an opportunity to get something right, solve a major problem, and enhance liberty...
View ArticleNearing finish line, fight for cannabis banking bill shifts to the Senate
Advocates are hopeful that a bill that would allow the financial sector to finally serve cannabis businesses could head to President Trump’s desk by the end of the year.The House in a strong bipartisan...
View ArticleThe surgeon general is right about marijuana and its risks
Paul Armentano’s opinion in The Hill, “What the Surgeon General gets wrong about marijuana,” disputes several facts that Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams discusses in Surgeon General’s Advisory:...
View ArticleCongress should lift the ban on medical cannabis access for military veterans
Americans in 33 states and the District of Columbia have legal access to medical marijuana under a doctor’s authorization. But this same access is often lacking for many military veterans.That is...
View ArticleBetter regulations, not bans, are needed to curb the THC vaping crisis
Representatives with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control have for the first time identified a specific contaminant as a “very strong culprit of concern” in EVALI (e-cigarette or vaping product...
View ArticleJayapal hits back at Biden on marijuana 'prohibition'
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) hit back at Joe Biden after the former vice president said he wouldn’t legalize marijuana on a federal level if elected president due to concerns that it could be a...
View ArticleSenate chairman announces opposition to cannabis banking bill
The chairman of a key Senate committee said Wednesday that he is uncomfortable advancing a bill to protect financial sector access for cannabis companies without stricter health and illicit financing...
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