Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell mocked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Monday, saying that her support for cannabis in a coronavirus relief and stimulus bill is a carve-out for special interests that is unrelated to the pandemic. In May, the House of Representatives passed the Health and... Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve an amendment to a defense spending bill that prohibits the federal government from spending money on investigating and prosecuting cannabis activities that are legal under state or tribal law. The wide-ranging amendment, proposed by Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of... Read more
A study from researchers at the University of New Mexico has found that more than nine out of 10 migraine patients reported that inhaled cannabis provided relief for their symptoms. A report on the research, titled “Alleviative effects of cannabis flower on migraine and headache,” was published this month... Read more
Delegates of the Democratic National Committee voted down a proposal to include the federal legalization of cannabis in the party’s 2020 platform on Monday. Platform committee delegate Dennis Obduskey of Colorado had introduced an amendment to include marijuana legalization in the platform, but the proposal was rejected by the... Read more
Chauncey Hawkins, the Harlem-based former Bad Boy Records rapper—aka Loon—was released from Florida’s FCI Coleman Low on June 29 after serving nearly nine years on a drug conspiracy charge. Although a series of letters and petitions signed by celebrities and musicians had circulated over these past nine years, the... Read more
Maine announced this week that the state is on track to be able to offer legal, recreational cannabis to those 21 and over by the end of the fiscal year. This past Tuesday, the Office of Marijuana Policy announced that they had 27 businesses in the final phase of... Read more
