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“The signing of legislation legalizing cannabis in Maryland marks a mile post in a long strange trip for one Republican former delegate turned marijuana policy advocate. “Don Murphy, a former lawmaker from Baltimore County, once sponsored legislation two decades ago that made it possible for someone arrested for possession of the drug to argue it […]
S. 2909 — which is sponsored by U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Steve Daines (R-MT) — is wrong-headed and should be opposed. The bill says that only Congress should have the ability to move marijuana up and down the five schedules. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-senators-file-bill-to-block-biden-marijuana-rescheduling-effort-without-congressional-approval/ In 1970, when Congress and President Richard M. Nixon created the current-day
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This is a long article that was two months in the making. from Politico, 5/24/2020 Lavish Parties, Greedy Pols and Panic Rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ Collapsed MedMen was the country’s hottest pot startup—until it flamed out. Its fall has exposed the gap between “green rush” hype and the realities of a troubled industry.
Good news from William Barr’s confirmation hearing! In a break from [Jeff] Sessions, [William] Barr said his Justice Department would “not go after” marijuana companies operating in states that have legalized cannabis. Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, and Sessions had rescinded the Obama administration’s rules that such companies wouldn’t be targeted — the
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This was the first election in our lifetimes where the federal results were more important than the state results, from the perspective of marijuana policy nationally. The Democratic takeover of the U.S. House was the most important outcome, because the House speaker, committee chairs, and subcommittee chairs will all be Democrats for the first time
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Congressman Pete Sessions’s seat is one the Democratic Party hopes to flip in November, and it’s not alone. A pro-marijuana political action committee also wants Sessions out of his seat. Rob Kampia, the co-founder of the lobbying group Marijuana Policy Project who left in December to create the Marijuana Leadership Campaign, doesn’t disguise his disgust
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Pro-pot libertarians are weighing in on the race for Rep. Pete Sessions’ District 32 seat, pledging to remove the “sphincter” blocking marijuana reform in Congress. [They have] formed a Super PAC to help funnel donations toward the Libertarian Party candidate in that race, Melina Baker, and toward Sessions’ Democratic opponent, whomever that may be —
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Marijuana reform activists have created a new super PAC aimed exclusively at defeating Texas Republican Rep. Pete Sessions, the House Rules Committee chairman who has blocked cannabis reform legislation from reaching the House floor. Marijuana Policy Project founder and former Executive Director Rob Kampia is leading the effort, which he said is crucial to legalizing
Yes! The (get rid of) Pete Sessions campaign was featured in The New York Times on April 13. Un-electing Congressman Pete Sessions is one of the Marijuana Leadership Campaign’s two priority projects in 2018, having recently formed the Marijuana Leadership PAC and, soon, a Super PAC. As a reminder, Rep. Sessions (R-Dallas) is literally the only man preventing
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