U.S.: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Pushes Feds To Ease Restrictions On Marijuana...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants to clear the roadblocks out of the way so that government-paid researchers can study marijuana -- and not just the negative side...
View ArticleU.S.: Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Marijuana Banking Measure
Amendment to appropriations bill would prohibit the Treasury Department from using funds to punish banks that provide financial services to state-legal marijuana businessesBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe...
View ArticleU.S.: Senate Committee Allows Marijuana Legalization To Move Forward In...
A key Senate committee on Thursday passed a bill allowing the nation’s capital to establish regulated marijuana stores and let banks provide financial services to state-legalized marijuana...
View ArticleNew York: Sen. Schumer Throws Weight Behind Federal Medical Marijuana Bill
Senator Chuck Schumer Joins NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in Sponsoring the CARERS Act, a Bill that Would End Federal Prohibition of Medical MarijuanaNew York Patients and Families Applaud Schumer for...
View ArticleU.S.: Criminal Justice Bill Reducing Mandatory Minimums Clears Senate...
Bipartisan Bill Reduces Mandatory Minimums, Increases Early Release and Returns Some Discretion to JudgesLegislation Heads for the Senate Floor Amid Public Demands to End the Drug War and Mass...
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