Roger Brown (Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Roger Brown is CEO and founder of ACS Laboratory in Sun City Center, Florida.) The final nationwide hemp rules taking effect Monday are more friendly to farmers because they increase the THC negligence standard […]
1199/SEIU, NAACP, Drug Policy Alliance, Working Families Party, Citizen Action Issue Letter to Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins & Speaker Heastie to Pass MRTA Groups: Legislation Must Place Justice, Reinvestment & Social Equity at Its Core Albany, NY – In a show of overwhelming force, more than 70 groups representing labor unions, civil rights, immigration reform, faith-based organizers, […]
by: Graham Cooper |
on March 18, 2021 | No Comments
Earlier today an interesting little video was streamed from Chuck Schumer’s youtube channel on marijuana reform.
They’re hanging out on the balcony, discussing weed. Sounds like a typical Saturday afternoon.
Watch the 8-minute video here:
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CBD maker Elixinol Global has acquired German CBD brand CannaCare Health GmbH as it executes its strategy to pursue market opportunities in Europe. Elixinol said it is buying the company for 3 million euros in cash ($3.6 million) plus 6 million euros in Elixinol shares ($7.2 million). The deal calls for Elixinol to pay up […]
The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives by Representatives Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), and Warren Davidson (R-OH).
The post House Reintroduces SAFE Banking Act To Normalize Cannabis Commerce appeared first on NORML.
Santa Fe, NM – With the Senate Judiciary Committee Voting in Favor of Cannabis Legalization, Emily Kaltenbach, Senior Director for Resident States and New Mexico for the Drug Policy Alliance, released the following statement: “As the clock begins to run out on an attempt to pass cannabis legalization this year, yesterday’s passage of House Bill 12 […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer along with Senators Cory Booker and Ron Wyden, recorded a video outlining their plan to introduce comprehensive legislation to repeal federal marijuana criminalization and expunge the records of those with federal cannabis convictions. From the porch of the US Senate, with the Washington Monument visible in the background, these three […]
Right now, the USPS is accepting public comment until March 20th, and the fix is relatively simple. The USPS simply needs to clarify that these new changes do not include non-nicotine vaporization devices.
The post Congress and USPS Inadvertently Restrict Consumer Access To Vaporizer Cartridges, Batteries, Etc appeared first on NORML.
New York, NY – A new report released today by the Drug Policy Alliance and the Public Science Project at the Graduate Center, CUNY, Inequitable Marijuana Criminalization, COVID-19, and Socioeconomic Disparities: The Case for Community Reinvestment in New York, shows deep racial disparities and economic impacts in marijuana arrests across the state of New York. […]
Trends Suggest Attention and Resources Need to be Urgently Allocated to Latino Communities to Turn the Tide Los Angeles, CA – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance released The Impact of the Overdose Crisis on the Latino Community in California, new research that uncovers the often-overlooked impact of the overdose crisis on the Latino population in […]
