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Trump Admin Threatens Crackdown on Recreational Marijuana

February 24, 2017 at 8:21 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Thursday suggested the Trump administration will step up enforcement of federal laws against recreational marijuana. “I do believe that you’ll see greater enforcement,” Spicer said, while adding the exact policy is “a question for the Department of Justice.” It’s the latest sign President Trump is poised to take a tougher approach than the Obama Justice Department did in states that have legalized the use of recreational marijuana. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was coy [...]

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Will the New US Attorney General Try to End Marijuana Legalization?

December 7, 2016 at 11:34 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The nomination of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General is worrisome but court battles over states’ rights and decisive voter support for legal cannabis make tough enforcement problematic for the Trump Administration. A month after the election, marijuana legalization advocates still await some clear indication of President-elect Donald Trump’s official stance toward legal cannabis. Voters in eight states joined the legalization movement on Nov. 8. Those included two of the largest: California approved recreational marijuana while Florida expanded the use of [...]

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Veterans, Children Fighting for Medical Marijuana Legalization

November 28, 2016 at 12:15 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

(FOX 46) – A growing number of North Carolinians are fighting for medical marijuana in their state. Following the November 2016 election, 29 states and Washington D.C. either allow medical marijuana or have voted to allow it. Medical marijuana is illegal in North Carolina. “It’s a miracle drug to me,” U.S. military veteran Perry Parks said. Parks, who lives in Rockingham, N.C., uses marijuana to treat PTSD. “Most of the soldiers don’t talk about it because it’s too ugly to [...]

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Legalization of Marijuana Movement is Taking Over the U.S.

November 9, 2016 at 3:16 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Recreational marijuana measures passed Tuesday in: California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine. Medical cannabis has been legalized in North Dakota, Arkansas, Florida and Montana (again). The only “L” that was taken occured in the state of Arizona. Although there are already healthy medical marijuana laws in place, voters opted “no” on any further marijuana legislation. This brings the new total of recreational states to 8, plus DC, and raises the total number of medical marijuana states within the US to [...]

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Big Pharma is Paying to Block Marijuana Legalization

October 6, 2016 at 12:47 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Big Pharma’s sponsorship of anti-cannabis campaigns have totaled over $800 million over the past decade. What are they so afraid of? (Big Pharma is Paying to Block Marijuana Legalization – Weed Finder® News | Video Credit: ATTN)

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Congress Passes Pro-Pot Amendments, Predicts End to War on Marijuana

June 4, 2015 at 10:48 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

It was cannabis Wednesday in Congress, where lawmakers gave the strongest support yet for ending the country’s laws prohibiting marijuana use. In the strongest sign yet that deciders in Washington may soon be ready to undo federal marijuana prohibition, both Democrats and Republicans voted to approve three pro-cannabis budget amendments — and came very close to approving a fourth in support of recreational marijuana. Bipartisan votes approved amendments forbidding Justice Department officials from interfering in state-legal medical cannabis operations, industrial [...]

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Medical Cannabis Oil Bill Passes Unanimously in Tennessee

April 15, 2015 at 1:27 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

A unanimous vote Monday night means state lawmakers support the legalized, limited usage of medicinal cannabis oil. For Stacie Mathes, that vote means her 1-year-old daughter, Josie, may finally find relief from the seizures that plague her. “It was our hope and dream that it would (be approved), and then for it to actually happen, it’s life changing. It’s lifesaving. I think that’s the most important part of all of this. I’m speechless,” Mathes said Monday evening. The bill heads [...]

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3 More Jurisdictions That Could Legalize Marijuana By The End Of The Year

July 25, 2014 at 5:19 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

This week a marijuana legalization initiative officially qualified for the ballot in Oregon. Voters will also consider legalization measures in Alaska and (probably) the District of Columbia this fall, so by the end of the year three more jurisdictions could join Colorado andWashington in allowing recreational use of cannabis. The differences among the five measures illustrate the advantages of federalism, which allows policy experiments that will help chart the course to the end of marijuana prohibition in America. Oregon The Oregon initiative, known as the Control, Regulation, [...]

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Hemp Biofuels to Save The World

July 20, 2014 at 7:17 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

As a previous post discussed, hemp is the term for cannabis that has been breed specifically for a high fiber content, seeds, or for other industrial purposes. The legal distinction in America for what qualifies as hemp is any cannabis plant containing less than 0.3% THC. Recently the Hemp Industries Association, a national hemp lobbying group, issued a press release clarifying their position on what technically can be called hemp. The HIA has raised a red flag on the Stanley Brothers in Colorado, and numerous others across the country, [...]

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