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Marijuana Banking Bill Expected To Get A House Floor Vote Next Week, Sponsor’s Office Says
A bill that would have formally decriminalized drugs in Washington State was gutted on the Senate floor on Thursday, with lawmakers approving a dramatically revised version that instead reinstates criminal penalties following a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned prohibition. The action sets up a possible showdown with more progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives who have said they won’t…
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Washington Senate Replaces Drug Decriminalization Bill With Revised Measure To Reinstate Penalties
A bill that would have formally decriminalized drugs in Washington State was gutted on the Senate floor on Thursday, with lawmakers approving a dramatically revised version that instead reinstates criminal penalties following a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned prohibition. The action sets up a possible showdown with more progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives who have said they won’t…
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Biden’s Already On Board With Federal Marijuana Legalization Even If He Doesn’t Use That Word, Booker Says
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) says that President Joe Biden is already where he needs to be to get a bill to end federal marijuana prohibition enacted into law—even if he personally opposes legalization. Confusion about the president’s position comes down to semantics, the senator indicated. Booker said in a recent interview that Biden’s stance in favor of “decriminalization” will be…
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Bipartisan Bills To Legalize Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans Introduced In Congress
Another Alabama House committee has approved a Senate-passed bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state, sending it to the floor. About one week after a separate panel amended and cleared the legislation, the House Health Committee on Thursday voted to advance the proposal in a voice vote. The panel first discussed the measure on Wednesday and made a series…
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Limited Tennessee Medical Marijuana Bill Heads To Senate Floor
Another Alabama House committee has approved a Senate-passed bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state, sending it to the floor. About one week after a separate panel amended and cleared the legislation, the House Health Committee on Thursday voted to advance the proposal in a voice vote. The panel first discussed the measure on Wednesday and made a series…
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69 Percent Of Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana—An All-Time High, Quinnipiac Poll Finds
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), whose proposed state budget includes provisions to legalize both medical and adult-use marijuana, says he’s sick of seeing tax revenue from cannabis sales go to neighboring states that have already legalized. “Frankly I’m kind of tired of talking to the governor from Illinois,” he said in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday. “Whenever I…
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Alabama Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill That Already Passed The Senate Heads To House Floor
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), whose proposed state budget includes provisions to legalize both medical and adult-use marijuana, says he’s sick of seeing tax revenue from cannabis sales go to neighboring states that have already legalized. “Frankly I’m kind of tired of talking to the governor from Illinois,” he said in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday. “Whenever I…
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Schumer Says Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill Will Hit Senate Floor ‘Soon’
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), whose proposed state budget includes provisions to legalize both medical and adult-use marijuana, says he’s sick of seeing tax revenue from cannabis sales go to neighboring states that have already legalized. “Frankly I’m kind of tired of talking to the governor from Illinois,” he said in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday. “Whenever I…
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Wisconsin Governor ‘Tired’ Of Marijuana Revenue Going To Illinois Next Door
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), whose proposed state budget includes provisions to legalize both medical and adult-use marijuana, says he’s sick of seeing tax revenue from cannabis sales go to neighboring states that have already legalized. “Frankly I’m kind of tired of talking to the governor from Illinois,” he said in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday. “Whenever I…
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Mississippi Supreme Court Hears Challenge To Medical Marijuana Measure Approved By Voters
“I believe our justices will do what’s right an uphold the will of the voters,” one of the ballot initiative’s supporters said. By Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today The medical marijuana program Mississippi voters approved in November, set to begin in August, hangs in the balance with the state Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments about Initiative 65 on Wednesday. The…
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