Agency Removes Separate Research Barrier, Ending Monopoly on Research Drug Policy Alliance: Next Administration Must End Federal Marijuana Prohibition Today, the DEA announced that it was not rescheduling marijuana, in effect refusing to recognize marijuana's medicinal benefits. But in what is viewed as a victory for the marijuana reform movement, the DEA said that it […]
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TODAY: Congress Voting on Numerous Amendments to Reign in Troubled Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Amendments Would Prohibit DEA from Undermining State Marijuana Laws; Shut Down DEA’s Controversial Bulk Collection Surveillance Programs; Cut Agency’s Budget Amendments Come in Wake of Recent Forced Resignation of Agency’s Head, Michele Leonhart WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the U.S. House of Representatives considers the Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill today and tomorrow, legislators […]
TODAY: Congress to Vote on At Least Four Amendments Reigning in Troubled Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Amendments Prohibit DEA from Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws; Prohibit DEA from Blocking Production of Hemp; Deny Proposed DEA Budget Increase DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart Increasingly At Odds With President Obama, Justice Dept and Congress; Lawmakers and Advocates Call for Her to be Fired Today, the House is set to vote on at least four […]
Law Enforcement Rallies Against Marijuana Bills
Prosecutors, police chiefs and sheriffs gathered Tuesday in Annapolis to push back against the growing movement to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana or to legalize recreational use of the drug altogether. At a news conference and at a Senate hearing, law enforcement leaders warned that loosening marijuana laws would undermine drug enforcement across […]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Marijuana Has Medical Value and Marijuana Possession Arrests are Waste of Law Enforcement Time and Resources
Statement from Drug Policy Alliance: More Senators Should Follow Reid’s Lead In an interview today with the Las Vegas Sun, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Nevada cities should move in the direction of making medical marijuana legal. “If you’d asked me this question a dozen years ago, it would have been easy to […]
Medical Marijuana States Already In Compliance With Federal Enforcement Guidelines
A new report released today finds that many medical marijuana states are already in compliance with the federal government’s enforcement guidelines. Because of this, patient advocates are calling on Congress to make some binding changes to federal policy. High Times
Justice Dept Updates Official Federal Pot Enforcement Policy
The Justice Department has updated its official policy on federal marijuana enforcement. The announcement comes nine months after cannabis legalization initiatives passed in Colorado and Washington State last November. The marijuana community celebrated the legalization m… High Times