CARERS Act Protects Patients, Providers and Veterans Bill comes as Jeff Sessions seeks to undermine medical marijuana laws Today, a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives introduced the CARERS Act. The Senate bill was introduced by Senators Booker (D-NJ), Paul (R-KY), Gillibrand (D-NY), Lee (R-UT), Franken (D-MN), and Murkowski (R-AK). The House companion was reintroduced […]
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Bipartisan Vote Carries Medical Marijuana Research Bill to Passage in New Mexico State House
UNM Health Sciences Center Would Convene an Advisory Council and Review Research Proposals Related to the Use, Production, Effects and Efficacy of Medical Marijuana The Bill Would Extend Protections Already Granted to Qualified Medical Marijuana Patients and Medical Providers to Researchers Santa Fe, NM – Saturday afternoon, the New Mexico State House voted (41-26) to […]
White House Indicates Potential Crackdown on Recreational Marijuana
Sean Spicer: Trump’s DOJ Will Push for “Greater Enforcement” of Federal Law in Recreational Marijuana States Administration Suggests They Will Not Crack Down on Medical Marijuana States In a press conference today, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer strongly indicated that Jeff Sessions’ Department of Justice (DOJ) will crack down on recreational marijuana programs. When […]
Hempcrete Going Global With Tiny House Design
Sixteen years after delving into the world of natural building, Jayeson Hendryson and Kim Brooks say they are in full-on research and development road, and preparing to take their business to a whole new level. This past week, the couple unveiled their plans for a “tiny hemp house,” one of which is currently under construction […]
Weed In The White House
Cannabis and U.S. politics have been bedfellows for as long as people have been dumping tea in harbors. George Washington made detailed notes on separating the male and female plants; Andrew Jackson wrote home often about smoking with his soldiers; and Thomas Jefferson smuggled especially potent hemp seeds out of China at the risk of […]
House Votes to Allow Veterans to Access Medical Marijuana
Amendment Will Allow VHA Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Patients in Medical Marijuana States Amendment Already Passed Senate Appropriations Committee, Will Likely Become Law Later This Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House passed a bipartisan amendment today, 233 to 189, allowing Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients in states […]
Ohio House Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
Ohio House passes medical marijuana bill. Read article here: High Times
White House Invites Marijuana Advocates for “Bud Summit”
Members of the DC Cannabis Campaign (DCMJ), the organization responsible for staging a highly publicized White House smoke-in at the beginning of April, received an invitation this week from the Obama Administration to attend a meeting on Monday to discuss the marijuana m… Read article here: High Times
MO: House Approves Growing Of Hemp
The House is giving the go ahead to a measure to allow the growing of industrial hemp in Missouri. It’s a by-product of marijuana but contains very little of the psychoactive chemical, THC. Hemp can be used for clothing, rope and other things. The House on Monday voted 123-29 to pass the legislation and send […]
New Hampshire Decriminalization Bill Passes House, Moves to Senate
It seems that lawmakers in New Hampshire have been fighting tooth and nail for the past couple years to prevent any form of legislation aimed at legalizing marijuana to infiltrate the legislative gates, but there is a distinct possibility that these prohibitionists will l… Read article here: High Times