To expand the state’s medical marijuana program, the Governor of Virginia approves CBD legislation bill. The law goes into effect immediately. Read more in this post from High Times. In a move sure to make medical marijuana advocates happy, the governor of Virginia approves CBD legislation bill which greatly expands the state’s medical marijuana program. Gov. Ralph Northam ... Continue Reading
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Legal Cannabis Via Legislative Process in Vermont
Vermont will be the next US state to have legal cannabis, and the first to legalize recreational cannabis via the legislative process. Read more in this post from GreenCamp. The Senate of the state of Vermont passed a bill yesterday to allow free use of recreational cannabis, making it the first state on American soil to achieve legalization via the legislative process, unlike ... Continue Reading
Jeff Sessions Declares War on Legal Marijuana
The US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, rescinds the Obama-era guidelines that made legal marijuana possible and compares marijuana to heroin. Find out more in this post from SOL*CBD. A memo was released on Thursday, January 4, 2017, in which current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he is rescinding the Cole Memorandum, put in place by United States ... Continue Reading
Jeff Sessions Toughens Stance on Legal Cannabis
Jeff Sessions’ notice on rescinding policy allowing states' legal cannabis rights causes ripples across the industry. Find out more in this post from CBS News. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a marijuana enforcement memo Thursday rescinding the Obama administration's guidance, which enabled states to legalize marijuana without federal intervention. His one-page memo ... Continue Reading
Bill Defies Sessions’ Renewed War on Drugs
Senators on both sides of the aisle have banded together to protect state MJ laws from Jeff Sessions' renewed war on drugs. This post from The Fix highlights how the bill bolsters defenses and would allow the States to decide on medical marijuana. A group of senators from both sides of the aisle have banded together to create a bill that would allow individual states’ ... Continue Reading