U.S.: Groundbreaking Bill Reforming Federal Drug Sentences Passes Senate...
Smarter Sentencing Act -- Biggest Drug Sentencing Reform in Decades -- Would Reduce Mandatory Minimums, Give Judges More Discretion, and Release Some Nonviolent Drug Offenders from Prison...
View ArticleU.S.: Minority Leader McConnell Slams DEA For Blocking Kentucky Hemp Research
Political Battle Builds as DEA Faces Growing Scrutiny for Slew of Scandals: Use of NSA Data to Spy on Virtually All Americans, Massacre of Civilians in Honduras, and Systematic Pattern of Fabricating...
View ArticleU.S.: Senate To Vote On House-Approved Amendment To Protect Medical Marijuana...
The Senate is expected to vote — possibly as soon as Thursday night or Friday — on a measure that is intended to shield medical marijuana patients and providers from enforcement of federal laws in...
View ArticleU.S.: Senators To Introduce Groundbreaking Criminal Justice Reform Bill
REDEEM Act Helps Formerly Incarcerated Seal Conviction Records, Eliminates Barriers to Employment, Public Assistance, and Re-EntryDrug Policy Alliance: Criminal Justice Reform is Good Policy and Good...
View ArticleU.S.: Rand Paul Files Measure To Protect Medical Marijuana States From Feds
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsU.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) on Thursday filed an amendment to Senate Bill 2569, the "Bring Jobs Home Act," that would explicitly allow states to pass medical marijuana...
View ArticleU.S.: Drug Policy Action Grades Members of U.S. House of Representatives on...
Historic Bipartisan Majority in Favor of Reforming U.S. Drug Laws and Letting States Set Their Own Marijuana PoliciesIdeologically Diverse Representatives – From Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep....
View ArticleD.C.: Congress Members Hold Bipartisan Press Conference On Marijuana...
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and other Members of Congress whose states have legalized or relaxed restrictions on marijuana and who support the District of Columbia’s right to legalize...
View ArticleWashington: Trial Postponed, New Judge Assigned In Kettle Falls 5 Federal...
U.S. Senate expected to take up measure restricting Justice Department funding for such prosecutions later this weekA new judge assigned to hear the widely watched federal medical marijuana case of the...
View ArticleU.S.: Rand Paul Says Marijuana Use A 'Mistake,''Not A Good Idea'
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsU.S. Senator and likely 2016 Presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) all but admitted in a Friday interview that he smoked marijuana in his youth, but called it a...
View ArticleU.S.: Attorney General Eric Holder Ends Incentive For Law Enforcement To...
Property Seizures by Local and State Police Often Conducted Under Pretext that Property Is Connected to Illegal DrugsAdvocates Applaud Holder for New Policy, Urge Congress to Make Reforms PermanentU.S....
View ArticleU.S.: Bipartisan Legislation Introduced In Congress To Crack Down On Drug War...
FAIR Act Would Eliminate Department of Justice Program that Enables State and Local Police to Keep Proceeds of Property Seized from CitizensMomentum Builds in Congress for Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform...
View ArticleU.S.: Sen. Ted Cruz Says He Supports States' Rights To Legalize Marijuana
At least these days, both major political parties in the United States are smart enough to jockey for position on the marijuana issue rather than running away from as they did in the recent past. U.S....
View ArticleU.S.: Bill To End Federal Medical Marijuana Prohibition To Be Introduced In...
Measure sponsored by Sens. Rand Paul, Corey Booker, and Kirsten Gillibrand marks the first time in history that the Senate will consider a proposal to make medical marijuana legal under federal lawA...
View ArticleU.S.: Here's What's In The Historic Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Being...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe historic medical marijuana bill being introduced in the United States Senate on Tuesday -- the first ever such bill ever introduced in the Senate -- would end the federal...
View ArticleU.S.: Rep. Blumenauer Applauds Historic Senate Medical Marijuana Bill
Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, one of the staunchest supporters of cannabis law reform in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday praised the historic medical marijuana bill introduced in the...
View ArticleU.S.: Senators Introduce Sweeping Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill To...
Hundreds of patient advocates will gather in Washington, DC on March 31 to lobby for passage of Senate billBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsComprehensive medical marijuana legislation was introduced Tuesday...
View ArticleNew York: Senators To Meet With Families About Federal Medical Marijuana Bill
SUNDAY: Gillibrand & Booker to Meet with NY, NJ Families About New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal ProsecutionFive Local...
View ArticleU.S. Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Gains Momentum In Senate
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsIt's funny what a difference a week makes. Last Tuesday, when a federal medical marijuana bill was introduced by three Senators, many political observers dismissed its chances...
View ArticleD.C.: Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group To Host 3rd Annual Conference
Scientists, patients, doctors, advocates, lawyers, policymakers unite to further advance public health policy reformsMedical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA), will hold its...
View ArticleU.S.: House Version of Groundbreaking Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced
Bill Follows Historic Introduction of the CARERS Act by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Barbara Boxer (D-CA)Support for Letting States...
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