Articles tagged with "Congress"
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Cannabis predictions for 2025: Low prices, high taxes, and hash
David Downs - Published on December 19, 2024Read moreWe looked into our crystal bong and this is what we saw.
30 weed predictions very likely to come true in 2024
David Downs - Published on December 26, 2023Read more2024 in weed strains, politics and more.
Consumers will save money if cannabis moves to Schedule III
David Downs - Published on August 31, 2023Read moreLeafly interviews a legal expert on the biggest news of the year.
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Judge strikes down gun ban for marijuana consumers
Max Savage Levenson - Published on February 6, 2023Read moreThe decision comes on the heels of other court cases that have upheld Americans’ access to firearms.
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Can the Republican House pass cannabis reform? Don Murphy thinks so, and he’s fighting to make it happen
Max Savage Levenson - Published on January 30, 2023Read moreLiberal arguments won’t sway votes among House GOP members. But Don Murphy knows how cannabis reform and legalization makes sense to conservatives.
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House Republicans get early jump on marijuana bills for gun owners and veterans
Max Savage Levenson - Published on January 19, 2023Read moreWith Republicans now running the House, weed reform focuses on narrower issues for medical marijuana patients.
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Cannabis gets nothing from Congress as session draws to a close
Bruce Barcott - Published on December 20, 2022Read moreAs Congress gets ready to depart, it leaves nothing but coal in the cannabis stocking. Reformers are furious.
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Krispy Kreme is paying to keep weed illegal
David Bienenstock and Bruce Barcott - Published on November 21, 2022Read moreBig Donut is joining the NFL, Big Pharma, and the Methodist Church to defeat legalization in Congress. See who else is propping up prohibition.
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Congress sends marijuana research bill to Biden’s desk, finally
Bruce Barcott - Published on November 17, 2022Read moreThe bill was passed back in April, but Texas Sen. John Cornyn threw a fit and blocked it—until earlier this week.
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How to reschedule or deschedule marijuana under federal law
Bruce Barcott and Max Savage Levenson - Published on November 15, 2022Read moreRescheduling cannabis involves an arduous process that takes years. Here’s how it works, and how Congress could accomplish it quicker and easier.
