WIRE: MPP issues statement on new White House Drug Czar
WASHINGTON — The Marijuana Policy Project has issued the statement below in response to reports that Congressman Tom Marino (R-PA) will be named the next director of the [...]
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WIRE: Cannabis advocates commend formation of Congressional Cannabis Congress
WASHINGTON, DC — The nation’s leading cannabis and drug policy reform organizations commended Congressional members Thursday on the formation of the Congressional [...]
WIRE: Sessions comments on conflict between state-federal marijuana laws
Washington, DC — United States Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions responded to questions with regard to how he believes the Justice Department ought to respond to [...]
WIRE: Obama tells Rolling Stone that marijuana should be regulated like alcohol
Washington, DC — President Barack Obama told Rolling Stone Magazine that he believes cannabis ought to be legally regulated and that lawmakers must ultimately address [...]
WIRE: Americans for Safe Access releases medical marijuana policy roadmap
WASHINGTON, DC — Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a briefing book —”Medical Cannabis in America”— calling on Congress and the Obama [...]
WIRE: Marijuana policy reform advocates to host training in El Paso Saturday
EL PASO, TEXAS — Public officials and marijuana policy reform advocates will gather at the El Paso Public Library on Saturday for a public forum on marijuana policy in [...]
WIRE: Oaksterdam University launches horticulture classes in Las Vegas and New York
OAKLAND, Calif. — The cannabis industry in the United States now employs 100,000 to 150,000 workers and nearly 90,000 of them are employed in the plant-touching side [...]
WIRE: Study indicates national retail marijuana tax could net $28 billion annually
Washington, DC: The imposition of conventional tax rates on the commercial production and retail sale of cannabis nationwide would yield an estimated $28 billion in federal, [...]
WIRE: Ban on Justice Department interference in state med marijuana laws to continue
Justice Department Will Continue to Be Prohibited From Interfering in State Medical Marijuana Laws Under New Spending Bill The appropriations bill unveiled late Tuesday in [...]