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Bipartisan marijuana descheduling bill reintroduced in Congress

Bipartisan legislation that would remove state-legal marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and leave individual markets in…

News December 8
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Senate leader Schumer pushing federal marijuana legalization as priority

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he’s putting together a new federal marijuana legalization bill that would…

News January 29
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US House panel passes federal cannabis legalization bill in historic vote

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping cannabis reform bill by a vote of 24-10,…

News November 20
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Civil rights groups want ‘holistic’ marijuana reform before banking vote

Seven civil rights groups have sent a letter to U.S. House Democratic leadership asking to delay voting on…

News September 18
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Week in Review: CannTrust’s cannabis regulatory woes, Florida MMJ caps, push for Congress’ support of STATES Act & more

CannTrust is zapped by Health Canada for unlicensed cannabis cultivation, Florida’s medical marijuana license caps and vertical integration…

News July 12
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Federal bill provision would protect state-legal medical marijuana programs

A provision in one of the congressional spending bills would continue to protect state-legal medical cannabis programs from…

News May 20
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Attorney General Barr: US law protecting state-legal marijuana trumps current situation

U.S. Attorney General William Barr might be warming to the idea of a federal law that protects state-legal…

News April 10
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Congressional legislation reintroduced to protect state-legal marijuana markets

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate reintroduced legislation Thursday to protect states’ ability to…

News April 4
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Industry experts: Federal marijuana reform an uphill battle, but odds brighten for veterans’ access to MMJ, banking

Is federal marijuana reform on the near-term horizon? Some cannabis industry officials believe so. They point to strong…

News March 6
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