A blog chronicling the evolution and implementation of cannabis laws in the United States
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Robert Patterson, testified to Congress about legalizing marijuana recently.
The nation’s top drug enforcement officer was…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 25, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Probably the biggest news this week was the dismissal of the lawsuit over the scheduling of marijuana.
A federal judge on…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: March 2, 2018
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Although the Department of Justice has made its position on legalized marijuana clear, other government entities are not following Attorney General Sessions’ lead. In Congress, a House bill (a companion to Senator Cory Booker’s bill) was introduced by Representative Barbara Lee.
The House version of the Marijuana Justice Act marks the first time that companion legislation has been introduced in both chambers of Congress to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act.
Today, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) introduced legislation that ends federal marijuana prohibition and which contains a range of provisions to repair communities most devastated by the war on drugs.Continue Reading The Weed in Weed: January 19, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The Democratic candidates hoping to take on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner next year gathered on a debate stage Wednesday for the second time in 12…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 20, 2017
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday criticized the legalization of marijuana in multiple states and warned that the federal law banning use and sale of the drug “remains…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: September 22, 2017
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When career business executive Steve Hoffman was appointed the state’s marijuana czar last week, pot proponents reacted with immediate skepticism. But Hoffman, it turns out, isn’t…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Because having zero licensed distributors could kill the industry’s high projections.
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Recreational marijuana becomes legal to buy Saturday in Nevada, but that doesn’t mean anything goes in the place where…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 7, 2017
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Documents reveal the AG is seeking approval to crack down on marijuana in states that have passed pro-pot laws.
See TBT’s take on this…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: June 16, 2017
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Nevada state legislators put the final touches on measures to regulate marijuana this week, just weeks before Nevada becomes the fifth state to legalize the use and…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: June 9, 2017
