by adminTorusBrand | Sep 23, 2019 | Politics
A historic piece of legislation protecting banks that provide services to cannabis businesses is scheduled for a vote this week, despite letters urging House leaders to delay the vote. A landmark vote on cannabis policy is scheduled to take place this week by the...
by adminTorusBrand | Sep 23, 2019 | Politics
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have joined efforts in pushing for CBD regulations in favor of industry growth and “market certainty.” Bipartisan members of the United States House of Representatives sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last...
by adminTorusBrand | Sep 20, 2019 | Politics
Several social justice organizations authored a letter sent to Democratic majority leaders asking them to wait on voting on marijuana banking legislation. A group of civil rights groups is asking for a delay in voting on a marijuana banking bill set for a United...
by adminTorusBrand | Sep 18, 2019 | Politics
McConnell continues to champion the nation’s hemp industry, this time by urging the FDA to more quickly take action. The senator who played a pivotal role in the effort to federally legalize hemp and its derivatives is now putting pressure on the Food and Drug...
by adminTorusBrand | Sep 17, 2019 | Politics
Lawyers for the Scottsdale Research Institute have pleaded for the courts to order DEA to make a decision on pending research applications. Scientists from the Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI) are not buying that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will stop...
by adminTorusBrand | Sep 16, 2019 | Politics
A new cannabis reform bill would reclassify marijuana as Schedule III, a category that includes Tylenol, codeine, and testosterone. United States Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced a bill last week that would reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III...
