by adminTorusBrand | Mar 27, 2018 | Politics
The House voted to pass a nonbinding resolution urging the feds to respect Alaska’s legal adult use marijuana industry. The Alaska House of Representatives last week unanimously passed a nonbinding resolution demanding the federal government not interfere in the...
by adminTorusBrand | Mar 27, 2018 | Politics
The new spending bill approved by Congress extends the appropriations rider that protects state-legal medical marijuana from federal interference. Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill that includes the extension of the...
by adminTorusBrand | Mar 27, 2018 | Politics
The U.S. Senate Majority Leader announced his plan to introduce legislation to legalize hemp as an agricultural commodity under federal law. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced today that he would soon introduce a federal bill to legalize hemp as...
by adminTorusBrand | Mar 27, 2018 | Politics
Voters in Illinois’ largest county overwhelmingly approved a non-binding ballot question proposing the legalization of marijuana. There’s no question whether voters in the largest county in Illinois want to legalize recreational marijuana. More than 68 percent of Cook...
by adminTorusBrand | Mar 23, 2018 | Politics
Voters in Illinois may have the chance to have their voice heard regarding marijuana legalization this coming November. Two thirds of Illinois voters are in favor of the legalization of recreational marijuana, according to a new Southern Illinois University poll from...
by adminTorusBrand | Mar 23, 2018 | Politics
A new Quinnipiac poll indicates that a majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana and want the U.S. Attorney General to leave states that have legalized marijuana alone. A majority of Americans believe marijuana should be legal and that the Department of...