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RESCHEDULING?!!!
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done. Read the full article...
What Does US Law Actually Say About Cannabis Use and Gun Ownership?
The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case that perfectly encapsulates the absurdity of cannabis prohibition in 2025: United States v. Hemani, which will determine whether Americans who use marijuana can exercise their Second Amendment right to own firearms. Let...
Attorneys General Coalition Urges Congress to Advance SAFER Banking Act Now
Read the full article here: https://marijuanaandthelaw.com/attorneys-general-coalition-urges-congress-to-advance-safer-banking-act-now/
Federal Budget Cuts Could Accelerate State-Level Marijuana Legalization
Read the full article here: https://marijuanaandthelaw.com/federal-budget-cuts-could-accelerate-state-level-marijuana-legalization/
POLITICS: Kamala Harris Rolls Out National Marijuana Legalization Plan, Pledging To Make It ‘The Law Of The Land’
Read the full article here: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/kamala-harris-rolls-out-marijuana-legalization-plan-pledging-to-make-it-the-law-of-the-land/
MISSISSIPPI HAS FINALLY STEPPED TO THE PRECIPICE OF BECOMING THE 38TH MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATE
Fasten your seatbelts, folks, Mississippi’s medical marijuana program is finally fueled-up and revving the engines! Yep, it’s true, after years and years of misfiring and an emotionally exhausting last 14 months of wrestling with ‘the people’s’ Prop 65, the state...
Disenfranchisement on the docket down in Mississippi
August 2021 and what a bizarre time it is. More than three months ago on May 14, 2021, the Mississippi State Supreme Court published their opinion in the case of In Re Initiative Measure No. 65: Mary Hawkins Butler v. Michael Watson, Secretary of State. Henceforth,...
It’s official – Louisiana has flower! (in 2022)
It is done! Governor John Bel Edwards has now signed the "flower bill" (HB 391) that so many Louisianans helped support with calls, emails, social media posts, and in-person lobbying at "The People's House" (Louisiana State Capitol). Hard to overstate what a big...
Say no to Tanner’s Tax – the unconstitutional and regressive sales tax on Cannabis medicine!
On Wednesday, May 19th, the Louisiana Senate is set to debate HB514. It would tax, for the first time since 2003, a medicine. The state Constitution unambiguously forbids a sales tax on prescription drugs. Proponents of this regressive and indefensible tax on medical...
Hey Mississippi, let’s call it what it is: Voter Disenfranchisement
Ever heard of the "Doctrine of Absurdity"? Probably not, but it's a real thing. It also applies very fittingly to Mississippi and their Supreme Court's absurd decision inexcusibly handed down on Friday, May 14th in the case of (Madison, MS Mayor) Mary Hawkins Butler...