Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been promising for months that new cannabis legislation is coming “soon.” “Soon” has finally arrived. Schumer, along with Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Wednesday released a draft of legislation to legalize cannabis. Dubbed the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), …
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It was once simply understood that, if you smoked weed, there were good effects and there were bad. A strain for relaxation might also lead you to gorge an entire box of cookies; a variety that helped ease social anxiety for a party might leave you unable to mutter a …
Read More »Cannabis in Congress: Why Federally Legal Weed Could Soon Be a Reality
Even with the government shutdown that’s been ominously hovering over Washington these past three weeks, there’s still a fresh Congress in town. That means the nation’s 535 lawmakers are in the first stages of trying to get their favored pet issues on the radar of party leaders. That focused energy …
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