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West Virginia House Passes Medical Marijuana Banking Bill
Sat 12:45pm By Kyle Jaeger
A bill that provides state protections for banks that deal with medical marijuana revenue was approved overwhelmingly by the West Virginia House of Delegates on Friday. Introduced by Del. Eric Nelson (R), the legislation authorizes the state treasurer to open…

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Trump Issues Signing Statement On Medical Marijuana Provision Of Funding Bill
Fri 7:49pm By Tom Angell
President Trump said during his 2016 election campaign that he supports the right of states to legalize marijuana and that he personally supports medical cannabis. But in signing a federal spending bill into law on Friday that contains a rider preventing the…

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New Mexico Republicans Say Legalize Marijuana, But Let The Government Sell It
Fri 4:38pm By Chris Roberts
In lockstep with a growing number of legislators across the country, Republican state lawmakers in New Mexico want recreational marijuana to be legally sold in stores, but with a unique big-government twist: in what would appear to be a first in the United…

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McConnell And Wyden Push USDA To Implement Hemp Legalization ‘Expeditiously’
Fri 3:58pm By Kyle Jaeger
The 2018 Farm Bill included language federally legalizing hemp, and the authors of that provision told the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a letter this week that such policies must be implemented “expeditiously” and “as Congress intended.”…

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Vermont Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales Approved By Key Committee
Fri 1:45pm By Kyle Jaeger
Vermont’s legal marijuana system could get a major expansion under legislation that cleared a key Senate committee on Friday. While the state already allows adults 21 and older to possess, consume and cultivate cannabis for personal use, there’s currently…

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Medical cannabis states see lower teen use, new study finds (Newsletter: Feb. 15, 2019)
Fri 6:47am By Tom Angell
Missouri lawmakers approve expungement bill; NYC Councilmembers file 12 marijuana proposals; How cannabis ruined Ronald Reagan’s Valentine’s Day Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way…

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States With Legal Medical Marijuana Have Lower Teen Use Rates, Large-Scale Study Finds
Thu 7:17pm By Kyle Jaeger
Contrary to often-expressed fears of marijuana legalization opponents, teens living in states that allow medical cannabis are actually less likely to use the drug compared to those in non-legal states. That’s the result of a new study published in The…

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New York City Council Members File A Dozen Marijuana Proposals In One Day
Thu 3:07pm By Kyle Jaeger
As New York State gets closer to establishing a commercial marijuana market, members of the New York City Council are introducing numerous cannabis-related resolutions to shape that program. On Wednesday alone, council members filed 10 resolutions and two…

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How Marijuana Ruined Ronald Reagan’s Valentine’s Day
Thu 1:55pm By Kyle Jaeger
It was 38 years ago that marijuana soured an otherwise lovely Valentine’s Day for President Ronald Reagan. What started as a serene evening—spent swapping gifts and kisses with his wife, Nancy—quickly devolved into a nightmare when the two settled in to…

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Missouri Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Expungement Bill For Medical Cannabis Patients
Thu 1:07pm By Kyle Jaeger
Medical marijuana patients in Missouri got one step closer to being able to have prior misdemeanor cannabis offenses expunged from their criminal records on Thursday. A bill providing for certain expungements, introduced by Rep. Ron Hicks (R), was approved…

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