Pot Will Revive Small-Town America
"Fewer politicians are in a position to say 'no' to legal marijuana. Especially in cash-strapped areas of the country where jobs and opportunities are hard to come by."
It’s Federal Policy To Prosecute Gun Buyers in States With Legal Pot
"The U.S. attorney in Maine has now indicted two men on federal firearms charges for allegedly lying about their marijuana use on the gun purchase form."
In Nearly Half the U.S., Marijuana Arrests Have Gone Up Since 2014
"Meanwhile, thousands of people who were arrested previously for what is now legal in many places continue to languish in prisons."
Federal cannabis legalization bill introduced
"Under the new bill, marijuana would be removed from the list of substances classified under the Controlled Substances Act. Schumer's legislation would leave in place decisions by states on how to regulate marijuana."
Trump administration abandons crackdown on legal marijuana
"The Trump administration is abandoning a Justice Department threat to crack down on recreational marijuana in states where it is legal, a move that could enable cannabis businesses in California and other states that have legalized pot to operate without fear of federal raids and prosecution."
Americans Are Voting with Their Feet for Economic Freedom
"Who’d a-thunk it? Americans vote with their feet because they value jobs, economic freedom and prosperity, entrepreneurship, lower taxes, and less government over the opposite?"
So Many People Are Fleeing the S.F. Bay Area, It’s Hard to Find a U-Haul
"A study of the out-migration by Joint Venture Silicon Valley says workers are moving to Sacramento, Austin, and Portland due to a number of factors. But topping the list is the high cost of housing."
Six States That Could Pass Marijuana Initiatives This Year
"The initiative and referendum process continues to serve as a direct popular vote alternative to the crapshoot that is trying to get a pot bill through two houses and signed by a governor."
Bipartisan lawmakers tell Trump to respect state marijuana laws
"The group of 54 lawmakers sent a letter to the president on Thursday asking him to go against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempts to roll back protections on state marijuana laws, reports Marijuana Moment‘s Tom Angell.
Jeff Sessions Should Ask Cancer Patients about Cannabis
"Attorney General Jeff Sessions is actively lobbying Congress to overturn existing law prohibiting federal interference in state medical-marijuana policy. As someone who believes in strong constitutional limits on federal power and the rights of patients to choose, I am deeply disappointed. And as a cancer survivor who wanted the choice for myself, I wonder: does Sessions have any idea what it’s like?"