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Congress expands medical cannabis protections to 46 states

Congress expands medical cannabis protections to 46 states

March 26, 2018

Medical cannabis patients and the state-legal businesses that serve them will be protected from federal intervention until September, thanks to Section 538 of the new spending bill passed by President...

Short-term deal extends state medical cannabis protections

Short-term deal extends state medical cannabis protections

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 11, 2017

Federal protections for medical cannabis states are to remain through December 8 after a short-term spending bill was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on Friday. The $15.3...

Update: House committee blocks vote on cannabis amendments

Update: House committee blocks vote on cannabis amendments

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 7, 2017

Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Rules blocked multiple cannabis-related amendments from a federal appropriations bill. The committee's move meant multiple amendments which...

Cannabis amendments to be heard by house rules committee

Cannabis amendments to be heard by house rules committee

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 7, 2017

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules will be considering two cannabis amendments which will affect the 2018 spending bill set to go before Congress later this month. The committee will...

Pictured: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California

Rohrabacher calls on fellow Republicans to support protections for medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 5, 2017

Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher called on his fellow Republicans to protect medical cannabis from federal government intervention and uphold the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment. Originally named the...

AG Sessions asked Congress for permission to prosecute medical cannabis providers

AG Sessions asked Congress for permission to prosecute medical cannabis providers

June 13, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked members of Congress to undo federal medical cannabis protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a letter he wrote last month. The protections,...

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