Four US representatives introduced an amendment to the Justice Department appropriations bill, House Resolution 5326, which would bar the agency from spending funds to attack medical marijuana operations in states…
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House of Representatives Votes Down Defunding Medical Marijuana Raids [FEATURE]
May 9, 2012 | 4 views | No Comments
First the States, Now Congress OKs Drug-Testing for Unemployment Benefits
February 29, 2012 | 7 views | No Comments
By Kellen Russoniello, student, George Washington University Law Center and NORML legal intern As several states are considering or implementing policies that require recipients of government benefits such as welfare to undergo drug tests, the federal government has shown approval for the same flawed rationale. Last week, President Obama signed into law an agreement reached by Congress which maintains the payroll tax cut and extends unemployment benefits, but also allows states to drug test people who seek unemployment benefits if they were fired from their previous job for using drugs [...]
Congressman Polis’ Grills Attorney General Holder About Fed’s Medical Marijuana Policies
December 8, 2011 | 24 views | No Comments
I’ve spoken to two reporters today inquiring about Colorado Congressman Jared Polis’ medical cannabis-related questions to Attorney General Holder at a congressional committee hearing that was otherwise a ‘bloodbath’ for Holder—getting grilled about the guns and Mexico fiasco—when Polis, who is not a member of the Judiciary Committee, was allowed to ask Holder two questions [...]
Posted in NewsTell Congress: ‘More Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana Than Oppose It’
October 19, 2011 | 2 views | No Comments
In the wake of Monday’s watershed Gallup poll showing that for the first time more Americans support the notion of legalizing marijuana than oppose it, I have a new op/ed online at TheHill.com’s Congress Blog.
As many of you know, this is the website where Washington DC insiders, members of Congress, and their staff go to [...]
Posted in NewsOh The Irony: Speaker Of The House John Boehner Continues To Support Marijuana Prohibition
September 15, 2011 | 2 views | No Comments
Unlike Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen (who favors America having a fair and constitutionally consistent cannabis policy…), the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, simply does not get how hypocritical he is by favoring another 74 years of the failed federal Cannabis Prohibition, while at the same time, being a frequent consumer (and [...]
Posted in NewsWe’re Looking for a Few Good Politicians to Legalize Marijuana: Tell Your Rep. to Co-Sponsor HR 2306
August 1, 2011 | 3 views | No Comments
HR 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, is still awaiting a hearing assignment from either the House Judiciary Committee or the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The chairmen of these two committees seem content to bury their heads in the sand and ignore the will of the people on this issue, while [...]
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