Posts Tagged ‘marijuana politics’
Voters OK all 5 commercial cannabis measures in east-central California.
The yellow-and-blue signs urging voters to pass El Dorado County’s five cannabis-related ordinances this November ultimately worked, according to the county’s most recent unofficial election results. El Dorado County, located in east-central California, stretches from Folsom Lake to Lake Tahoe. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, Measures N, P, Q, R and S were well on…
Read MoreCannabis Needs Workers, And Record Expungement Is Helping Top Talent Back Get In Business
With cannabis stocks, investment, and legal initiatives rising around the country, the demand for skilled workers is about to soar. This week, a nationwide series of free legal clinics aims to meet that demand, and start repairing past harms, by helping on-the-record cannabis veterans get back in business. During the week of October 20 —…
Read MoreEx-FBI official hoping to blaze a path to Congress as ‘cannabis candidate’
A former FBI employee is running for Congress as the “Cannabis Candidate,” with a campaign ad featuring him smoking marijuana in front of an image of the American flag. Benjamin Thomas Wolf is one of three challengers to incumbent Rep. Mike Quigley in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 5th Congressional District, which includes parts of…
Read MoreWill Trump Divert Funds From Anti-Terrorism To Close Pot Shops? Cannabis CEOs Hope Not
Entrepreneurs in 29 states who have been growing, testing and selling marijuana are now wondering: will President Trump’s Attorney General really divert resources from justice department priorities like stopping terrorism and dismantling gangs, to shut down neighborhood pot shops? These businesses have been operating under the Cole Memorandum which kept the Justice Department from prosecuting…
Read MoreSessions’ reversal of marijuana policy brings fury from both parties
In rescinding Thursday an Obama-era policy that paved the way for states to legalize marijuana, Attorney General Jeff Sessions triggered a hail of criticism from lawmakers on the left and right who took to the Senate floor, Twitter, Facebook and any other platform they could find to make their fury felt. Sessions’ new policy will…
Read MoreMarijuana industry looks to get more women, minorities in the pot business
Compared with a year ago, times may seem tough for those banking on the legalization of marijuana. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has raised “serious questions” about legalization, appears less friendly to the cannabis industry than his predecessor. Even after the District of Columbia permitted recreational use of the drug in 2015, arrests in the…
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