FDA approves first-ever cannabis-derived drug, Epidiolex; Oklahoma votes on medical marijuana tomorrow; Texas and New Hampshire Democratic Parties officially endorse legalization; Elizabeth Warren speaks out on STATES Act; Federal data undergut marijuana legalization gateway theory.
Headlines: Utah medical marijuana opponent caught lying
May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018
Headlines
DEA, Democrats, Georgia, Guy Cecil, Hank Johnson, Missouri, Priorities USA, Robert Patterson, Utah
Utah canvasser claiming to be from Utah Medical Association caught lying about initiative; Georgia adds PTSD and intractable pain to CBD-only law; Dem Super PAC Chair thinks legalization boosts young voter turnout; Missouri Senate closer to approving non-smoked medical marijuana bill; Acting DEA Admin testifies to Congress that he’s “aware of a few deaths from marijuana.”
“I see nothing wrong with recreational marijuana,” said Jordan. “I think it is up to the people to decide for themselves what they are comfortable with.”
No matter what you think of corporate centrist Democrats, you cannot with a straight face tell me this country wouldn’t be in a better place now had there been a President Humphrey, President Carter, President Gore, and President Hillary Clinton than what we ended up with.
The Exquisite Reefer Madness of Anti-Pot Millionaire Julie Schauer
March 22, 2018
March 22, 2018
Podcast
Boise Hempfest, Brookings Institute, Democrats, Idaho, John Hudak, Julie Schauer, Serra Frank, Uruguay
John J. Hudak from Brookings Institute discusses the new report he’s co-authored on the successes and failures of Uruguay’s national marijuana legalization; Serra Frank from Boise Hempfest on the upcoming event and the fight to legalize in America’s only CBD-veto state; Rant: Anti-pot millionaire Julie Schauer has three radically insane ideas about marijuana and guns.
Anti-Marijuana Millionaire Compares Pot Lobby to the NRA
March 18, 2018
March 18, 2018
Drugs, Guns
Chris Kennedy, Daniel Biss, Democrats, Ellen Rosenblum, Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Julie Schauer, NRA, Phil Murphy, Randy Philbrick
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Discussing the effect of marijuana legalization on the public safety isn’t an invalid exercise. However, if you’re coming to the table with comparisons of marijuana to guns, you’ve already lost the debate.