Doctors Could Legally Administer Schedule I Drugs Like MDMA And Psilocybin To Seriously Ill Patients Under New Bipartisan Bill In Congress
Bipartisan House and Senate lawmakers have introduced a bill in Congress to allow doctors to administer Schedule I drugs such as certain psychedelics to patients with life-threatening conditions. The “Freedom to Heal Act”—sponsored by Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY), as well as Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC)—aims to expand […]
Marijuana Business Owner Running For Congress Says Federal Legalization Is The ‘Only Path’ For ‘National Market Stability’
Colorado-based marijuana entrepreneur Wanda James is running for Congress, pledging to push for a complete end to federal cannabis prohibition if she’s elected. Anything short of legalization—whether that’s a bill focused on industry banking access or another incremental reform such as rescheduling—won’t cut it, she says. James, who owns the Denver dispensary Simply Pure, is […]
Florida Democratic Party Chair Slams Congress Over Federal Hemp Ban, Saying Her State Will Legalize Marijuana Next Year
The chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki Fried, says the looming federal hemp ban that was tucked into a spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law this month is precisely why people “hate government”—with a multi-billion-dollar industry now in jeopardy just years after the crop was federally legalized. And she believes lawmakers will […]
New GOP-Led Bill In Congress Would Reverse Hemp THC Ban That Trump Signed Into Law
A new Republican-led congressional bill would stop the implementation of a federal hemp THC product ban that was included in spending legislation signed by President Donald Trump last week. The bill, filed on Thursday by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and three bipartisan cosponsors, would strike a section of the recently enacted appropriations package that hemp […]
Joe Rogan Slams ‘Really Bad’ Federal Hemp Ban Trump Signed, Blaming Alcohol Industry For Influencing Congress
Podcaster Joe Rogan says Congress needs to fix the “really bad” mistake lawmakers made by recriminalizing consumable hemp products—warning that restricting access to cannabinoids like CBD will harm people who use them therapeutically, such as his mother-in-law. And he attributes the passage of the controversial cannabis ban to alcohol industry lobbying. On an episode of […]
Top Veterans Group Warns Congress That Hemp Ban Could ‘Slam The Door Shut’ On Medical Research
A leading veterans organization is warning congressional leaders that a newly approved blanket ban on consumable hemp products could inadvertently “slam the door shut” on critical research In a letter sent to House and Senate leaders on Wednesday, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) executives stressed the importance of “supporting solid scientific […]
Why Is Congress Moving To Ban The Hemp Products That Saved My Son’s Life? (Op-Ed)
“Congress is poised to re-criminalize this plant and again put hundreds of thousands of patients, and the people that love them, in jeopardy.” By Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, Moms Mobilized Before my son, Austin, was even five years old, he had been prescribed a series of pharmaceuticals for his epilepsy—opioids, benzodiazepines, rufinamide and more. That continued […]
Congress Passes Bill To Recriminalize Hemp THC Products, Sending It To Trump’s Desk
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Senate-passed spending bill that includes provisions to ban most consumable hemp products, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk. Following a historic, weeks-long government shutdown, the Senate approved the appropriations legislation on Monday to fund critical agencies. Tucked inside the measure is a controversial section to re-criminalize […]
Beer, Wine And Spirits Distributors Tell Congress Not To Ban Hemp THC Products As ‘Demand For Alcohol Has Shifted Downward’
More than 50 alcohol distributors have joined together to oppose efforts in Congress to ban intoxicating hemp products, stressing to lawmakers that as demand for alcohol has “shifted downward,” the cannabis market has helped sustain their industry. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Wednesday, the coalition of beer, wine and spirts wholesalers said […]
Minnesota Attorney General Defends Signing Letter Urging Congress To Ban Hemp THC Products Amid Industry Pushback
The Democratic attorney general of Minnesota is defending his decision to sign a letter to Congress along with 38 bipartisan colleagues from other states and U.S. territories that calls for a federal ban on the sale of intoxicating hemp products. Evidently receptive to criticism from the hemp industry and its supporters, Attorney General Keith Ellison […]