House Democrats failed to get a number of marijuana-related provisions attached to large-scale spending legislation after negotiations with the Senate. Reform advocates hoped that the Republican-controlled Senate would agree to adopt measures from a House-passed version of an appropriations bill that provided protections for all state and tribal cannabis programs against federal interference. But negotiators […]| Marijuana Moment
Medical marijuana patients and the businesses that serve them in accordance with state laws will continue to be shielded from arrest and prosecution by federal officials, at least until September 30, under government-wide spending legislation signed by President Trump on Friday. But unlike when Trump signed an extension of the provision last May, this time […]| Marijuana Moment
President Trump said on Friday that he “really” supports new marijuana legislation filed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO). “I really do. I support Senator Gardner,” he said when a reporter asked whether he backs the bill. “I know exactly what he’s doing. We’re looking at it,” Trump said during an impromptu […]| Marijuana Moment
President Trump said during his 2016 election campaign that he supports the right of states to legalize marijuana and that he personally supports medical cannabis. But in signing a federal spending bill into law on Friday that contains a rider preventing the Justice Department from interfering in state medical marijuana laws, the president went out […]| Marijuana Moment