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A major agriculture bill passed by the U.S. Congress last week could legalize hemp at the federal level, allowing farmers across the country to cultivate hemp, but that doesn't necessarily spell good news for Humboldt County. The bill, which now awaits President Donald Trump's signature, includes a provision that lifts hemp off of a list of federally criminalized drugs.
The Long Beach Green Room sells various marijuana products to recreational users and medical patients on Friday, August 31, 2018. Marijuana will once again be a hot topic on Election Day, with the future of local, state and federal cannabis policies in the hands of voters Nov. 6. But this time, voters in states that typically lean Republican will be the ones weighing legalization measures at the ballot box.
Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, said Congress should follow Canada 's lead and federally legalize marijuana, citing economic benefits being reaped north of the border by retail weed sales starting Wednesday. "Congress should seize the moment, do the right thing and end the federal prohibition on marijuana once and for all by responsibly regulating and taxing cannabis like any other legal substance," Mr. Wyden said on the eve of Canada 's recreational marijuana law taking effect.
And there was more good news for pot aficionados: Hours before a handful of retail outlets opened in the country's easternmost province a federal official told The Associated Press that Canada will pardon all those with convictions for possessing up to 30 grams of marijuana, the now-legal threshold. A formal announcement was planned for later Wednesday.
Members of the media attend a preview for one of Quebec's new cannabis stores in Montreal, Tuesday, Oct.1 6, 2018. Canada will become the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace when sales begin on midnight Wednesday.
When Deschutes County Commissioner Tammy Baney leaves office after 12 years next January, she'll turn over her seat to one of two very different candidates: Patti Adair, the conservative Republican who chairs the Deschutes County Republican Party and served as a delegate for Donald Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention, and James Cook, a moderate Democrat who chairs Redmond's planning commission and has Baney's endorsement. Adair, 67, moved from California to rural Deschutes County in 2014 after growing up in Eastern Oregon and vacationing in Central Oregon every year.
Cupps says he failed that test because he accidentally ate one of his friends' sugar-coated candies during a weekend trip to the nearby casinos. Turns out, those candies were marijuana edibles.
State Sen. Lindsey Tippins, R-west Cobb, left, and his Democratic challenger, Andy Clark, at Thursday's candidate forum put on by the League of Women Voters of Marietta/Cobb.
Libertarians Gregg Luckner, left, and Robert Strawder talk during a Libertarian party event in downtown Las Vegas, on Aug. 30, 2018. A Republican and two Democrats who mingled among a recent gathering of Libertarians are some of the candidates that Nevada's littlest big party is finding common ground with.
Musk is known for bringing a variety of thus far successful ventures to life. This includes the introduction of what looks to be the first successful automotive company in more than five decades, as well as pet projects SpaceX and The Boring Company.
And this summer, Heinrich signed on with little fanfare as a co-sponsor of the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, which would remove the drug from the federal government's list of Schedule I narcotics. Of course, one of Heinrich's two challengers, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, a Libertarian, has been calling for legalizing marijuana since the 1990s, before it was cool.
If Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has a lasting legacy from his eight years in office, it may very well be his criminal justice initiative. The Republican governor's push to steer nonviolent offenders away from costly prison beds toward rehabilitation programs has gained national renown and rewritten the tough-on-crime Republican playbook.
With few accurate roadside tools to detect pot impairment, police today have to rely largely on field sobriety tests developed to fight drunk driving or old-fashioned observation, which can be foiled with Visine or breath mints. That has left police, courts, public health advocates and recreational marijuana users themselves frustrated.
During the second meeting of a bipartisan legislative working group, lawmakers and marijuana advocates spent four hours Wednesday discussing the next steps for medical cannabis regulations, including the potential creation of an independent state agency that would have oversight and regulatory control of the marijuana industry. Committee members asked a wide array of questions of some of the state's most influential marijuana advocacy groups - Green the Vote, New Health Solutions and Oklahomans for Health - ranging from growing and cultivation to the apparent clash between federal and state laws.
Oklahoma health officials have adopted new rules for the use of medical marijuana to replace ones hurriedly adopted last month that were harshly criticized by medical marijuana supports and the state's attorney general. The new guidelines eliminate a ban on the sale of smokable pot and a requirement for a pharmacist in every dispensary.
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat from Niles, announced Friday his support for legalized recreational marijuana nationwide, becoming one of the few congressional members to openly endorse the idea. Once taboo, the idea of legalizing marijuana has become more accepted among politicians - especially within the Democratic Party.
Murphy said in a statement that the state is requesting applications for six new dispensaries, up from the six that now operate in the state. The program has grown under the Democratic governor, who has vowed to expand it.
In this Tuesday, July 10, 2018 photo, Chip Paul, who helped write the medical marijuana state question and push for its passage, answers a question for a reporter before a meeting of the Oklahoma Board of Health in Oklahoma City. When nearly 60 percent of voters in Oklahoma approved medical marijuana last month, pot advocates celebrated a hard-fought victory that was the culmination of a years-long effort to ease restrictions on the use of cannabis.
Pot advocates celebrated the culmination of a yearslong effort to ease restrictions on the use of cannabis last month when nearly 60 percent of Oklahoma voters approved medical marijuana. Oklahoma's proponents had even included a two-month deadline for the implementation in their measure so as to avoid the years of delays they had seen elsewhere.