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In 2018, U.S. states proposed or are expected to propose cannabis reform legislation for medical marijuana and non-medical adult use. State-level legalization remains at odds with cannabis' status as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act at the Federal level, and the Cannabis policy of the Donald Trump administration appeared to become more hostile than that of the previous ...
Marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. (Richard Vogel /) The bill passed with a simple majority, 228 to 164, with just 6 Democrats opposing it, and 5 votes approving on the ...
The Republican-led Senate legalized hemp production in the 2018 Farm Bill, a decision that led to synthetic and exotic cannabinoids being sold over the counter, oftentimes without regulation ...
The GOP-led Legislature didn’t even debate the latest bill to decriminalize marijuana and legalize medical marijuana. Yet one organizer, who helped unsuccessful petition efforts in 2022 and 2023 ...
Although Trump indicated during his 2016 presidential campaign that he favored leaving the issue of legalization of marijuana to the states, his administration subsequently upheld the federal prohibition of cannabis, and Trump's 2021 fiscal budget proposal included removing protections for state medical marijuana laws. [1] In 2018, the ...
The bill was passed by the House of Commons in late November 2017, [3] and in the Senate on June 7, 2018, and the House accepted some Senate amendments and sent the bill back to the Senate on June 18. [4] [5] The Senate then passed the final version of the bill on June 19, [6] [7] and it received Royal Assent on June 21. [8]
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act on...
After "stalling" the bill was revived when legislators and the governor agreed to set a tax rate of $42.00 an ounce vice a percentage of the sale price. [6] [7] The New York Times reported in February, 2019 that the settling of the tax rate question "could place the state [of New Jersey] on a path to legalizing recreational marijuana this year ...