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The Republican-led US House is using a crucial spending bill in an effort to block marijuana legalization in Washington, DC. The appropriations bill was posted online late Tuesday with a section that says the legislation"prohibits both federal and local funds from being used to implement a referendum legalizing recreational marijuana use in the District."
Even if the House and the Senate both passed a resolution against Initiative 71, it would still need President Obama's signature. The White House is already on record opposing interference with D.C.'s marijuana law.
Late Tuesday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 4137, the Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act. The bill would prohibit recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds from using their TANF funds at stores that sell marijuana.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 17, 2014:
The so-called "no welfare for weed bill," which would block pot shops from accepting welfare debit cards, passed the House of Representatives Tuesday. The Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act aims to close the loophole ...
MPP's voter guide for the New Hampshire primary election has now been published. Click here to find out if the candidates on your ballot agree it's time for a more sensible approach to marijuana. The election will take place next Tuesday, September 9 ...
The US House of Representatives displayed an uncommon level of common sense when it decided to take up the issue of roadway safety in the wake of state liberalizations of cannabis policy. However, studies of drivers under the influence had conflicting results depending on how the data was analyzed.
The GOP-dominated House on Wednesday delighted cannabis advocates by voting to prohibit law enforcement from going after banks for doing business with state-licensed marijuana growers and sellers.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 16, 2014:
It now looks extremely likely that the residents of the nation's capitol will vote in November on whether to legalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana. Representatives of the DC Cannabis Campaign legalization initiative handed in some 58,000 signatures Monday morning, and they only need some 22,000 valid voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Even though 60% of New Hampshire adults are in favor, a New Hampshire House committee has refused to recommend marijuana legalization.
NH lawmakers have begun to consider the decriminalization (mistakenly referred to as legalization) the possession of small amounts of cannabis.
The Farm Bill (House Bill 1947) died in the House Thursday morning as Democrats rebelled against deep cuts to food stamps.
For the smokers looking to enjoy a complex mystery with both interpersonal and intense medical dramas mixed in, House fits the bill perfectly...
HB 594 would have also provided protection for doctors that discuss or recommend medical marijuana to their patients.
Ten members of the House Judiciary Committee have agreed to form an Over-Criminalization Task Force to review the expansion of the federal criminal code.
The Colorado House of Representatives is reviewing proposed regulations for recreational marijuana.
The Illinois House voted to pass HB1, which creates a framework to protect physicians and qualified medical marijuana patients from arrest and prosecution.
