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U.S. Senate Green-Lights Bipartisan Marijuana Research Bill Ahead Of House Legalization Vote
Friday, March 25, 2022 - 9:22am | 633On Thursday, the Senate gave a green light to a bipartisan marijuana bill meant to promote marijuana research, reported Marijuana Moment. The legislation, sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), is titled Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research...
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Church Fighting DEA Over Ayahuasca And IRS Gets Help From Long-Serving, Anti-Drug GOP Senator
Monday, January 10, 2022 - 1:21pm | 570If a lawmaker has a generally harsh anti-drug policy and is specifically opposed to legalizing recreational cannabis, yet supports the benefits of medical marijuana, it might not come as any surprise that he or she would come out in favor of, well, ayahuasca use as...
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Immigration Through Investment: America's Golden Ticket Visa Faces Renewed Challenges
Monday, March 20, 2017 - 2:39pm | 801Immigration has been a major policy focal point during the first 50 days of the Trump administration. Despite the president’s hardline stance on the topic, he has remained silent on a prolonged immigration debate that is currently circulating through congress that has garnered cooperation...
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Marijuana Legalization And A Republican Government: What Does It Mean For The Pot Industry?
Friday, November 11, 2016 - 5:24pm | 1188Americans in nine states voted on marijuana laws this week. California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine decided to legalize the recreational use of marijuana; North Dakota, Arkansas, Florida and Montana passed medical marijuana laws — or amendments, in the latter case. The only one of the...
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Iowa Senator Calls For 'Close Review' Of Dow Chemical-Du Pont Merger
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 4:48pm | 202Citing concerns of Iowa farmers, Des Moines Register reported Sen. Chuck Grassley said he would ask the Justice Department to conduct “a careful analysis” of the planned merger between The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD)....