Matt Gaetz

Workers Call For Removal Of House Lawmakers After Killing Cannabis Unionization Scandals related to the cannabis industry in Oregon are piling up. On the heels of the news that Gov. Tina Kotek (D) was aware of former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s consulting contract in connection...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) brushed off talk about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) speakership being in danger as he tries to strike a compromise with President Joe Biden on the debt ceiling. What Happened: Gaetz said on Twitter on Monday, "Literally nobody except the press is talking about...

Detroit Awards First Rec Cannabis Retail Licenses Last week, Detroit officials awarded the first 33 recreational cannabis licenses after a months-long reviewing process. The Office of Marijuana Ventures & Entrepreneurship gave the green light to licenses for 13 non-equity applicants and 20...

“Real Time with Bill Maher" host discussed cannabis legalization with former Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday's “Overtime” segment during which he made a provocative prediction. Maher began with an audience-submitted question: ...

In a recent House Rules Committee assembly, Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)  supported alternative treatment research for military members in the 2023 defense bill. Almost 1,200 filed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including a dozen related to...

Bipartisan lawmakers in Congress introduced several drug policy reform amendments in a large-scale advocacy bill to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), reported Marijuana Moment. Banning federal employment discrimination against veterans who use marijuana, providing funding for studies...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) recently filed an amendment to explore the therapeutic potential of magic mushrooms and MDMA for military service members through research that would be included in the annual defense bill as an attachment to the National Defense Authorization Act (...

In a recent episode of his “Firebrand” podcast, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) criticized Democrats for failing to enact cannabis banking reform and blocking his marijuana amendment. Gaetz slammed the Dems for what he called their inability to enact cannabis...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) from Florida, called President Joe Biden a “recalcitrant boomer” criticizing him over the lack of marijuana reform, a policy change that he campaigned on, reported Marijuana Moment. The Congressman made the ageist comments during an episode of his podcast “...

The House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3617 on April 1, sending it to Senate. The MORE Act removes cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act, allowing states to legalize cannabis, its...

As we are approaching the end of another year that failed to see marijuana legalized on the federal level, there’s a bit of blame-shifting going on between the leading parties. According to a GOP congressman, Democrats are responsible for Congress’ inability to pass a federal marijuana...