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Senators Press FDA To Approve MDMA As PTSD Treatment, Stressing US Vets' Suicide Rates As Aug 11 Decision Looms
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 12:41pm | 608In another bipartisan effort, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), along with 15 colleagues called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to base its upcoming decision on MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Post-Traumatic...
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Nancy Pelosi Urges Biden To 'Make That Decision' On Political Future: 'Time Is Running Short'
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 12:23pm | 793In a letter to Democrats, President Joe Biden made clear his intentions to remain in the 2024 presidential election race. Democratic members of Congress remain split on whether Biden should continue running after his poor showing in the first presidential debate, with former Speaker of the House...
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Sen. Jacky Rosen Continues To Push For Marijuana Reforms: Demands Federal SBA Loans For Legal Cannabis Companies
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - 12:52pm | 847Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev) sent a letter recently urging the appropriations committee to provide licensed marijuana businesses with access to Small Business Administration loans, reported Nevada Appeal. Cannabis companies are currently banned from accessing SBA...
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'Go Easy On Me, Kid': Biden, Harris, Democratic Underdogs Scrap In Detroit
Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 12:33am | 1223The presence of former Vice President Joe Biden onstage Wednesday on the second night of debate among Democratic presidential candidates put the Obama administration’s policies in the spotlight in clashes over health care, immigration and criminal justice. Biden, who has a comfortable...
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420 In 2020: Every Democratic Presidential Candidate's Cannabis Position
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 - 5:16pm | 1828Many of the 20 Democrats participating over two days in the CNN Democratic Presidential Debates in Detroit favor cannabis legalization. Where the candidates differ the most is in past policies that may contradict their positions today — and in how legalization would look under...
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Senate Considers Giving Marijuana Businesses Access To Banks
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 1:08pm | 328The discrepancy between federal level and state level marijuana laws has created a host of problems for the newly blossoming industry. Disputes among law enforcement agencies over whether or not to enforce federal law as well as added red tape when it comes to marijuana research have been keeping...