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Jimmy Carter's Funeral: 5 Living Presidents Attend; Family, Colleagues Share Warm, Humorous Stories
Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 2:57pm | 663President Jimmy Carter's solemn state funeral in Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral Thursday brought together five living U.S. presidents, including President-elect Donald Trump, who was seated next to Barack Obama, with whom he seemed to be having a lively conversation. Carter was...
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Biden Commutes 1,500 Sentences, Grants 39 Pardons — Pot Prisoners Included — Marks Single-Day Record
Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 1:01pm | 597President Joe Biden announced the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president, commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 others convicted of nonviolent offenses. The measure, announced on Thursday, comes two weeks after after Biden pardoned his son, Hunter...
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Oil Prices Drop After Netanyahu Says Israel Will Attack Military, Not Oil Or Nuclear Targets In Iran
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 6:40pm | 410Crude oil prices dropped sharply late Monday afternoon after The Washington Post reported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Biden administration he is willing to strike military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities in Iran. The Details: Netanyahu told President Joe...
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Earl Blumenauer's Legacy: Cannabis Champion Retires Congress After 50 Years Of Advocacy
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 10:30pm | 726“Optimism is required if you're going to fight the War on Drugs for over half a century,” reflects Vince Sliwoski in a poignant piece on The Canna Law Blog about Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s impending retirement. As Blumenauer prepares to step down next month, his legacy as one...
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Joe Biden, Quick Question Before You Go: Are Those Cannabis Pardons From 2 Years Ago Still On?
Monday, October 7, 2024 - 2:43pm | 516It’s been two years since Joe Biden's announcement to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. Although almost everyone has likely noticed that not a single person among the approximately 3,000 people incarcerated for federal cannabis offenses has been released. To...
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New Bipartisan Bill Proposes Expungement For Federal Cannabis Misdemeanor Offenses
Monday, July 8, 2024 - 4:16pm | 986In a re-run of a bill that didn’t make it through Congress two years ago, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) have re-introduced the bipartisan Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act. “No one should be in jail just for using or possessing...
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Trump's Former AG Bill Barr Backs Prohibitionist Group Urging DEA To Delay Marijuana Rescheduling
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 2:50pm | 624An active cannabis prohibitionist group represented by the law firm founded by Donald Trump‘s Attorney General Bill Barr is urging the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to extend the public comment period for President Joe Biden's recent cannabis rescheduling proposal. Smart Approaches to...
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Biden Admits Marijuana Pardons Did Not Expunge Records: Not A Good Look For Dems As Trump Moves Up In Polls
Thursday, June 13, 2024 - 12:28pm | 698President Joe Biden recently acknowledged that his marijuana pardons did not expunge records, despite previous claims. At a campaign event last month in Philadelphia with VP Kamala Harris, Biden reiterated his commitment to ensuring that no one should be in jail merely for using or possessing...
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Corporate Influence In Biden's Cannabis Policy? The Risks Of 'Born-Again Champions Of Justice And Equity'
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 11:45am | 664President Joe Biden‘s May 16 announcement to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug has been framed as a racial justice policy aimed at reversing long-standing inequities. Biden said it himself about cannabis arrests: “Black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted, and...
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What's Going On With Cannabis-Producer Akanda's Stock?
Friday, May 17, 2024 - 10:19am | 648Akanda Corp. (NASDAQ:AKAN) shares are trading higher Friday amid increased volaility in marijuana stocks after President Biden announced the Department of Justice is taking the next step towards the reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III. The Details: President...
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Weed Stocks Rally After Biden Makes Marijuana Reclassification Announcement
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 2:07pm | 446Shares of marijuana growers and cannabis-related companies are trading higher Thursday after President Biden announced that the Department of Justice has moved to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III. The Details: The White House announcement comes several weeks after...
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Criminal Defense Lawyers To Biden: Release Pot Prisoners As DEA Moves To Reclassify Cannabis
Monday, May 6, 2024 - 2:42pm | 598On the same day the DEA announced its decision to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) called upon President Joe Biden to extend clemency and compassionate release to individuals with federal...
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President Biden Pardons, Commutes 16 Non-Violent Drug Offenders: Cannabis Prisoners Excluded
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 1:56pm | 538President Joe Biden pardoned 11 people convicted of non-violent drug charges and commuted the sentences of five others. He said the move was part of his commitment to addressing racial disparities as many of them received disproportionately longer sentences than they would have under current law...
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GOP Sen. John Cornyn Takes Health Secretary To Task Over Cannabis Rescheduling: Xavier Becerra Holds His Own
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 6:01pm | 632In the hallowed chambers of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, a testy exchange took place between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. The bone of contention was the proposed rescheduling of marijuana under federal law. Cornyn grilled...
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VP Harris Will Meet Rapper Fat Joe And Others Pardoned By Biden For Cannabis Convictions To Discuss Criminal Justice Reforms
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 3:08pm | 694Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet rapper Fat Joe and several people pardoned by the Biden administration for marijuana-related convictions for a White House public discussion about criminal justice reform, reported Reuters. A five-time Grammy nominee, Fat Joe is a proponent of criminal...