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Elizabeth Warren Reveals Her ‘Dream Blunt Rotation’
On the Pod Save America podcast, Sen. Elizabeth Warren revealed the person she’d most likely want to hypothetically smoke with.
February 22, 2024
Bernie Sanders Slams Big Pharma for ‘Ripping Off’ Americans with Highest Drug Prices
Bernie Sanders wants answers from Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
February 9, 2024
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Advocates for Cannabis Descheduling on ‘The Late Show’
During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Sen. Elizabeth Warren discussed the push to deschedule cannabis fully rather than moving it from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act.
February 8, 2024
DEA Celebrates War on Drugs in Cringey Post During Black History Month
Yikes. X users are calling on the official DEA account to take down a post celebrating the War on Drugs that was posted on Feb. 1.
February 6, 2024
Former NFL Stars Hint at Presidential Bid With Weed Platform
Former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon teased a presidential run recently, with fellow professional football player and cannabis entrepreneur Kyle Turley as his running mate.
February 1, 2024
Exclusive: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Calls on Biden Administration To Deschedule Cannabis
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand explained why we need to deschedule, not reschedule cannabis at the federal level.
January 30, 2024
Survey Shows Broad Support for MJ Rescheduling, Boost for Biden if Accomplished
A new survey of likely U.S. voters hones in on the possibility of rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III on the federal Controlled Substances Act, finding broad support across demographics and suggesting Biden could see an 11% favorability boost if it occurs.
January 29, 2024
Trump’s White House Pharmacy Had a Bit of a Pill Problem
A federal investigation released earlier this month has found sufficient evidence that White House medical services during the Trump years were extremely casual and did not operate within federal guidelines for medical care, with particular emphasis on how they distributed medications considered to be scheduled narcotics.
January 26, 2024
Biden Pardons 11 People with Non-Violent Cannabis Convictions
His new proclamation included a promise to continue righting the wrongs of the “our failed approach” to cannabis.
December 26, 2023
Six Governors Push Biden To Reschedule Pot in Open Letter
Governors wrote that in some states, legal pot has already “thrived for more than a decade.”
December 7, 2023