Warn grandma and grandpa: Drug traffickers are targeting American senior citizens and turning them into drug trafficking mules. And two Democratic senators are demanding that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spend less time politicking here at home and fight harder for the release of the American elderly wrongly convicted abroad. In March 2018, Victor Stemberger […]Read More
Forget transportation week. This was supposed to be marijuana week. But House Democratic leaders – who obey Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s every marching, jogging, and, seemingly even her, crawling orders – pulled a historic cannabis legalization bill off the schedule. That move was meant to protect vulnerable moderate Democrats, but it’s angered progressives like Rep. Alexandria […]Read More
With ballots already flying – or skidding? – through the mail because of the coronavirus pandemic, Election 2020 is already underway. But as the hours until November’s actual Election Day keep winding down and after a summer of protests – along with some riots and lots of unrest – members of the Congressional Black Caucus […]Read More
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has upended Washington just weeks ahead of the 2020 election. President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans – led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – are rushing to replace her, even as her dying wish was to have the winner of the election pick her replacement. And […]Read More
It’s hard to get many Americans to vote, but marijuana has proven to be a great motivator. That’s why cannabis advocates are using National Voter Registration Day – which is this Tuesday, September 22 – to help try and rally support from the nation’s unofficial green party. “Cannabis policy can be a gateway issue for […]Read More
Next week the U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold a historic debate and vote on marijuana legislation. Lawmakers are taking up The MORE Act, which would remove cannabis from the list of controlled substances while also incentivizing states to expunge past criminal records for marijuana charges and removing barriers for minorities to get […]Read More
The hemp market is flourishing – which means everything from paper to rope is being produced domestically and locally. The economy is thriving because of this homegrown green plant. But I’m not talking about today’s burgeoning hemp marketplace: I was describing the marketplace in Virginia back in late 1600s. “Hemp was the cash crop. […]Read More
All summer long GOP leaders have attacked Democrats over marijuana. Democratic leaders are responding this month by going all in on cannabis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote for the week of Sept. 21st that would not only decriminalize marijuana – it would also expunge criminal records and create a fund so tax […]Read More
Can THC alleviate the respiratory symptoms associated with coronavirus? Not yet – and possibly never – but a group of researchers in South Carolina see promise after three studies showed THC helped mice fight respiratory illnesses. Now they want to see if they get similar positive results in humans. The THC helped the mice combat […]Read More
If 2020 wasn’t odd enough, this week Massachusetts Democrats choose their U.S. Senate candidate between two historically anti-marijuana politicians who are now promising to be cannabis advocates amid the primary. A few weeks back, I approached a skinny, fresh-faced 39-year-old – with his signature dusty red hair waving in the wind – as he was […]Read More
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