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D.C. CANNABIS BILLS KEEP COMING

By Alex Halperin
05/20/2019 03:32 AM GMT-0700
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While it remains unclear if they have a chance to pass, cannabis reform bills keep piling up in Washington D.C.:

  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer, filed a new bill that would clear up the border situation for cannabis-involved Canadians trying to enter the U.S.
    Marijuana Moment
  • A spending bill proposed by Democrats would protect state MED and hemp businesses, but would not extend the protections to REC businesses.
    Marijuana Moment
  • Politico Pro has the latest on the prospects for national banking legislation.

Joe Biden, frontrunner for the Democrats’ 2020 nomination, endorsed cannabis decriminalization, but not legalization.
CNN

Quick Hits

  1. Courts are increasingly siding with employees in cases involving firings for cannabis use.
    Governing
  2. Extract Magazine looks into the availability of MED in Canadian jails.
  3. In addition to locking up black men, the war on drugs prevented them from going to college.
    The Atlantic
 

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