The House Committee has recently blocked the medical marijuana protections that patients, advocates and companies once had. Medical marijuana patients have been deeply affected. Banks have also been adversely affected, especially those interested in serving the legal marijuana industry and business owners. This has been a blow to all those who are involved.
The Amendment
The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment is an amendment to the spending bill. With this bill, the Justice Department of the United States won't be able to use its budget to prosecute or arrest individuals who are medical marijuana patients in the legal sense. The amendment was also put in place to protect banks that legally serve cannabis businesses. However, several proposals submitted to the DOJ were rejected during a ...
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Why Cannabis Advisory Group Formed in New Presidency?
The media headline read that Trump administration would be advised by a cannabis advisory group. This was announced recently in the state of Colorado. Many marijuana industry advocates and leaders did a double take. A District Attorney in Boulder County was one of the names connected to the new cannabis advisory group. In addition to Fox 31 in the city of Denver and other media outlets, the group was said to be advising President Trump on marijuana policies. The group has already mobilized and getting ready to move forward with their agenda. Now, the question is why the Trump administration would want to form an advisory group for the cannabis industry? Is this really true? And when was this cannabis advisory group formed anyway? Let's look to see how true this is. What is the real ...
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