These Two Lawmakers Want to Block Low-Income People From Buying Weed
07/21/21 • 47 min
A new bill aims to block low-income people from accessing weed, marijuana will no longer be seized at airport checkpoints in New York, and America is on track to spend TWICE as much on weed as on milk. Joseph Sewell from Seattle BubbleWorks also stops by to pay respects to the legendary Frenchy Cannoli.
Footnotes:
GOP Bill Aims To Block Marijuana Purchases By Low-Income People On Federal Assistance (Marijuana Moment)
Joseph Sewell from Seattle BubbleWorks Honors Frenchy Cannoli
Marijuana no longer seized at airport checkpoints in New York (Times Union)
Republican Lawmakers Tell Biden To Keep Marijuana Campaign Promise By Reclassifying It Under Federal Law (Marijuana Moment)
Caregivers at odds with corporate cannabis over access to Michigan marijuana market (M Live)
Americans on pace to spend twice as much on weed as on milk (Leafly)
Surgeon General Says Stop Locking People Up For Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
A man failed workplace drug test days after N.J. legalized weed and was fired. Now he’s suing. (NJ.com)
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A new bill aims to block low-income people from accessing weed, marijuana will no longer be seized at airport checkpoints in New York, and America is on track to spend TWICE as much on weed as on milk. Joseph Sewell from Seattle BubbleWorks also stops by to pay respects to the legendary Frenchy Cannoli.
Footnotes:
GOP Bill Aims To Block Marijuana Purchases By Low-Income People On Federal Assistance (Marijuana Moment)
Joseph Sewell from Seattle BubbleWorks Honors Frenchy Cannoli
Marijuana no longer seized at airport checkpoints in New York (Times Union)
Republican Lawmakers Tell Biden To Keep Marijuana Campaign Promise By Reclassifying It Under Federal Law (Marijuana Moment)
Caregivers at odds with corporate cannabis over access to Michigan marijuana market (M Live)
Americans on pace to spend twice as much on weed as on milk (Leafly)
Surgeon General Says Stop Locking People Up For Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
A man failed workplace drug test days after N.J. legalized weed and was fired. Now he’s suing. (NJ.com)
Support the show (https://www.youtube.com/cannabislegalizationnews)
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Footnotes:
Cory Booker Threatens To Prevent Cannabis Banking Reform From Passing (Green Entrepreneur)
Tennessee lawmaker introduces bill to put marijuana legalization on 2022 ballot (WSMV)
First Recreational Marijuana Bill Introduced in Ohio (High Times)
Major developments in Georgia’s medical marijuana program expected this coming week (Fox 5 Atlanta)
'Ridiculous' price of medical marijuana leaves patients scrambling (NBC News)
UFC warns its athletes of Texas' stringent anti-marijuana testing rules ahead of Houston event (San Antonio Current)
‘Borat’ Sustainable Cannabis Billboard Sparks Lawsuit (The Hollywood Reporter)
Marijuana-related crimes can now be expunged from records in Arizona (Fox 10 Phoenix)
N.J. has dismissed 88K weed cases under new marijuana law (NJ.com)
Cannabis first domesticated 12,000 years ago: study (Phys.org)
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Footnotes:
Chuck Schumer Discusses Strategy For Getting Enough Votes To Pass Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Congressman Says Marijuana Is Only A Performance-Enhancing Drug For Hot Dog Eating Contests (Marijuana Moment)
Why Twitter Is Seeing Red Over Olympian Megan Rapinoe's Cannabis Endorsement (The List)
Utah cannabis lawsuit alleges impropriety in how state doled out grower licenses (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Marijuana Legalization Has Increased Arizona Home Values (AZ Marijuana)
Congressional Lawmakers Push Marijuana Protections For All States While GOP Member Seeks To End Medical Cannabis Rider (Marijuana Moment)
Republican congressman bulldozes cannabis grows of Hmong farmers in California (Politico)
Colombia boosts budding cannabis industry by removing ban on dry flower exports (Reuters)
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