Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Calls For Action: Biden Administration Should Legalize Cannabis ‘Now’ On Thursday, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, urged the Biden administration to consider marijuana scheduling “now” as another election nears, reported...

Members of Congress are set to consider a measure that would streamline research into medical cannabis use for military veterans, reported Marijuana Moment. The Veterans Cannabis Analysis, Research and Effectiveness (CARE) Act was reintroduced last week by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R...

This article, written by NORML, appears here with permission. The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act has been reintroduced in both chambers of Congress. The legislation, introduced in the Senate by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and in the House of Representatives by Congressional Cannabis...

Congresswoman Nancy Mace yet again voiced her support for treating cannabis like alcohol, stressing that each state should set up its own regulations. “It’s been a very long, harmful and expensive war on the plant and we want to let states be...

Cannabis advocates will hold a policy forum in the Capitol Visitors Center of the  Congressional Auditorium symbolically scheduled for April 20 - the unofficial marijuana holiday. The summit will bring together activists and leaders from government, business, healthcare,...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wrote a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to deschedule marijuana and remove it from the Controlled Substances Act,  reported Politico. The letter, authored by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), ...

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-IL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday asking him to pardon all simple marijuana possession offenses, regardless of...

The co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus issued a joint statement criticizing the inaction of the House Rules Committee that rejected amendments to the bipartisan spending bill intended to promote veterans' access to medical cannabis. “We have the responsibility to provide our...

House lawmakers recently introduced new amendments to a series of cannabis laws to fund parts of the federal government for the coming year, reported Marijuana Moment. Considering that doctors are allowed to fill out recommendations for patients who want to participate in state cannabis...

White House Drug Czar Touts Therapeutic Value Of Medical Cannabis With more than 50 million American adults around the country suffering from chronic pain, many turn to cannabis as an alternative to prescription drugs. According to a recent study, conducted by investigators at the Rothman...

A group of 48 House Representatives sent a letter calling on the chairman and ranking members of a House appropriations subcommittee to address cannabis issues through the must-pass legislation as part of a spending bill expected to be introduced next week, reported Marijuana Moment...

U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) released a memo on behalf of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus that they co-chair. The memo lists the numerous pieces of marijuana legislation filed on Capitol Hill and explains which should be among the reform priorities for 2022,...

Senate Majority Leader Schumer Says Federal Cannabis Legalization Bill Will Reach The Floor ‘Soon’ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to present a federal cannabis legalization bill “soon,” reports Marijuana Moment. “I am going to put this bill on...

This week, U.S. lawmakers again introduced legislation that would put an end to the federal prohibition of cannabis, allowing states to decide on their own marijuana policies without the risk of federal interference. The law in question, dubbed The Marijuana Justice Act, was introduced by Rep....