cannabis administration & opportunity act

Congressman James Comer plans to investigate the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to the U.S. Hemp Roundtable (USHR), a coalition of companies and organizations that advocate for hemp-friendly regulations. The Kentucky representative, who is chairman of the U.S. House Oversight...

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, chaired by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), scheduled a meeting for July 26, titled “Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms.” The details of the meeting are not yet available....

The Senate has been under a lot of pressure from all sides over the last few weeks to pass the cannabis SAFE Banking Act. Now, senators are trying to push for marijuana banking legislation to be included in a bigger package aimed at improving U.S. competitiveness, which would...

The House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3617 on April 1, sending it to Senate. The MORE Act removes cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act, allowing states to legalize cannabis, its...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and fellow Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the outline of the proposed Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act in July last year. Then on Friday, Schumer told reporters...

With cannabis still being illegal on the federal level - classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance with “no currently accepted medical use” – companies in the sector find it difficult, if not impossible, to list on major U.S. stock exchanges like the New...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and fellow Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will introduce Wednesday an outline of the proposed Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act. The proposed bill includes plans to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act...