Cory Booker

Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, along with U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), introduced the bicameral Re-Entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials (RESTORE) Act, legislation that would...

The Senate Banking Committee led by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, Committee Chair,  heard testimony on the SAFE Banking Act Thursday for nearly two hours before adjourning without a vote. Opening the hearing were Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT) who refiled ...

Senators are urging the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) to level the playing field for the state-legal marijuana industry by extending Small Business Administration (SBA) programs and services. Cannabis companies currently are barred from...

The cannabis industry has a long way to go regarding gender and racial diversity. Criticism for ignoring minority communities and failing to address the harm caused by the war on drugs is getting louder. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who has been optimistic about seeing marijuana decriminalized at...

The top Senate Democrat continues to push for federal marijuana reform. Following a meeting with a group of fellow Democratic senators to discuss the path that would push cannabis legislation toward approval in the new Congress, Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) convened with several GOP...

Senate Democrats are not giving up on marijuana banking reform. Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) met Wednesday with several other Democratic senators to “ponder the path” that would push cannabis legislation toward approval in this Congress...

2022 was a historic year for cannabis, even though marijuana banking reform was excluded from a large-scale spending bill in December after failing to make it into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). From the enactment of the first piece of standalone federal cannabis reform legislation...

A bipartisan group of senators presented a bill to protect consumer access to kratom, a tropical plant native to Southeast Asia, which is currently not illegal and can produce effects similar to opioids, reported Marijuana Moment. Being legal, kratom is easily accessible around the U.S....

Curaleaf Holdings (OTCQX: CURLF) laid off around 220 employees in November. According to Business Insider (BI), laid-off employees received an exit survey containing the question “What made you decide to leave?” A laid-off worker told BI that the question was insulting. See Also: It...

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker thinks that Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is significantly impacting his Senate colleagues to oppose passing any cannabis-related bills in the lame-duck session. Last week, McConnell revealed he was pleased that the final version of the National Defense...

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) spoke with Spotlight News' Chat Box host David Cruz about marijuana legalization and the midterms elections. With Republicans just one seat away from winning a majority of the House Of Representatives, Booker said Democrats...

Many industry experts believe that federal cannabis legalization is inevitable. Everything seems to be pointing in that direction, although, they also agree that it's not happening any time soon. Even with Biden’s recent cannabis pardons action. Marijuana activists seem to have...

DEA Boosts Production Of Cannabis & Psychedelics For Research In 2023 The DEA is proposing that 6.7 million grams (14,770 pounds) of marijuana be grown for research, more than double the amount suggested for 2022 (3.2 million grams).  The agency also raised the quota for “all...

While working on enacting the marijuana reform in Congress this year, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is also calling for a reform to broaden therapeutic access to psychedelics for people with mental health conditions. Booker recently called attention to the fact that while psychedelics still remain a...

This week U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Temporary Emergency Scheduling and Testing of Fentanyl Analogues (TEST) Act, which was immediately welcomed by civil rights organizations and policy experts, reported the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). The proposed ...