Weldon Angelos

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced pardons and commutations for 78 individuals with criminal records. The bulk of the clemency order focused on nonviolent drug offenders, with most already on home release during the COVID pandemic under the CARES Act. In a statement, Biden added that of...

Cannabis company Flower One Holdings Inc. (CSE: FONE) (OTCQX: FLOOF) (FSE: F11) announced that its president and CEO, Kellen O’Keefe, has been appointed to the advisory board of Weldon Angelos’ “The Weldon Project.” “I am proud to be joining The Weldon Project to...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) officially laid out her cannabis legalization plan on Monday. Titled the States Reform Act and co-sponsored by at least a half-dozen Republicans, the plan would essentially legalize cannabis on a federal level “in a manner consistent with the right...

Cannabis directory and lifestyle brand Urban Aroma announced the launch of a seasonal match campaign to raise $30,000 for The Weldon Project's MISSION [GREEN] initiative to support inmates serving life sentences for nonviolent cannabis offenses. The crowdfunding campaign, which kicked off...

In a live-streamed event, NBA star Al Harrington, 4-Time Grammy-award winner Drake, world champion boxer Badou Jack, rapper & activist Killer Mike, Meek Mill, NFL player Julio Jones and NBA star John Wall and others announced on Tuesday that they’d co-written and...

President Joe Biden is considering using his executive authority to grant clemency to people serving federal prison sentences for certain non-violent drug convictions, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. The question came up when Psaki was asked about plans for federal...

Former music producer turned social justice advocate Weldon Angelos and Sacramento-based lbs. Distribution recently debuted a co-branded pre-roll for Angelos’ REEForm cannabis line. A percentage of sales will be used to support prisoners still incarcerated for nonviolent cannabis possession...

A new coalition dubbed The Cannabis Freedom Alliance was launched Tuesday by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, and criminal reform advocate Weldon Angelos. What Happened The idea for the alliance came up last summer in a Zoom call between Snoop Dogg, Koch, and Angelos, during which Koch...