Category: Outlaw Report
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Blumenauer Says ‘Strong Support’ Growing In Senate For Cannabis Banking Reforms
You may soon be able to legally use your credit card to buy cannabis. That’s because momentum is building behind a measure to allow weed businesses access to basic financial services, like accepting credit cards or even opening a company bank account. All eyes remain on the Senate, where the bipartisan and popular SAFE Banking…
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Delaware Governor Vetoes Weed Legalization Bill In Rebuke Of His Own Party
In a controversial move, Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) on Tuesday vetoed a historic bill to legalize cannabis possession that comfortably cleared the state legislature earlier this month. The measure, which passed the General Assembly after years of failed attempts at legalization, eliminates penalties for adults 21 and older who possess up to one ounce…
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Preliminary D.C. Budget Creates Cannabis Social Equity Fund To Boost Minority Entrepreneurs
D.C.’s preliminary budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a provision that would redirect tax dollars from medical cannabis sales towards a new “social equity fund” to help minority entrepreneurs get weed businesses off the ground. The “Medical Cannabis Social Equity Fund” would be jointly administered by D.C.’s Department of Small and Local Business Development…
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Virginia Weed Patients Soon Won’t Need To Register With The State. That’s A Big Deal.
Cannabis advocates in Virginia were laser-focused last month on stopping a bill that threatened to devastate the commonwealth’s hemp industry while creating new crimes for pot possession. Their efforts paid off when the measure was narrowly voted down by the General Assembly, but the passage of another consequential piece of weed legislation may have gotten…
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The Sesh: Martin Mitchell On The Rise Of Weed To The Political Mainstream
In American political life, cannabis has recently gone from a somewhat taboo topic to a key issue at the center of many politicians’ platforms. In Congress, weed legalization is now regularly debated on both sides of the aisle, with Republicans and Democrats vying to become the party that finally reforms federal cannabis laws. But the…
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Super Potent Opioid ‘Iso’ Hits D.C. Amid Surging Overdose Deaths
Federal authorities are warning a new drug as potent as fentanyl — a synthetic opioid partly responsible for a nationwide surge in fatal overdoses — is now circulating in the D.C. region. Per a Wednesday report by FOX 5, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it discovered isotonitazene — known as “Iso” or “Toni”…
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Activists Urging Psilocybin Access For Terminally Ill Patients Arrested At DEA Headquarters
Around two-dozen activists rallied on Monday outside the headquarters of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Arlington, Va. to protest the agency’s refusal to grant people with terminal illnesses access to experimental drugs like psilocybin and MDMA. For several hours, the demonstrators blocked entrances to the federal building, shouting slogans like “DEA, get out…
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After Speedy Deliberation, Jury Finds Jonathan Wall Guilty Of Weed Trafficking Conspiracy
After a five-day trial, a jury on Friday found Maryland native Jonathan Wall guilty of partaking in a years-long, coast-to-coast cannabis trafficking scheme. Wall’s trial, which kicked off Monday with protests and a blaring billboard truck outside the federal courthouse in downtown Baltimore, culminated Friday with closing arguments, less than two hours of jury deliberations…
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D.C. Mayoral Debate Glosses Over Cannabis, Zeroes In On Opioid Epidemic
The top three candidates for D.C. mayor duked it out on Wednesday evening during a debate on WAMU’s The Politics Hour moderated by local radio legend Kojo Nnamdi and news veteran Tom Sherwood. Over the course of 90 minutes, incumbent Mayor Muriel Bowser, At-Large Councilmember Robert White and Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White argued their…
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Ask A Stoner: Can I Smoke Weed And Work Out?
Getting high doesn’t always mean sitting on the couch with a bag of Doritos. Stoners get a reputation for being lazy and inactive, but Mike Tyson credits cannabis for his return to the ring at 55 years old. The boxing legend, who claims he smokes $40,000 worth of weed per month, is just one of…
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Jonathan Wall Cannabis Trial Kicks Off With A Protest, Strict Courthouse Rules And Jury Selection
A high-profile federal cannabis trafficking trial kicked off on Monday with jury selection, strict rules for spectators and an eye-catching scene outside the Edward A. Garmatz United States Courthouse in downtown Baltimore. Jonathan William Wall, a 27-year-old Maryland native, is facing at least 10 years in prison for helping to move thousands of pounds of…
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Virginia Lawmakers Drop Bill To Create New Weed Crimes, Crack Down On Delta-8
The Virginia Senate on Wednesday voted to shelve a bill that would have created new crimes for possessing weed while imposing stricter restrictions on the commonwealth’s hemp industry. S.B. 591, introduced in January by Sen. Emmett Hanger, a Republican representing Mount Solon, initially sought to prohibit the sale of weed edibles shaped like candy in…