Category: Washington, D.C.
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Quick Hit: There’s a New Cannabinoid—Sesqui CBG
Scientists have announced that they have “discovered” a new class of Cannabinoids—Sesqui-Cannabinoids. In a press release put out by Medican on Thursday, December 10, the pharmaceutical company announced there is a patent-pending on the process to biosynthesize this new class of Cannabinoid they’ve called Sesqui CBG. “This is a significant new discovery. We are the…
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Episode 12: The MORE Act Passes the House!
In this episode of The Outlaw Report podcast, Scott is joined by Mike Liszewski, friend of the show and inside expert on Capitol Hill on cannabis law and policy and drug policy reform more broadly. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to deschedule cannabis and end federal cannabis prohibition as we know it.…
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Quick Hit: House To Vote On Cannabis Research Bill This Week
Following the highly-publicized MORE Act vote, the House of Representatives will vote on another cannabis bill this week. This one, the Medical Marijuana Research Act, sponsored by Earl Blumenauer and noted cannabis reform enemy Andy Harris, will reduce the regulations that exist making it easier to get approved to research cannabis and increase the supply…
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Quick Hit: Mexico Likely To Legalize Cannabis
It is likely that quite soon Mexico will have made cannabis legal. Earlier this month, the bill was approved by the Senate and is now in the hands of the Chamber of Deputies (essentially, Mexico’s Congress). Mexico’s proposal for legalization would allow adults to purchase, possess, and use cannabis (the threshold is 28 grams) and…
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Congress Will Vote On The MORE Act This Week
On November 27, Congress announced that a vote on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act (The MORE Act) is scheduled for this week. The House Bill, which is HR 3884 will have a vote on either Wednesday, December 2; Thursday, December 3; or Friday, December 4. The MORE Act will deschedule cannabis making it…
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Decriminalizing Psychedelics in D.C., Explained
As many have noted, the real winner of this year’s election—which mostly thanks to a spineless Republican party, remains dogged by completely baseless accusations of voter fraud by President Trump—was drug decriminalization. A number of states voted to legalize cannabis, the state of Oregon voted to decriminalize all drugs, and in Washington D.C., plant-based psychedelics…
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D.C. City Councilperson Christina Henderson’s Vision for Cannabis
This article was originally published in The Outlaw Report in February. It is being republished this week following Christina Henderson’s election victory. After two terms as At-Large Councilmember, David Grosso is not running for reelection, but has instead chosen to endorse one of his former staff members: Christina Henderson. This Brooklyn-born candidate has a weighty…
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Episode 11: The 2020 Election—Drugs Won
In this episode of The Outlaw Report, Scott Cecil is joined by The Outlaw Report’s Brandon Soderberg to discuss the role of cannabis and drug reform in the recent election. They review the results of the 2020 election and how those results impacted drug policy in D.C. and across the United States. They also take…
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Quick Hit: Vetting Weed Smokers, Using Cannabis To Make Up For Budget Shortfalls
Two stories from the past week represent the strange dance politicians on either side of the aisle are doing when it comes to cannabis. First, as Marijuana Moment reported, the Trump administration, in an attempt to gather famous faces for a series of public service announcements surrounding its non-existent approach to reducing the devastation of…
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Following Cannabis Legalization Wave, MORE Act Will Finally Get a Vote
Less than a week after an election that expanded cannabis legalization with voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota all approving ballot measures (not to mention Oregon voting to decriminalize all drugs), the Democrat-controlled Congress has announced they will vote on The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) next month. The MORE Act…
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Psychedelics and Cannabis in Washington D.C.’s Election
In Washington D.C., the major drug reform news was the overwhelming vote in support of Initiative 81—the “Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020”—which would decriminalize a number of plant-based psychedelics (such as psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and iboga) within the District. Initiative 81 received 89,714 votes in favor and 27,429 in opposition. That is…
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D.C. Mayor Won’t Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Even If Voters Support It
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she is not in favor of moving forward with the initiative that would decriminalize psychoactive drugs such as psilocybin, ayahuasca and other “natural plant medicines” even if voters approve of it on Election Day. “It seems like the issue is not an organically D.C-created initiative,” Bowser said at a…