Tag: earl blumenauer

High drama in New York as a medical marijuana bill goes down to the wire, congressmembers call on HHS to help unblock marijuana research, a limited CBD...

After a long debate that had the US House of Representatives in session until after midnight, the lower chamber of Congress cast a historic 219 to 189...

After being misled by the DEA about whether it would release imported heed seed destined for the state’s hemp research projects, the state of Kentucky is now...

In 2009, the Oregon Legislature legalized industrial hemp growing and processing in our state. The approved legislation has languished, waiting for the federal government to lift its...

Five Democratic members of Congress are calling on President Obama to use the naming of a new drug czar as an opportunity to take a big step...

It’s not just medical and legal marijuana states that watched the Justice Department’s announcement of its response to marijuana law reforms in the states with interest. Nine...

In yet another case of people with disparate political ideas coming together to support marijuana policy reform, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president...

013 The Farm Bill (House Bill 1947) died in the House Thursday morning as Democrats rebelled against deep cuts to food stamps. The vote to kill it...

Led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a group of five democratic Representatives stood in front of the capital with representatives of the cannabis industry to call for new...

A bill that would establish a National Commission on Marijuana Policy was introduced in the US Congress last week. Filed by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), House Bill 1635 seeks...

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced federal legislation that would establish a National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy. The proposed commission, inspired by the 1971 Shafer Commission on Marihuana and...

I attended a forum on marijuana legalization at The Brookings Institution Monday, where Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), one of a handful of Congressional champions of marijuana law reform, was one of...

There’s a new congressional push to end the federal War on Pot in the states – and it’s being spearheaded by some of the most conservative members...

One of the most important Washington, DC think tanks, the Brookings Institute, is hosting a panel discussion on states’ efforts to legalize marijuana on April 15. Marijuana Legalization:...

SUPPORT HR 689 AND HR 710 Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Sam Farr recently introduced legislation that will end the federal conflict with state medical cannabis programs.  Blumenauer’s bill, titled...

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Monday gave a public coming out event for a bill designed to stop federal government interference with medical marijuana patients and providers in...