The U.S. Senate’s appropriations committee on Thursday approved an amendment that would prohibit the federal government from spending money to punish banks that serve marijuana businesses in states where pot use is legal.
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President Obama addressed members of the NAACP in Philadelphia as part of his ongoing push to reform the criminal justice system.
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A measure that would have allowed federal researchers to more easily study medical marijuana failed in the House of Representatives this week. Meanwhile, legalization advocates praised a bipartisan group of senators for introducing a bill to legalize banking for marijuana businesses.
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President Barack Obama’s administration on Monday removed a requirement that non-government funded medical marijuana research must undergo an extra layer of federal review.
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Capitol Hill at sunset. (Photo via Flickr user Thomas Hawk) By Brianna Gurciullo @News21 Posted: June 12, 2015 PHOENIX –
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By Lauren del Valle @News21 Posted: June 11, 2015 PHOENIX – The leader of one of Arizona’s most influential business
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By Karen Mawdsley @News21 Posted: June 9, 2015 PHOENIX – Marijuana legalization advocates have high hopes after Wednesday’s “marijuana vote-a-rama,”
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By Jayson Chesler and Anne M. Shearer @News21 PHOENIX – With recreational legalization looming as a potential 2016 ballot item,
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