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FDA Brings Down Hammer on CBD Companies

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Steven Nelson, US News & World Report The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on several companies selling products advertised as containing cannabidiol (CBD), a compound in marijuana widely used without FDA approval to treat epilepsy and other conditions –...

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US Senate Step Promises Peace for Medical Marijuana Patients

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Steph Sherer (Op-Ed), Huffington Post Medical marijuana patients just got a step closer to what we need, with the introduction yesterday of a historic medical marijuana bill in the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ),...

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If approved, the bill would represent a major shift in congressional action on marijuana

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post A historic Senate medical marijuana bill unveiled Tuesday would dramatically reshape the landscape for the plant, nearly 80 years after it was effectively criminalized.

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Landmark medical marijuana bill introduced in US Congress

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Agence France-Presse US senators on Tuesday introduced the most comprehensive legislation on medical marijuana ever brought before Congress, a bipartisan effort aimed at ending federal restrictions on the increasingly accepted treatment.

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Three Senators Are Finally Pushing to End the Federal Ban on Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

CJ Ciaramella, Vice On Tuesday, for the first time ever, legislation that would liberalize federal medical marijuana laws was introduced in the US Senate, proposed by a trio of bipartisan lawmakers in what activists are heralding as a historic first...

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A Family of Medical Marijuana Growers, Facing 10 Years in Prison, Was Recently Acquitted on Almost All Charges Against Them

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Heidi Groover, The Stranger "You're not a cog in the machine of the federal government," attorney Phil Telfeyan told a jury drawn from self-reliant Eastern Washington on March 2. "You can stand up and say, 'No. The evidence isn't there.'"...

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Hundreds of patient advocates will gather in Washington, DC on March 31st to lobby for passage of Senate bill

Paul Marini | March 10, 2015

Washington, DC -- Comprehensive medical marijuana legislation was introduced today in the US Senate for the first time in the country's history. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and...

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U.S. Senators Introduce Unprecedented Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation

Paul Marini | March 10, 2015

Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act. The bill is unprecedented in being the first comprehensive piece of medical marijuana legislation to be introduced...

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Historic Federal Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Rolled Out Today

Paul Marini | March 10, 2015

Phil Smith, Drug War Chronicle A bipartisan trio of senators today introduced historic legislation to legalize medical marijuana at the federal level. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Rand Paul (R-KY) filed the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and...

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Booker Announces Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients – Including Veterans – to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal Prosecution

Paul Marini | March 10, 2015

Paul Nichols, Bergen Dispatch Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today stood with patients, their families and advocates to announce new bipartisan legislation that will allow the use of medical marijuana in states where it...

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