Marijuana U.S.A.

"Members of the United States Senate today confirmed Terrance Cole to serve as Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Cole, who was nominated for the role in February by President Trump, was approved by a vote of 50 to 47.
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Throughout his tenure at the DEA and in law enforcement, Cole held a hardline approach against the use of marijuanaincluding claiming that its use stunts brain growth and is linked to an increased risk of autism. During a confirmation hearing in April, Cole said that he was not familiar with where matters stood in the administrative process to reschedule cannabis, which was initiated by the Biden administration in 2022, but that “it’ll be one of [his] first priorities when [he] arrives at DEA to see where we are in the administrative process.”
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"Local governments in Missouri can no longerstackmarijuana taxes after the state Supreme Court declared the practice unconstitutional on Tuesday.
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County governments
cant levy a 3% local tax on cannabis sold in cities and towns that also impose the 3% local tax, the court ruled in a 6-1 decision.
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Missouri legalized adult-use marijuana via a 2022 constitutional amendment.
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Brisk sales began the following year and reached $
1.3 Billion in the program’s first year."
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A bipartisan majority of state attorneys general sent a letter to Congressional leaders on Thursday in support of passing federal protections for banks who do business with marijuana companies.
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“We write today in support of the SAFER Banking Act of 2025,” the letter read. “It is
increasingly critical to move cannabis commerce into the regulated banking system.”
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A bipartisan majority of state attorneys general sent a letter to Congressional leaders on Thursday in support of passing federal protections for banks who do business with marijuana companies.
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“We write today in support of the SAFER Banking Act of 2025,” the letter read. “It is
increasingly critical to move cannabis commerce into the regulated banking system.”
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A broad majority of undiscerning AGs are seeking more legalization of harmful drugs like marijuana.
 
"Long before medical marijuana was front-page news, disabled Americans were quietly making history by claiming their right to this plant. In 1976, a 28-year-old glaucoma patient named Robert C. Randall became the first person in the U.S. to win legal access to cannabis for medical use. Facing the terror of impending blindness, Randall had been growing a few marijuana plants to relieve his intraocular pressure. When arrested, he pioneered the medical necessity defense – and prevailed."
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April 2000
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"Saturday, August 2, 2025, marks the 88th anniversary of the signing of the Marijuana Tax Act, the first federal marijuana prohibition law."
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The UIC researchers found that there was a substantial increase in crash fatalities in four of the seven states used in the study with legalized recreational markets and that, on average, recreational markets were associated with a 10% increase in motor vehicle accident deaths.
 
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