In the midst of the growing marijuana decriminalization movement, New York City’s city council has passed a groundbreaking bill that would prevent most employers from requiring job applicants to undergo marijuana drug tests. Authored by public advocate Jumaane D. Williams, the bill would be the first legislation in the country …
Read More »Congress Is Getting Frustrated With the White House's Pot Policy
A bipartisan group of lawmakers fear there are top White House officials actively working to undermine President Trump’s own marijuana policy — a cannabis deep state, of sorts.On the campaign trail back in 2016, Trump advocated allowing each state to craft their own pot policies, and he’s reiterated as much …
Read More »How Federal Housing Policy Excludes Poor People From Legal Pot
Sondra Battle was fed up. Every time something needed to be repaired in the Washington D.C. grandmother’s federally-subsidized apartment, it seemed to take an ungodly number of phone calls to make it happen. The mold was the last straw. Last spring, after she says her resident manager refused to send …
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