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April 10, 2023 State Troopers urge Carney to veto marijuana bills Town Square Delaware By Sam Haut The Delaware State Trooper Association has put out ads urging Governor John Carney to veto two bills related to marijuana legalization in the state. The ads say the trooper believe legalization will lead to more driving deaths and […]

April 4, 2023 Official Release (DOVER, DE) – Smart Approaches to Marijuana President and CEO Dr. Kevin Sabet, a former Obama drug policy advisor, released the following statement today in response to the passage of HB 1 and HB 2, a pair of bills that would legalize and commercialize marijuana and create a dangerous commercial marijuana […]

Slowing the Growth of Weed NRPLUS MAGAZINE DECEMBER 19, 2022, ISSUE By RACHEL LU Why voters in Arkansas and the Dakotas said no to recreational pot For a time, it looked as if the debate about marijuana might just be over. Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. Over the next decade, 20 more states followed suit. The public […]

(Washington, DC) — Today, President Joe Biden signed the groundbreaking, bipartisan Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (H.R. 8454) into law. This marks the first time marijuana reform has been made into law in United States history. The President’s signing comes after the House of Representatives and Senate passed the legislation by a 325-90 […]

Official Release (Washington, DC) –– Today, the Biden Administration Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memo detailing their concerns about the SAFE Banking Act. Among the DOJ’s chief worries is that SAFE Banking could protect illegal criminal enterprises from being prosecuted for money laundering, a concern long expressed by Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). These […]