Medical Cannabis in the Hemp State? No Relief in Sight
Cannabis, American Cannabis, Cannabis Community, Cannabis Connection, Cannabis Culture, Cannabis Conversation, Cannabis Debate, Cannabis Medicine, Cannabis Tradition, Cannabis Passion Dan Isenstein Cannabis, American Cannabis, Cannabis Community, Cannabis Connection, Cannabis Culture, Cannabis Conversation, Cannabis Debate, Cannabis Medicine, Cannabis Tradition, Cannabis Passion Dan Isenstein

Medical Cannabis in the Hemp State? No Relief in Sight

Written By Dan Isenstein

Kentucky is one of just 13 states that still criminalize all marijuana use and possession. During the spring 2022 Kentucky legislative session, House Bill (HB) 136 was passed by Kentucky's lower house with bi-partisan support (59-34). Once again, however, Kentucky’s Republican controlled Senate blocked the bill to the floor for a vote.

In response to the continued Senatorial inaction in the legislature, Governor Beshear formed the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee. Less than a week after the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Report was released, President Joe Biden announced that he was issuing pardons for all federal marijuana convictions.

So what does that mean to the average Kentuckian looking to consume cannabis legally?

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Dissecting Biden’s Statements on Federal Marijuana Reform
Cannabis, Cannabis Culture, Cannabis Tradition, Cannabis Passion, Cannabis Reform Bri Smith Cannabis, Cannabis Culture, Cannabis Tradition, Cannabis Passion, Cannabis Reform Bri Smith

Dissecting Biden’s Statements on Federal Marijuana Reform

Written By Bri Smith

A statement Americans and cannabis advocates have said for literally decades was finally uttered by President Biden yesterday during his statements addressing federal marijuana reform. The phrase was both welcomed and yet infuriating for advocates who have been fighting for federal cannabis reform since Harry J. Anslinger preemptively ruined the lives of millions of people. Indeed, for 15 years short of a century, we’ve been shouting from the mountaintops, “It makes no sense”... and also, “What the fuck is going on?”.

For many Americans, it was a monumental day in the United States. In what is likely one of the biggest steps toward federal acceptance and decriminalization of cannabis by any president, Biden declared three areas of action for his (more on this later) failed approach to the War on Cannabis.

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