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United States Congress Holds Historic Hearing On Cannabis Legalization – If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them!

On July 10, 2019 the House Judiciary Committee lead by Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform” which also appears in his press release issued after the hearing: “Marijuana is one […]

Facts To Know When The IRS Sends A Private Debt Collection Service To Collect On IRS Debt.

Facts To Know When The IRS Sends A Private Debt Collection Service To Collect On IRS Debt. You would think that with all the fraudulent calls being made by parties presented themselves as working for the IRS to scam taxpayers out of money, the IRS would crackdown on this problem and tighten its reins. But […]

Santa Barbara County Police Shuts Down Illegal Cannabis Operations

Anyone conducting business in cannabis surely knows that under Federal law (Controlled Substances Act 21 U.S.C. 801) marijuana is designated as a Schedule I controlled substance due to the historical belief that it has a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical […]

Can Cannabis Help People With Diabetes?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), 30.3 million American adults, or about 9.4% of the U.S. adult population have diabetes. The Journal of Diabetes published data where persons having a history of cannabis use possessed more favorable indices related to diabetic control than do non-users. Researchers in Quebec, Canada assessed the […]