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June 11, 2018 blogger Boston, cannabis, Colorado News, Denver Politics, Latest News, Local Politics, Los Angeles, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, Michael Hancock, National Politics, News, politics, portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
The Denver and Thornton mayors have joined a new coalition of U.S. city leaders that will lobby Congress and the Trump administration to increase local control over marijuana policy.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sang President Donald Trump’s praises in a Denver speech Friday at the Western Conservative Summit, touting his agency’s move this week to not defend key elements of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.
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A bill that would protect state marijuana laws from federal interference received a major plug on Friday when President Donald Trump said he likely would back the measure — introduced a day earlier by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren.
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The measure, which is being welcomed by the cannabis industry but faces a tough path to becoming law, would end the current conflict between federal and state law.
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Gov. John Hickenlooper this week signed House Bill 1187, which allows for doctors to prescribe and pharmacies to dispense FDA-approved medicines that contain cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive cannabis plant compound.
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Four state lawmakers joined a group of marijuana advocates on Thursday in blasting Gov. John Hickenlooper over his veto of three pot bills, saying the term-limited Democrat’s decisions threaten Colorado’s place as a leader on cannabis and hurt patients, consumers and businesses.
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Marijuana would be legal federally in states that already have approved the drug’s use under a bill introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren.
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Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have added autism to the list of conditions eligible under state law for medical marijuana treatment.
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Colorado law already permitted parents to give their children medical marijuana at school, usually to treat seizures. The new law signed this week by Gov. John Hickenlooper allows parents to bring medical marijuana to the school nurse’s office for children who have medical marijuana cards.
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