CONGRESSMAN BENTZ CALLS FOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S HELP WITH ILLEGAL MARIJUANA GROWS

Nov 3, 2021 | News, Oregon

WASHINGTON, DC — After a brief segue into the issue of illegal marijuana grows in southern Oregon during a US House Judiciary meeting with Atorney General Merrick Garland last month, Congressman Cliff Bentz followed up with a letter to the nation’s top law...

Republican-Led Bill To Legalize And Tax Marijuana Emerges As Alternative To Democratic Measures

Nov 3, 2021 | Federal, News

A new Republican-led congressional marijuana legalization bill is imminent, Marijuana Moment has learned. The measure is being framed by advocates as a compromise between simple descheduling as proposed by other GOP lawmakers and wide-ranging comprehensive legislation...

IRS Chief Says Agency Would ‘Prefer’ If Marijuana Businesses Could Pay Taxes Electronically

Feb 28, 2021 | Federal

The head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) told Congress this week that the federal agency would “prefer” for state-legal marijuana businesses to be able to pay taxes electronically, as the current largely cash-based system under federal cannabis prohibition is...

Idaho Senate Approves Constitutional Ban On Marijuana

Feb 27, 2021 | States

State senators say they want to keep Idaho “clean.” The Idaho Senate has passed a resolution that bans the production, sale, and possession of cannabis in the state. The decision is in sharp contrast to what lawmakers and voters are doing in other states....

Oregon Water Resources Department Finds Misuse of Commercial Irrigation Among Hemp Farms

Feb 27, 2021 | Oregon

In some of the more rural corners of Oregon’s hemp market, like the state’s southwestern counties, hemp cultivation has boomed over the last few years. So, too, have questions about who is drawing water from where. Last year, the state had licensed 1,678 hemp...

Marijuana legalization proposed in Maryland legislature

Feb 26, 2021 | States

A bill essentially legalizing recreational use of cannabis in Maryland would be an important step toward addressing social equity and racial injustices, advocates said. “This is the year we are talking about equity,” Del. Jazz Lewis, D-Prince George’s, sponsor of the...