SAFE Banking hearing soon?; CDC study: Teen marijuana use down since dispensaries opened; PA legalization bill; TX decrim votes
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The Senate Banking Committee scheduled a hearing on marijuana banking issues for next Thursday, May 11. Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) said he was planning to “move quickly on” the SAFE Banking Act.
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a bill legalizing interstate marijuana commerce pending a federal policy change. Now all three West Coast states—California, Oregon and Washington—have cross-border cannabis trade laws on the books.
A new federal study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that high school student marijuana use was trending up from 2009-2013—before legal cannabis dispensaries started
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