Articles by Matt Laslo
- House Passes Historic Marijuana Decriminalization Bill"This bill is historic. We've never gotten this far, and I’m proud of it."December 4, 2020
- Head of Cannabis Caucus Optimistic About Agenda After Election“It was a terrific evening for our efforts to eliminate the failed prohibition of cannabis. It was continuing the trend where people speak and make the changes that are so critical”November 4, 2020
- AOC, Progressives Up in Arms with Dems for Pulling Marijuana BillMany Democrats from districts President Donald Trump won in 2016 were the cause of the kerfuffle.October 13, 2020
- SAFE Banking for Cannabis Businesses on Life Support "...the banks are tired of dealing with these rooms full of dirty cash that you have to Febreze, because they don't want to be subject to the liability," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told WikileafOctober 7, 2020
- Progressives Vow to Push Biden on CannabisThis year, even as polls show more support for cannabis, Democrats are merely calling for decriminalization; not outright legalization.August 5, 2020
- Lawmakers Call for Cannabis and Police ReformPro-cannabis proponents on the Hill are flummoxed because they can’t comprehend how drug policy reform was left out of policing reformJuly 6, 2020
- Amid Protests and Civil Unrest, Drug Policy Enters the National DebateAs the country has an honest discussion about police brutality and systemic racism, the fifty-year War on Drugs enters the debate.June 16, 2020
- Coronavirus & Cannabis Don't Mix, at Least to the FedsThe pandemics revealing just how important cannabis now is to millions, including increasingly cash-strapped state and local governments. May 8, 2020
- Amid a Global Pandemic, the Cannabis Industry Adapts"People need access to legal, regulated cannabis, and if they don't get it from legal, regulated stores, they're going to get it from somewhere else..."March 30, 2020
- Congress’ Coronavirus Bailout Screws Cannabis CompaniesEven in these desperate times, one industry is being left out of Uncle Sam’s grab bag of goodies: Cannabis companies of all stripes.March 26, 2020