Biden pressed for cannabis scheduling review transparency (Newsletter: March 1, 2023)

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Biden pressed for cannabis scheduling review transparency (Newsletter: March 1, 2023)
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NC Senate approves medical marijuana; NJ 280E bill passes; TX decrim hearing; Biden talks cannabis & Black History Month Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment's newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It's the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [], forms: { on: function(evt, cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt, callback: cb } ); } } } })(); Email address: Leave this field empty if you're human: Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… They say a journalist is a machine that converts coffee into copy. But where do you think the coffee comes from? Readers like you! Signing up for a $25/month subscription will help keep us digging, interviewing and reporting on all the cannabis news that's fit to print. And in return, you'll gain access to our Bill Tracker tool, too, so you can have the most up-to-date information on the drug policy reform efforts around the U.S. Join Marijuana Moment for $25/month to support our work: https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment / TOP THINGS TO KNOW President Joe Biden touted his mass marijuana pardons in a speech commemorating the end of Black History Month. "Too many minorities are in prison for that," he said—even as his cannabis clemency move has not released a single person from behind bars. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is circulating a sign-on letter to other members of Congress that calls on Biden administration officials to provide "transparency" about the review of marijuana's scheduling status they are conducting. The North Carolina Senate approved a bill to legalize medical cannabis. It needs one more procedural vote to be formally sent to the House, where the speaker says it stands a better chance of being enacted this year after stalling last session. New Jersey lawmakers…