After getting shut down by the COVID-19 quarantine, Montana advocates mounted a signature-gathering surge to put them over the top. The state needs to validate the signatures, then Cannabis legalization will be on the November 2020 ballot. Cannabis legalization advocates in Montana submitted more than 130,000 signatures to state and county officials on Friday, which…
“Dishonest” and “disgraceful” – Monsanto attempts to gain backdoor entry for GE foods At the recent Codex meeting in Berlin, there was an attempt to define genetically engineered (GE) food ingredients as ‘biofortified’ and therefore mislead consumers. This contravened the original Codex mandate for defining biofortification. That definition is based on improving the nutritional quality…
On The Senate Floor ~ Daines Argued Against The Public Being Informed About Bio-Dangerous GMOs 1.) Glyphosate is the major component in its flagship product, Roundup, used both in residential gardens and on farms. The chemical is so pervasive that tests by the Organic Consumers Association found 93 percent of Americans have glyphosate in their urine. By comparison,…
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday cleared the way for Montana’s medical marijuana dispensaries to re-open after a three-month hiatus by ruling that a drafting error in a voter-approved ballot initiative should not delay the measure’s implementation. District Judge James Reynolds of Helena ruled the error that pushed back the effective date of…
As of August 2016, 25 states and Washington, D.C., had passed laws legalizing or decriminalizing medical marijuana. Additionally, 15 more states had legalized the use of cannabis oil, for medical purposes. The states shaded in red permitted the use of medical marijuana, while the states shaded in gray did not. The states in purple allowed for…
