Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have signature-gathering news from Idaho. The Congressional Research Service issued a new report on rescheduling. The White House drug czar has a good reminder about marijuana’s legal status. And finally, the DC cannabis scene is livelier than you might expect.
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As those of us who have followed the cannabis saga over the past few years know all too well, the road to legalization is littered with obstacles and setbacks. One of those involves gathering signatures to put a legalization measure on the state ballot. Pro-cannabis group National Medicine Alliance of Idaho has just submitted twice the number of signatures needed to qualify for November’s election in the Gem State. Even though some signatures will be disqualified (true of any ballot initiative, not just ones involving cannabis), you’d think they’d be in the clear. But it’s not over ’til it’s over, so
