"Constitutional ban on legal pot advances in Idaho"

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/constitutional-ban-medical-recreational-pot-advances-75565989

BOISE, Idaho -- As legal weed becomes a reality in every corner of the U.S., Idaho is putting up a fight.

State lawmakers on Friday moved forward with a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar the legalization of marijuana in Idaho in an attempt to keep the growing nationwide acceptance of the drug from seeping across its borders.

Idaho is one of only three states without some sort of policy allowing residents to possess products with even low amounts of THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.

On https://www.nj.com/marijuana I found https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2020/12/nj-lawmakers-pass-legal-weed-bill-in-historic-vote.html which mentioned https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S0500/21_R2.HTM which has passed today and is on the way to the NJ Governor.

Here is an article which breaks it down by the numbers. It seems opinions are used when it comes to parts of the placement of media outlets but the ratio of the opinions are evenly split.

https://towardsdatascience.com/how-statistically-biased-is-our-news-f28f0fab3cb3

Identifying "Fake News" on the internet can be frustrating. Best practices can be to first focused on how to know what is definitely real source. On the internet some websites can ONLY be registered by a Government or a registered educational institution. Look for domain names that end in .GOV or .EDU because those can be traced back to a verified source. There are .COM domains that are trusted sources but to verify them you would need to see it advertised by the publisher by either TV, radio, or another known trusted website.

https://libguides.chaffey.edu/fakenews/websites

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-takes-historic-bill-decriminalize-cannabis-n1249905

"Congress takes up historic bill to decriminalize cannabis"
"The proposal would end a federal ban on marijuana and create a pathway to expunge related criminal records."

Dec. 4, 2020, 5:29 AM EST
By Alicia Victoria Lozano
As the cannabis industry continues to take root state by state, Congress will consider whether to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act once and for all.

The House will vote Friday on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, which would decriminalize cannabis and clear the way to erase nonviolent federal marijuana convictions.

The MORE Act would also create pathways for ownership opportunities in the emerging industry, allow veterans to obtain medical cannabis recommendations from Veteran Affairs doctors and establish funding sources to reinvest in communities disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.

Friday's vote would mark the first time a full chamber of Congress has taken up the issue of federally decriminalizing cannabis.