A federal judge has granted marijuana companies’ request to allow public access to a hearing this week in a key case where they’re seeking to shield in-state cannabis activity from federal enforcement. Three days after the cannabis firms made the request—without opposition from the Justice Departmen...

A Democratic senator who voted against a marijuana banking bill in committee last year says he does support the reform but wants to ensure that communities most impacted by cannabis prohibition are not left behind if it’s enacted. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), the lone Democrat to oppose the Secure a...

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“There is a phenomenal amount of unregulated, unlicensed, untested cannabis products on gas station shelves, convenience store shelves, and they don’t go through any regulated process.” By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Stores that look like dispensaries are setting up shop in towns across N...

A new study into how recent cannabis use affects physical activity appears to disprove the long-held stereotype that marijuana makes people lazy, finding that young to midlife adults were neither more sedentary nor more intensely active after consuming cannabis—though recent use was associated with ...

The Justice Department says it is interested in receiving public comments on the “unique economic impacts” of its marijuana rescheduling proposal given that state-level legalization has created a “multibillion dollar industry” that stands to benefit from possible federal tax relief under the reform....

Festival season is upon us, and a recent study finds that the vast majority of attendees plan to use drugs to elevate their experience.

A three-judge panel affirmed a ruling against a group of Highland Park residents who believe the borough violated federal law by allowing the sale of adult-use marijuana because the substance remains federally illegal.

Major marijuana companies are asking a federal court to grant remote public access to a hearing next week in a case where they’re seeking to shield in-state cannabis activity from federal enforcement. And the Justice Department says it has “no position” on the request. The hearing before the U.S. Di...

GOP House leaders have released a draft version of large-scale agriculture legislation that could reduce regulatory barriers for certain hemp farmers and scale-back a ban on industry participation by people with prior drug felony convictions. The legislation also omits any provisions that would ban ...

Nearly seven in 10 voters—including a majority of Republicans—support legalizing marijuana, according to a new Fox News poll. Released on the heels of President Joe Biden’s announcement that his administration is moving to reschedule cannabis, the survey found that 69 percent of registered voters in...

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The Justice Department submitted a proposal Thursday to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug. CBS News Justice Department reporter Robert Legare looks into the process that would ease restrictions on cannabis.

The Biden administration’s announcement about its formal move to reschedule marijuana has elicited another round of applause from lawmakers, industry stakeholders and advocacy groups. While the Justice Department already confirmed two weeks ago that it would be moving to place cannabis in Schedule I...

The Justice Department announced on Thursday that Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally initiated the process to reschedule marijuana—releasing DOJ’s proposed rule and a separate legal opinion that informed the decision but which also seemed to signal skepticism from the Drug Enforcement Adm...

President Joe Biden has announced that his administration is officially moving to reschedule marijuana under federal law, applauding the “monumental” action that follows an extensive administrative review that he directed. The Justice Department will soon post its proposed rule to move cannabis from...

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A GOP congresswoman says that while she supports the push to federally reschedule marijuana, she is warning a top Biden administration official to refrain from taking steps to more broadly decriminalize other drugs. At a hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday, Re...

With the Biden administration moving to reschedule marijuana, congressional researchers have updated a pair of reports outlining the “legal consequences” of the persisting federal-state cannabis policy gap and detailing existing protections for state medical marijuana programs under a spending bill ...

Federal marijuana prohibition “makes it even more difficult” to implement unified health and safety policies across state markets, a member of a leading prohibitionist organization says. During a webinar on cannabis policy issues on Wednesday, staff with the non-profit Community Anti-Drug Coalitions...

Willie & Annie Nelson’s Cannabis Cookbook is set to release this November, with classic recipes such as buffalo wings, chocolate cake, and fried chicken.

“It’s very similar to how pharmaceutical drugs and other commodities are sold. When large corporations are given the chance, they will be greedy.” By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor State officials have stressed that they agree with medical marijuana patients who say the price of cannabis in ...

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Hemp businesses, marijuana companies, state regulators, prohibitionists and congressional lawmakers are all vying to have their cannabis priorities represented in the forthcoming Farm Bill. But while there are shared interests among certain stakeholders, some competing proposals have created tension...

In an ongoing lawsuit over the legal status of an Iowa-based church that wants to incorporate ayahuasca into its ceremonies, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is downplaying the significance a recent deal hammered out between the federal government and a separate, Arizona based church that also uses t...

New York’s legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders who treated the state licensing agency like a “mission-driven” startup rather than a government office, according to an internal review

NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City ordered dozens of illegal weed shops to close during the first week of a new enforcement operation to crack down on the unlicensed businesses, city officials said. …

The culture of weed is changing at the Jersey Shore. Are towns ready to accept cannabis?

Sen. Troy Singleton said capping prices could put pressure on the market and lead to lower prices for patients.

A GOP-led House committee is proposing to prohibit military branches from testing recruits for marijuana while also asking for an update from the Department of Defense (DOD) on the status of its psychedelics clinical trials. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel released recomm...

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A new study by Johns Hopkins University researchers on the effects of psychedelics suggests that—contrary to some earlier evidence—a single psilocybin experience isn’t likely to make an atheist believe in God or dispel someone’s sense of free will. It may, however, inspire the belief that animals, p...

A top official with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says there’s an “unstoppable narrative” in support of advancing psychedelic medicine, with a combination of compelling personal stories of recovery and robust clinical data from studies he’s hoping to expand upon. He also said bipartis...