Medical Marijuana

Lawmakers have advanced two bills to the desk of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that seek to expand the rights of cannabis consumers. Senate Bill 302 expands existing law (The Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act a/k/a Ryan’s Law) so that...

In the coming days, members of the House and Senate could take action on multiple important federal cannabis bills. The House Oversight Committee will be holding a markup hearing on the CURE Act this Wednesday. The legislation prevents people from...

While it is far from being official, it looks pretty clear that the Biden Administration’s plan is to reschedule marijuana as a Schedule III controlled substance in the ranks of steroids and ketamine. While that will be a mostly...

Members of North Carolina’s Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have decided in favor of a referendum permitting the use and sale of marijuana on tribal land. According to preliminary results, 70 percent of voters backed the measure, which read:...

Today marks the 35-year anniversary of an administrative ruling by the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Chief Administrative Law Judge determining that cannabis possesses accepted medical utility in the United States and, therefore, it ought to be available to...

Woman smoking marijuana " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marijuana-woman-sunglasses.jpg?fit=730%2C411&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marijuana-woman-sunglasses.jpg?fit=730%2C411&ssl=1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" width="300" height="169" src="https://i0.wp.com/norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marijuana-woman-sunglasses.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="Marijuana Consumer" class="wp-image-25789" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marijuana-woman-sunglasses.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marijuana-woman-sunglasses.jpg?resize=500%2C282&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marijuana-woman-sunglasses.jpg?resize=249%2C140&ssl=1 249w, https://i0.wp.com/norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marijuana-woman-sunglasses.jpg?w=730&ssl=1 730w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1"> A growing percentage of Americans perceive smoking cannabis to be less dangerous than smoking tobacco cigarettes....

In a recent presidential campaign event in Iowa, Ron DeSantis reaffirmed his opposition to the legalization of marijuana. He expressed concerns about the potential accessibility of cannabis to young children and the risk of it being adulterated with dangerous...

A recent study conducted by researchers at Columbia University has revealed that some marijuana users may have elevated levels of two heavy metals, lead and cadmium, in their blood and urine, raising concerns about potential long-term health issues associated...

Bloomberg News just got a huge scoop: a letter sent from the Department of Health and Human Services to the DEA recommending that marijuana be moved from Schedule I to Schedule III in the list of Controlled Substances. There...

Bloomberg news has obtained a letter from a “top” Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official recommending that the US Drug Enforcement Administration reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance under federal law. The...