Politics

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested public input on the international classification of marijuana and other drugs in October 2018. Well, ask and you shall receive. More than 20,000 people submitted comments ahead of the Oct. 31, 2018 deadline....

By, Peter Orsi MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court issued two more rulings Oct. 31, 2018, ordering that complainants in individual cases be allowed to use cannabis for recreational purposes, establishing a precedent that a blanket prohibition on marijuana...

A federal jury in Denver ruled in favor of a cannabis cultivator in southern Colorado on Wednesday, following a first-of-its-kind trial that targeted the legal cannabis industry using federal anti-racketeering laws. The case started with a civil lawsuit filed in...

Citing similar worries, Colorado legislators—and California regulators—prohibited candy shapes resembling “humans, animals or fruit,” effectively banning THC gummy bears while mandating that warning symbols get stamped on the actual edible. California, still in the early stages of cannabis legalization,...

The United Kingdom announced today a relaxation of its cannabis laws that will allow specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based products for certain patients. It’s a modest change to the U.K.’s cannabis laws. But it’s one that has already sparked...

The first FDA-approved, cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical drug is now for sale in the U.S. After clearing all regulatory requirements, GW Pharmaceuticals’ CBD-based drug Epidiolex is now available in all 50 states. Although the U.S. government is now allowing this drug...

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director November 1, 2018 Justices for Mexico’s Supreme Court have ruled that laws criminalizing the private use and cultivation of cannabis by adults are unconstitutional. Justices opined, “The effects caused by marijuana do not create...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University is creating new programs for students who want to know more about cannabis. The school announced in late October 2018 that it’s creating programs at the Carbondale campus to study medical marijuana and...

by Erik Altieri, NORML Executive DirectorNovember 1, 2018 NORML Recommends:YES on Amendment 2NO on Amendment 3NO on Proposition C Voters this November have the opportunity to make Missouri the 32nd state to allow for the physician-recommended use of marijuana, and based...

Connecticut’s race for governor may determine state’s future on marijuana policy Nov 01, 2018 2018 election, Bob Stefanowski, Connecticut, CT, Election Day 2018, gubernatorial candidates, legalization, marijuana policy, Ned Lamont, Tax and Regulate, vote, voting Democrat Ned Lamont strongly supports...