Politics

It was with great fanfare that the president in October announced plans to provide blanket pardons to all Americans suffering from the stigma of having a federal marijuana possession conviction on their criminal records. “There are thousands of people who have prior...

City officials have certified a municipal initiative depenalizing marijuana possession for the May 6th ballot. Advocates with the group Ground Game Texas collected over 37,000 signatures from municipal voters to qualify the measure for the local ballot. The measure seeks to...

Marijuana users in the United States now have a constitutional right to own firearms, according to a new ruling. The case upheld by the supreme court in Oklahoma used the US Supreme Court Case New York State Rifle &...

Lawmakers in many states have started pre-filing marijuana law reform legislation and some sessions have already begun holding hearings. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North...

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has ruled that a longstanding federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing firearms is unconstitutional. The decision marks the first time that a federal court...

Select retailers can now sell cannabis products to those age 21 or older. The Department of Health and Senior Services has begun providing dual licensure to several existing medical cannabis dispensaries to begin immediately engaging in adult-use sales. “A...

by Christopher Handwerger — Indiana University, Class of 2024 As a cannabis consumer who hails from Washington, DC, attends college in Indiana, and spends my summers working in Wyoming, NORML was an organization I had long been acquainted with. Among...

Oklahomans will decide on March 7 whether to approve a citizens’ initiated measure (State Question 820) legalizing the adult-use marijuana market. State Question 820 permits adults to legally possess and home-cultivate personal use qualities of cannabis while also establishing a...

Members of the House General Laws Subcommittee failed to advance legislation to legalize and regulate the retail sale of cannabis products to adults age 21 and older. Committee members rejected two separate legislative measures, HB 1750 and HB 1464,...

Licensed truck drivers are leaving the workforce in droves as outdated marijuana testing requirements are being strictly enforced. As many as 40,000 commercially licensed truck drivers failed federally mandated drug screens for marijuana in 2022. Many of these drivers...