The Department of Justice has no “comment or updates” on the cannabis rescheduling process, a spokesperson told Marijuana Moment—more than a month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to complete the process “in...
In the United States, cannabis exists in a legal gray zone—a patchwork of conflicting policies that highlights the enduring tension between federal authority and states’ rights. While federally classified as an illegal drug, cannabis has been legalized in some form by...
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a spending bill that would continue protecting state medical marijuana programs from federal intervention—while excluding a provision that previously advanced to block the Justice Department from rescheduling cannabis....
Michigan Court of Claims Judge Sima G. Patel this week denied a request by state attorneys to rehear a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the state’s new 24% cannabis wholesale tax, Michigan Advance reports. The lawsuit, filed in October by the Michigan Cannabis...
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of a federal law banning people who use marijuana or other controlled substances from buying or possessing firearms. About two months after agreeing to take the case,...
Adults with chronic pain who participated in New York State’s (NYS) Medical Cannabis Program were significantly less likely to require prescription opioids, according to a new study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by researchers at Albert...
