Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Friday that work has begun on the creation of the nation’s only hemp seed bank. The announcement comes...
A working group appointed by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) to explore options for legalizing marijuana early in 2020 has scheduled its first hearing...
Nebraska’s attorney general said in an opinion on Thursday that state efforts to legalize medical marijuana would be preempted by federal law and “would be, therefore,...
The Republican chair of the Senate Banking Committee said this week that he’s on board with resolving financial services issues in the marijuana industry—though he suggested...
By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Texas’ largest law enforcement agency is moving away from arresting people for low-level marijuana offenses. It’s the latest development in...
A group of lawmakers sent a letter to the heads of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration...
Despite assurances from federal immigration officials that children would be separated from their families only under extreme circumstances, at least six such separations have occurred since...
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) dismissed criticism of her record as a prosecutor who jailed marijuana offenders and later joked about her own cannabis consumption on Wednesday,...
A coalition of more than 100 organizations—including NAACP, ACLU and Human Rights Watch—is coming together to call on congressional leadership to pass far-reaching legislation that would...
Democratic candidates clashed on marijuana policy during Wednesday’s presidential debate, with former Vice President Joe Biden’s record of supporting harsh criminalization policies being a focus of...
