Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said that marijuana legalization must happen at the federal level so that individual states aren’t able to continue to disproportionately enforce prohibition...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Wednesday that he personally called the leadership of a major cannabis company to confirm their plans to create...
The new law changed the definition of marijuana, and prosecutors and crime labs say they don’t have the resources to test if a substance is legal...
The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Tuesday that he’s worried strong interest in hemp could drive farmers to cultivate too much...
A Massachusetts prosecutor says that a trip to study Portugal’s drug decriminalization model motivated her to voice support for a U.S. congressional bill that would allow...
A group of researchers recently filed a lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), asking a federal court to force the agency to respond to its...
A major congressional subcommittee will hold a hearing on marijuana policy next week, Marijuana Moment has learned. Though few details about the meeting are currently available,...
Mitch McConnell is all about hemp. The Republican Senate majority leader has already successfully legalized the plant through last year’s Farm Bill, pushed for hemp crop insurance provisions in disaster aid...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) introduced an online resource on Monday that’s meant to help the public track the administration’s progress on accomplishing a series of...
A Canadian lawmaker recently introduced a bill to decriminalize the possession of all illicit drugs. The legislation, filed by Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, would repeal a...
