Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend the public comment period for its proposed hemp regulations, citing concerns...
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) finalized its plans to authorize the cultivation of 3,200,000 grams of marijuana for research purposes next year—a 30 percent increase from...
The movement to decriminalize psychedelics has spread so rapidly this year that it can be hard to keep track. But Decriminalize Nature, the group coordinating many...
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) acknowledged this week that she could have been clearer when she discussed which musical artists she listened to while smoking marijuana in...
Before he was a vice president, Joe Biden was a “tough on crime” senator on a mission to end the “scourge” of drugs. Part of that...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) accepted an honorary machete this week that was used to chop down “thousands” of marijuana plants. McConnell received the drug...
A congressional candidate in Illinois is making waves after smoking marijuana in a campaign ad where he discussed his personal experience with cannabis and the need...
Colorado’s government is going to get some help from the National Governors Association (NGA) to help incorporate clean energy practices in the marijuana industry. NGA announced...
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a late bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on November 24, 2019 and dropped out of the...
A federal health agency invited a noted psychedelics researcher to discuss the science of substances such as psilocybin mushrooms as part of an “innovation speaker series”...