A bill to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and thereby legalize the plant federally won’t be voted on by the U.S. House next week as planned or before the Nov. 3 election. “House Dems have punted a vote on a marijuana legalization bill to the lame...
Four federal agencies currently have public comment periods open for proposed cannabis and drug-related regulations—with the deadline for one closing on Monday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Drug Enforcement...
Democratic vice presidential nominee and California Sen. Kamala Harris put marijuana policy on the agenda as an issue in the November presidential election, promising that she and former Vice President Joe Biden would decriminalize cannabis. Harris announced the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently been hosting meetings with medical marijuana patients as part of a broader series of listening sessions on alternative pain treatments. Dustin McDonald, who uses cannabis to treat Lyme disease and also...
The number of financial institutions servicing the marijuana industry declined again over the last fiscal quarter, new federal data shows, though there seem to be multiple factors behind that trend. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reported last week...
America’s next president will face an unprecedented array of challenges, chief among them an economy in ruins and an ugly social divide. Having served in government for nearly three decades, including as Senate majority leader, I know that there’s no silver bullet...
