While President Obama’s stance on the issue of legalization in the past have been less than sympathetic, he has recently made statements predicting a bright future for...
Their aim is to form agreements with several California Native American tribes to grow and manufacture cannabis products on native land and then sell those products to...
Tune in tonight at 7pm Eastern/Pacific for a LIVE CNN report devoted to the pending federal trial of five Washington State patients. On “Erin Burnett OutFront,” CNN’s David Mattingly investigates the Kettle...
In a much anticipated move, the US Sentencing Commission last Friday voted unanimously to retroactively apply previously approved reductions in federal sentencing guidelines to federal drug war...
U.S. Senate could vote as early as next week on measure to restrict DOJ funds for medical marijuana enforcement Medical marijuana patient Larry Harvey, 70, has returned...
Cannabis reform won a historic vote in the House last week, which approved language blocking the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. However, backers said it’s too...
After a long debate that had the US House of Representatives in session until after midnight, the lower chamber of Congress cast a historic 219 to 189...
Medical marijuana patient Larry Harvey, 70, is traveling to Washington, D.C. this week to persuade Congress to stop funding unnecessary federal prosecutions like his. Harvey is...
Delaware’s first medical marijuana dispensary will open in September. The program was signed into law in 2011 but was delayed due to fear of federal intervention. But,...
2013 Year in Review (MPP) This 2013 Year in Review video from the Marijuana Policy Project highlights many major marijuana accomplishments achieved over the past 12 months. From the...
013 Federal agencies are beginning to work on the banking problem for medical marijuana businesses, the District of Columbia is looking at why its program is so...
In 2009, the Oregon Legislature legalized industrial hemp growing and processing in our state. The approved legislation has languished, waiting for the federal government to lift its...
On Bloomberg, Alison Vekshin reports the spread of acceptance of legal marijuana, and the acceleration of that spread caused by the DOJ’s memo that they will not...
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mandatory minimum sentencing last Wednesday, as Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and fellow committee member Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) sought to...
Senator Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat from Eugene, co-sponsored Senate Bill 676 which permits the industrial production and processing of hemp. Although the law made Oregon one of...
It’s not just medical and legal marijuana states that watched the Justice Department’s announcement of its response to marijuana law reforms in the states with interest. Nine...
Tuesday’s historic hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary may not have marked the tipping point in ending the federal war on medical cannabis patients, but there...
Speaking today before the US Senate Judiciary Committee, Deputy Attorney General James Cole reaffirmed that the Justice Department is unlikely to challenge statewide marijuana legalization efforts, provided...
Because I signed one of those pro-cannabis online petitions once upon a time, the White House sent me a follow-up email that made reference to last week’s...
