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The first messaging on cannabis policy out of the second Trump Administration is that “no action is being considered at this time.”

The Trump White House suggested in a recent document that the voter-approved cannabis decriminalization policy in Washington D.C. has led to “disorder” in the nation’s capital city.

The Department of Government Efficiency, established by President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk, has canceled a nearly $700,000 federal research grant to study cannabis use by LGBTQ+ women.

Russia has released American teacher Marc Fogel, who was arrested by Russian customs agents in 2021 on cannabis-related drug charges, in an apparent gesture of goodwill towards the U.S.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the president’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said last week that if he is confirmed to the role, he would defer to the DEA on the issue of cannabis rescheduling.

Curaleaf dispensaries in Arizona are selling election-themed cannabis flower strains — Donald OG, Kamala Kush, and Space Jill — named after the Republican, Democratic, and Green Party candidates for U.S. president.

Former president Donald Trump said last weekend that he supports the federal rescheduling of cannabis to Schedule III and giving cannabis companies access to banking services.

Former President Trump breaks with Governor Ron DeSantis and many Republicans, backing Florida’s adult-use cannabis amendment while urging restrictions on public use to avoid ‘Democrat-run cities’ scenarios.

Former President Donald Trump suggested during a press conference at his Florida home that he has grown more supportive of the idea of cannabis reforms as the policies gain traction across the country.

Amid a flurry of pardons and commutations at the close of his presidency, Donald Trump granted clemency to 11 federal cannabis prisoners, including six people serving life sentences.

A woman who filmed herself participating in the riots at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC last week has professional ties to the cannabis industry.

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has filed a cease-and-desist letter against Mississippi cannabis activists, claiming they are deceptively using two Trump quotes from 2015 and 2019 in which the president expressed support for medical cannabis and state policy reforms.

President Trump is reportedly concerned that cannabis legalization initiatives in multiple states, including swing state Arizona, could dramatically improve Democrats’ voter turnout in the 2020 election.

President Trump’s budget proposal for the fiscal year 2021 would remove a rider containing protections for state-legal medical cannabis programs; congressional lawmakers, however, are expected to override the move.

President Donald Trump was secretly recorded in 2018 saying that cannabis use makes people “lose IQ points” during a discussion about Colorado’s legal market.

The repeal of hemp prohibition is expected to open new opportunities in agriculture, medicine, fibers/textiles, and biofuel.