Although cannabis acceptance is rising in many states, its use and possession is still illegal under federal law under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Activists are still working to change federal policy to reflect the voters in many states who have approved social use. Explore news below about the decriminalization effort from patients, politicians, and businesses on the federal level:
Tue / Apr 10th
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper dispelled prohibitionist myths about cannabis legalization in the state: children… Read More
Thu / Apr 5th
Josephine County, Oregon is suing the state in federal court seeking to invalidate both the medical and adult-use cannabis laws… Read More
Tue / Apr 3rd
Illinois’ Bank of Springfield is closing the accounts of the state’s medical cannabis companies by May 21 leaving most of… Read More
Mon / Apr 2nd
Anchorage, Alaska’s Steep Hill has been forced to suspend operations after Wells Fargo bank called in the loan on the… Read More
Mon / Apr 2nd
An employee at a Rhode Island medical cannabis dispensary has been denied a mortgage by Home Loan Investment after the… Read More
Mon / Mar 26th
The Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission will not allow a local brewer to move forward with plans to roll out… Read More
Fri / Mar 23rd
Canada’s Senate has passed the bill to legalize cannabis onto a second reading, moving it to five committees for further… Read More
Thu / Mar 22nd
The amendment to protect state-approved medical cannabis programs, known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, has been included in the federal omnibus… Read More
Tue / Mar 13th
In their 2017 annual report, the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board called out Uruguay, the Netherlands, Jamaica, Canada, and… Read More
Mon / Mar 12th
According to a New Frontier Data report, if the U.S. government were to legalize recreational cannabis, the industry could infuse… Read More
Mon / Mar 12th
During remarks to the Federalist Society in Washington D.C., Attorney General Jeff Sessions admitted that the federal government does not… Read More
Wed / Mar 7th
Retail cannabis applications have opened in Alberta, Canada and the provincial Gaming and Liquor Commission expects to receive about 250… Read More
Mon / Mar 5th
Israeli medical cannabis company Medivie Therapeutics and its subsidiary High Pharma has announced a $110 million deal to cultivate and… Read More
Tue / Feb 27th
U.S. Southern District of New York Judge Alvin Hellerstein has dismissed the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Schedule I… Read More
Fri / Feb 16th
Recreational cannabis sales in Canada will not begin on July 1 as anticipated as federal lawmakers have come to an agreement… Read More
Fri / Feb 16th
A bipartisan measure to protect state-approved cannabis programs has been introduced in Congress which would, effectively, reimplement the principles of… Read More
Thu / Feb 15th
U.S. District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein admitted that cannabis has saved the lives of the plaintiffs in the federal… Read More
Thu / Feb 15th
The government of Ontario, Canada has tabbed Shopify Inc. to run online retail cannabis sales, the Canadian Press reports. Shopify’s… Read More
Thu / Feb 15th
Six licensed medical cannabis companies have signed on with the province of Quebec, Canada to provide 60,000 kilograms (132,277 pounds)… Read More
Wed / Feb 14th
Kern County, California — somewhere along Highway 5 The driver belonged to a collective and was transporting about $2 million… Read More
Wed / Feb 14th
The Berkeley, California City Council has passed a resolution to make the city the first cannabis sanctuary city in the… Read More
Tue / Feb 13th
During remarks at the National Sheriffs’ Association meeting in Washington, D.C. yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the department was… Read More
Mon / Feb 12th
In case you missed it, there is a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and Attorney… Read More
Fri / Feb 9th
According to a National Law Review report on the Feb. 2 summit held in Oregon for law enforcement officials and cannabis… Read More
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