WASHINGTON DC - South Dakota Senator John Thune, who will lead the Senate in 119th Congress, has long argued against efforts to reform marijuana policy at both the state and federal level. Senator Thune is among the 26 GOP members who earlier this year called upon US Attorney General Merrick Garland to reject a recommendation from federal health officials
COLUMBUS - Ohio legalized recreational cannabis in November 2023 after voters overwhelmingly passed the cannabis-friendly Issue 2 initiative. Despite these breakthroughs, marijuana remains a Schedule I substance under federal law, where it resides alongside heroin as a drug with no accepted medical use. Yet, even this situation could change pending the reclassification of cannabis to
SOUTHFIELD - Molly MacDonald doesn’t know much about the intricate federal regulations for marijuana. But she appreciates the donation of more than $50,000 from a local cannabis business to her breast-cancer charity. “We take financial donations from almost everyone,” said MacDonald, CEO of Southfield-based The Pink Fund, which provides financial assistance for patients’ nonmedical bills.
WASHINGTON DC - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposed rule to move cannabis to Schedule III hit the federal register today, starting the 62-day public comment period ending in July. Read the details below. Action Notice of proposed rulemaking. Summary The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) proposes to transfer marijuana from schedule I of the Controlled Substances
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is officially moving to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, a less dangerous category than Schedule I in which it is now classified, the Biden administration announced yesterday. Biden called the development “monumental” in a video posted to social media. “Far too many lives have been upended
WASHINGTON DC - The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to move marijuana off the most severe classification of Schedule I to Schedule III, a source familiar with the decision confirmed to The Hill Tuesday. Rescheduling marijuana is distinct from descheduling it entirely, which some advocacy groups and lawmakers have called for, as it
