News that the top U.S. health agency is formally recommending the moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law has ignited a firestorm of commentary from top officials, including the governor of Colorado, congressional lawmakers and national advocacy groups. A letter that leaked on Wednesday revealed... Read more

The head of the top U.S. health agency is confirming news that his department is recommending marijuana rescheduling—posting about the development at exactly 4:20pm ET in an apparent wink to cannabis culture. Amid a flurry of reactions to reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... Read more

Colorado officials who will oversee the state’s legal psychedelics program are hosting a series of upcoming listening sessions, one of the first steps toward implementing regulated access provisions of the voter-approved legalization law. Leaders of the Colorado Natural Medicine Division, part of the state Department of Revenue, say the... Read more

A majority of Ohio voters—including a plurality of Republicans—say they support a marijuana legalization initiative that will appear on the state’s November ballot, according to a new poll. The survey from Fallon Research & Communications that was released on Tuesday shows that 59 percent of registered voters back the... Read more