Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Tuesday that he and colleagues are in the process of reaching out to Republican senators to “see what they want” included in a bill to federally legalize marijuana he’s planning to introduce later this month. The leader was pressed during a... Read more

Top federal drug officials are again making clear that the Schedule I status of substances like marijuana and certain psychedelics is inhibiting valuable research into their therapeutic potential. Over the course of a two-day event last week organized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that focused... Read more

Washington, D.C. lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a measure to effectively circumvent a congressional ban on locally legalizing adult-use marijuana sales by allowing adults 21 and older to “self-certify” themselves as medical cannabis patients without needing a doctor’s recommendation. The emergency resolution faced criticism from some advocates over separate provisions... Read more