President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and a top Justice Department official all marked “Second Chance Month” on Friday by separately touting the administration’s mass marijuana pardons—the latest acknowledgement from the White House that cannabis reform is a focus heading into the November election. Amid heightened expectations about... Read more

Following the passage of a marijuana legalization bill on Thursday by New Hampshire’s House of Representatives, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) is signaling that he’s against the legislation in its current form but could still ultimately get on board if changes are made in the Senate. The comments from the... Read more

The Justice Department is investigating marijuana-related businesses that allegedly took coronavirus relief loans in violation of federal rules, with third-party actors leveraging a whistleblower policy that allows them to take a portion of settlement money if they report on the cannabis companies. Multiple sources in the cannabis legal space... Read more

The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says there’s “no reason” for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to “delay” making a marijuana scheduling decision. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf also said that, “as a child of the sixties,” it would “be nice if in my lifetime we came... Read more

New Hampshire’s House of Representatives has approved a bill to legalize and regulate marijuana in the state and set strict limits on advertising and marketing. The legislation, from Rep. Erica Layon (R), next proceeds to the Senate, where many expect it will receive a cold welcome for departing from... Read more

Ohio marijuana sales could launch as soon as June under a regulatory plan that a legislative rulemaking committee is set to approve as lawmakers’ plans to revise the voter-approved legalization law continue to stall out. Regulators have until September to start issuing cannabis business licenses under the ballot initiative... Read more