GOP House leaders have released a draft version of large-scale agriculture legislation that could reduce regulatory barriers for certain hemp farmers and scale-back a ban on industry participation by people with prior drug felony convictions. The legislation also omits any provisions that would ban hemp-derived cannabinoid products that some... Read more

Major marijuana companies are asking a federal court to grant remote public access to a hearing next week in a case where they’re seeking to shield in-state cannabis activity from federal enforcement. And the Justice Department says it has “no position” on the request. The hearing before the U.S.... Read more

A California Senate committee has effectively killed a bill to legalize psychedelic service centers where adults 21 and older could access psilocybin, MDMA, mescaline and DMT in a supervised environment with trained facilitators. After moving through two other panels over the past month, the Senate Appropriations Committee declined to... Read more

The Biden administration’s announcement about its formal move to reschedule marijuana has elicited another round of applause from lawmakers, industry stakeholders and advocacy groups. While the Justice Department already confirmed two weeks ago that it would be moving to place cannabis in Schedule III, rather than Schedule I, of... Read more

Following considerable debate on the New Hampshire Senate floor on Thursday, state lawmakers have revised and approved a House-passed bill that would legalize marijuana in the state. The measure, which senators advanced on a 14–9 vote, next heads to the Finance Committee before returning again to the chamber floor... Read more

A GOP congresswoman says that while she supports the push to federally reschedule marijuana, she is warning a top Biden administration official to refrain from taking steps to more broadly decriminalize other drugs. At a hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer... Read more

German lawmakers are set to consider amendments to a marijuana legalization law that took effect last month, with committees of the nation’s parliament scheduled to begin debate on changes related to cannabis cultivation at social clubs and impaired driving this week. One of the proposals set to be taken... Read more

“The fact that the head of one of the state’s few Black-led agencies has been scapegoated for all the challenges identified in the OGS report is unconscionable.” By Shekia Scott & Cat Packer, Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition The Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition (CRCC) is profoundly shocked and... Read more