A key House committee on Monday rejected bipartisan spending bill amendments to promote veterans’ medical marijuana access on procedural grounds, while another pair of measures to provide protections for people who use cannabis in federally assisted public housing was pulled before the panel had a chance to vote. Advocates... Read more

President Joe Biden says his administration is “working on” plans to fulfill his campaign pledge to free people who are incarcerated for marijuana. This marks the first time that the president has publicly made a substantive comment about cannabis policy since taking office more than a year ago. “I... Read more

A union representing firefighters is claiming credit for a New York City legal directive ordering government agencies, including the New York City Fire Department (NYFD) and New York Police Department (NYPD) to cease drug testing workers for marijuana. In a memo distributed to members on Thursday, the Uniformed Firefighters... Read more

The governor of Colorado on Thursday signed an executive order to provide broad professional licensing protections for workers who use marijuana in compliance with state law. The move also prevents state agencies from assisting in any out-of-state investigations related to lawful cannabis conduct that could result in employment penalties.... Read more

Lawyers for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia over possession of vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, have presented the court with documents showing that the athlete is a registered medical marijuana patient in Arizona. While her cannabis patient status in a U.S. state doesn’t change... Read more

The Biden administration’s interior secretary says she understands the need to take an “administrative approach” when it comes to Tribal sovereignty and federal marijuana enforcement, stressing that her department is “not ignoring” requests to exercise discretion so that tribes are able to set their own cannabis policies without undue... Read more

New York marijuana regulators on Thursday approved rules that will set the state up to begin accepting cannabis retail applications from people disproportionately impacted by the drug war. Those applications could open up as soon as next month, bringing the state one step closer to fulfilling its goal of... Read more