Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has long carried the torch of social justice in marijuana reform efforts, defiantly resisting calls to pass cannabis banking legislation before comprehensive legalization is enacted. But comments the senator made at a committee hearing he convened on Tuesday are catching attention, leaving some with the... Read more

A top federal health agency says it is actively “exploring” the possibility of creating a task force to investigate the therapeutic of certain psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA in anticipation of federal approval of the substances for prescription use. Bipartisan congressional lawmakers, state legislators and military veterans sent letters... Read more

A new Senate bill filed on Tuesday would allow marijuana businesses in legal jurisdictions to advertise cannabis products and services on radio and TV without fear of being penalized by federal regulators. The legislation from Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) is being titled the “Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE)... Read more

Senators on a key Judiciary subcommittee met on Tuesday to discuss marijuana reform, a first-of-its-kind meeting in the chamber. Members touched on a wide range of cannabis issues as Congress continues to explore legislative options to end prohibition. Five witnesses—including former federal cannabis prisoner Weldon Angelos and marijuana alarmist... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bipartisan marijuana research bill on Tuesday, with the Senate expected to follow suit in the coming days—an action that will make the legislation the first standalone cannabis reform proposal to ever reach the president’s desk. The “Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion... Read more

The House sponsor of a bipartisan marijuana banking bill says that the recent introduction of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) federal legalization measure is the “hurdle” that lawmakers needed to overcome to finally pass his more modest reform legislation. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) has been adamant about getting... Read more

Senators on a key Judiciary subcommittee are set to hold a hearing on marijuana reform on Tuesday—and the witnesses include former federal cannabis prisoner Weldon Angelos and anti-marijuana proselytizer Alex Berenson. The Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, chaired by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), has five witnesses scheduled... Read more

Days after filing a much-anticipated federal marijuana legalization bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) joined advocates and community leaders in New York City on Sunday to launch a new cannabis resource center that’s meant to promote equity in the state’s marijuana market. The leader said that New York’s... Read more