The Minnesota House of Representatives began debating a bill to legalize marijuana on Monday after months of extensive committee consideration. The legislation from Rep. Zack Stephenson (D)—which has moved through 15 panels this session—was finally taken up on the floor, where members considered nearly two dozen amendments, adopting a... Read more

New York lawmakers will hold a joint meeting of two committees next month to consider establishing a “legal framework” to provide banking services to the state’s marijuana industry. The Assembly Banks Committee and Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee announced the May 11 public hearing on Monday.... Read more

The top North Carolina House lawmaker says that medical marijuana legalization has “a better chance of passing this year than in any time in the past,” and he expects a Senate-passed reform bill to be taken up by his chamber’s Republican caucus within the next month. While the GOP-controlled... Read more

Four New Jersey police officers are preparing to sue Jersey City after being fired for testing positive for marijuana—despite being protected under the state’s cannabis legalization law and guidance from the state attorney general. The Jersey City officers said that they used cannabis, purchased from licensed dispensaries, while off... Read more

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is officially backing the decriminalization of all drugs and paraphernalia, earning the praise of drug reform and harm reduction advocates. Members of APhA’s House of Delegates voted to adopted the revised policy late last month, becoming one of the nation’s largest medical associations to... Read more

A Republican congressman filed a bill on Thursday’s 4/20 cannabis holiday to protect the Second Amendment rights of people who use marijuana in legal states, allowing them to purchase and possess firearms that they’re currently prohibited from having under federal law. Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), co-chair of the Congressional... Read more

The Texas House of Representatives will vote on a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession and create a process for expunging cannabis conviction records next week. About a month and a half after the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee unanimously passed the legislation, the Calendars Committee has officially scheduled it for... Read more

A bill to protect workers in Washington State from facing employment discrimination over their use of marijuana during the hiring process is officially heading to the governor’s desk. After some back-and-forth between the chambers over amended language, the Senate gave the bill final approval on Wednesday in a 30-18... Read more

Colorado senators have approved a bill in committee to set up a regulatory framework for legal psychedelics under a voter-approved initiative. The Senate Finance Committee passed the legislation from Senate President Steve Fenberg (D), with amendments, in a 5-2 vote on Thursday, sending it to the Appropriations Committee. Overall,... Read more