Vice President Kamala Harris again promoted the administration’s marijuana pardons at a White House event on Thursday, reiterating that she doesn’t believe “people should have to go to jail for smoking weed.” At a roundtable event alongside Kim Kardashian and four people who received presidential pardons for drug-related convictions... Read more

Massachusetts reached a new marijuana sales milestone leading up to 4/20 last week, with the state crossing the $6 billion mark since the adult-use market launched, regulators announced. And the state broke a single-day sales record on the holiday itself, with $8.5 million in sales. As of last Wednesday,... Read more

A Delaware Senate committee has passed a House-approved bill that would enact state-level protections for banks that provide services to licensed marijuana businesses. The bill, filed by Rep. Ed Osienski (D) and Sen. Trey Paradee (D), has the endorsement of state Treasurer Colleen Davis (D). It cleared the House... Read more

President Joe Biden granted another round of clemency to more than a dozen people with non-violent federal drug convictions, describing the action as an extension of Second Chance Month which the administration has previously used to promote marijuana reform efforts. None of the 16 people who received pardons or... Read more

A South Carolina House committee has taken up a GOP-led medical marijuana legalization bill—the first action the legislation has seen in the chamber since being approved by the Senate months ago. Members heard from multiple medical experts and law enforcement officials, including a retired chief of the state sheriffs’... Read more

A new settlement between the federal government and an Arizona-based nonprofit will permit the group to import and use ayahuasca as a religious sacrament—an agreement leaders are calling a historic milestone for spiritual freedom. Under the settlement announced by the Church of the the Eagle and the Condor (CEC),... Read more

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers are asking the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to produce a plan to begin providing MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans as soon as the psychedelic is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a letter sent to VA Under Secretary Shereef Elnahal on Tuesday,... Read more