Germany’s Federal Cabinet has officially approved a plan to legalize marijuana nationwide. But officials say that its fate ultimately rests in whether international and European policy allows the country to move ahead. Details about the reform framework have been surfacing in media reports over the past couple weeks as... Read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says that President Joe Biden’s marijuana pardon proclamation should be “applauded,” but the action is nonetheless critically limited because it exempts non-citizens who constitute the vast majority of federal possession cases. During an interview with Pod Save America that aired on Tuesday, the congresswoman stressed... Read more

The White House drug czar is touting President Joe Biden’s “historic” move to issue a mass marijuana pardon and direct an administrative review of the drug’s scheduling status. And he is again highlighting that there are “clearly” medical benefits of cannabis—which he says shouldn’t be ignored because of separate... Read more

New details about the German government’s marijuana legalization proposal have emerged, with officials incorporating feedback after advocates and lawmakers pushed for fewer restrictions that were included in an initial version that was leaked last week. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach will be presenting the framework to the full Cabinet... Read more

With yet another poll showing a South Dakota marijuana legalization ballot initiative trailing, a top activist is calling out the national cannabis industry for pumping money into “expensive fancy D.C. lobbyists” that have achieved “virtually nothing” at the federal level while state campaigns are “starving” for resources. The survey... Read more

Washington, D.C. medical marijuana patient registrations continue to surge since the city started allowing residents to self-certify without a doctor’s recommendation—with the program adding about 1,500 more patients in September. At the end of last month, D.C. had 22,482 registered cannabis patients, which is nearly two times as large... Read more

An activist was arrested on Monday afternoon amid a protest staged outside of the White House to call attention to President Joe Biden’s yet unfulfilled promise to release people incarcerated over marijuana. After several hours of speeches and civil disobedience—at one point shutting down a major street in Washington,... Read more