Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) says that federal marijuana prohibition has created a “twin crisis” where people are still being arrested over cannabis in many states while, elsewhere, state-legal businesses are being locked out of financial services, compromising equity. The senator released a video on Friday that underscores the consequences... Read more

A top Republican Texas lawmaker says that he will work to enact criminal justice reform in the 2023 session, and he again expressed support for lowering penalties for marijuana possession. House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) talked about his legislative priorities during an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival on... Read more

Ohio medical marijuana sales have officially surpassed the $1 billion mark since dispensaries started serving patients in April 2019. Total sales reached $1,000,047,483 as of September 18 and then grew by another $8 million over the following week, according to data posted by the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program... Read more

The governor of Kentucky said on Thursday that he’s received a report from a medical marijuana advisory committee that he convened and “there will be some actions forthcoming.” Gov. Andy Beshear (D) put the 17-member advisory group together via executive order in June, with the intent of getting recommendations... Read more

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that votes on a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot will be counted after all. In a 5-2 opinion, the justices overturned a Board of Election Commissioners’s ruling that the measure’s ballot title is misleading. Last month, the court said that... Read more

The Justice Department is doubling down on its claim that medical marijuana patients are uniquely dangerous and, therefore, unfit to possess firearms—and it’s now comparing cannabis consumers to domestic abusers with a “propensity” toward violence. In a new court filing, DOJ responded to a lawsuit from Florida’s agriculture commissioner,... Read more

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has officially decided to keep marijuana on the list of banned substances for international athletes following a scientific review and a determination that cannabis use “violates the spirit of sport.” Advocates strongly urged WADA to enact a reform after U.S. runner Sha’Carri Richardson was... Read more

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) spoke at a marijuana conference on Friday, respectively pushing for federal legalization and encouraging people to apply for state-level pardons for prior cannabis convictions under a recently launched initiative that’s already seen thousands of people apply for relief... Read more