Missouri activists have turned in more than double the amount of signatures needed to qualify a marijuana legalization initiative for the November ballot. As the prospects of enacting reform through the legislature have dwindled in recent days, Legal Missouri 2022 turned in more than 385,000 signatures to the state... Read more

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) joined other lawmakers, advocates and celebrities in New York City on Saturday to speak at a marijuana rally as he works to finalize a bill to end federal cannabis prohibition. This marks the second year in a row that the leader participated in... Read more

Austin, Texas voters have approved a local ballot measure to decriminalize marijuana—a victory for activists who are also pursuing similar reforms in other cities in the Lone Star state. The measure, which was spearheaded by the progressive campaign Ground Game Texas, passed by a margin of 85 percent to... Read more

The top Republican on a key congressional committee is calling on leadership to schedule a hearing to hold the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accountable for its lack of action to set regulations for CBD and delta-8 THC products. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), ranking member of the House Oversight... Read more

New York regulators on Thursday approved a second batch of applications for recreational marijuana cultivators as the state prepares for the launch of retail sales “later this year.” The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) granted an additional 36 cultivator licenses for existing hemp businesses as part of the state’s seeding... Read more

With just a month left before the end of New York’s legislative session, lawmakers sponsoring differing psychedelics reform legislation recently participated in a discussion on the path forward for psilocybin in the Empire State. Assemblymembers Linda Rosenthal (D) and Pat Burke (D) talked about their competing proposals at the... Read more

Nebraska activists are restructuring their campaign to put medical marijuana legalization on the ballot after losing key funding. Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana aimed to raise $1 million so that it could hire paid signature canvassers, but after the death of one key donor and terminal diagnosis of another, the... Read more

The New Hampshire House of Representatives isn’t giving up on marijuana legalization just yet, with members taking a new approach to reform after the Senate defeated two cannabis bills last week. While the Senate voted against separate proposals to legalize marijuana home cultivation and create a state-run cannabis market,... Read more