Three in four South Carolina Republican primary voters say they support legalizing medical marijuana, according to a new poll. The survey from Benchmark Research asked GOP voters in the state whether they favor “allowing patients who suffer from an approved list of conditions to have access to medical marijuana... Read more

The sponsor of a bipartisan bill to protect banks that work with state-legal marijuana businesses sent a letter to Senate leadership on Tuesday, imploring the chamber to action on the reform on the one-year anniversary of the House’s latest passage of the measure in standalone form. Rep. Ed Perlmutter... Read more

Florida students from grades 4-12 are being invited to brainstorm new uses for hemp as part of an annual “Agricultural History and Creativity” contest being overseen by the state agriculture department. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D), who is running for governor, announced the new contest on Tuesday. A total... Read more

The governor of New Jersey on Thursday announced that adults 21 and older will be able to buy marijuana from select dispensaries starting on April 21—the day after the unofficial cannabis holiday 4/20. And a new memo from the state attorney general’s office says that police can partake, too,... Read more

The long-anticipated Senate bill to federally legalize marijuana will not be introduced this month, with Democratic leadership saying on Thursday that the timeline is being extended as they continue to work out various provisions “with the assistance of nearly a dozen Senate committees and input from numerous federal agencies.”... Read more

A new congressional bill would make it so the punishment for military service members who use or possess marijuana could not exceed penalties for being drunk or incapacitated on duty. Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) filed the Restoring Equity For Offenses Related to Marijuana (REFORM) Act last week. It would... Read more

The Colorado House of Representatives recently approved a bill that would align state statute to legalize MDMA prescriptions if and when the federal government ultimately permits such use, sending it to the Senate. The bipartisan and bicameral legislation—sponsored by Reps. Patrick Neville (R) and David Ortiz (D), along with... Read more

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said in a new report that as more marijuana is being produced domestically in the U.S., it’s undermining illicit cannabis trafficking from Mexico. As part of its Fiscal Year 2023 performance budget summary submitted to Congress, the agency talked about shifting trends in marijuana... Read more