A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers filed a bill on Thursday that would direct the attorney general to create a commission charged with making recommendations on a regulatory system for marijuana that models what’s currently in place for alcohol. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Brian Mast... Read more

“With current federal civil forfeiture laws, even compliant businesses can be targeted. Returning this money is the right thing to do.” By Noha Taborda, Kansas Reflector The U.S. Department of Justice agreed Wednesday to return all cash seized from an armored car company used by legal marijuana dispensaries during... Read more

Illinois lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor that would make it so courts cannot deny petitions to expunge or seal records based on a positive drug test for marijuana. However, a separate House-passed bill concerning workplace protections for employees who use cannabis off-the-job stalled in the Senate... Read more

An Oklahoma Senate committee on Monday unanimously approved a House-passed bill to allow for the cultivation and administration of psilocybin by eligible institutions for research purposes—but the version that senators advanced omits a broader decriminalization provision that had previously been included. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee advanced... Read more

With congressional leaders appointing key lawmakers to negotiate the final form of a broad manufacturing and innovation bill in recent days, many advocates and stakeholders are hopeful it will be the vehicle to finally enact protections for banks that work with state-legal marijuana businesses—as the House included in its... Read more