A prospective ballot measure that would legalize adult-use marijuana in South Dakota and allow medical dispensaries to serve anyone 21 and older received a final ballot explanation from the state’s attorney general on Thursday—but the chief backer of the proposal says he has no plans to collect signatures or... Read more

The governor of Colorado says that while marijuana reform is “not really a partisan issue” anymore, there are still “stodgy nanny state Republicans who want to control it.” Meanwhile, he says, ongoing prohibition has inhibited research into the science of cannabis that’s kept it strictly criminalized at the federal... Read more

The campaign behind a prospective California ballot initiative to legalize psychedelics filed a final revised measure with state officials this week, making a handful of changes to the proposal following a public comment period that ended late last month. While adults would be allowed to legally grow, possess and... Read more

During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) pressed the heads of major financial institutions on their commitments to marijuana banking reform and social equity. Warnock said he’s willing to support removing barriers to cannabis banking, but he wants to ensure the focus on commerce doesn’t obscure... Read more

Being a state-registered medical marijuana caregiver or grower doesn’t automatically disqualify a person from owning a firearm, the FBI says. But merely possessing a medical cannabis card as a patient does render a person ineligible. Amid the growing tension between federal gun policies and the ever-expanding state marijuana legalization... Read more

A top GOP federal lawmaker says that if Washington, D.C. wants to legalize marijuana sales, it should be allowed to do so without congressional interference. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said on Wednesday that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) raised the congressional... Read more

Bipartisan and bicameral congressional lawmakers have reached an agreement on a large-scale defense bill that contains a House GOP-led section to fund studies into the therapeutic use of psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA for military service members. Following negotiations, lawmakers released the conference report for the 2024 National... Read more