Marijuana helps people with substance misuse disorders stay off opioids or reduce their use, maintain treatment and manage withdrawal symptoms, a new federally funded study finds. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) set out to investigate the relationship between cannabis consumption and injecting opioids, recruiting 30 people... Read more

Two more congressional lawmakers are joining the ranks of GOP members who are challenging what they say is the “unusual” process that led the Biden administration to propose rescheduling marijuana, expressing concern about how the review was carried out and demanding answers. In a letter sent to Attorney General... Read more

A new policy paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) calls for the decriminalization of marijuana possession as well as increased resources to treat problematic use. It also promotes taking an evidence-based approach to medical education around cannabis and its health effects. In the report, published this week... Read more

Just one in four marijuana businesses are profitable, according to a new survey. Yet optimism about the future of their enterprises has increased on the heels of the Biden administration’s push to reschedule marijuana. The new survey data from Whitney Economics, which was partly detailed in a public comment... Read more