Trump DOJ Attorney Sends Warning Letter to Licensed D.C. Dispensary
Fri / Apr 25th by LJ Dawson A Trump–appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has issued a warning letter to Green Theory, a licensed medical dispensary serving patients in D.C., asking them to produce documentation proving their compliance with federal law. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward R. Martin Jr. has […]
DEA Fails to Set Cannabis Rescheduling Briefing Schedule; No Progress Made on Interlocutory Appeal. The DEA provided its chief administrative law judge a 90-day joint status update indicating no progress toward ending the appeal.
by Tony Lange April 10, 2025 Despite some cannabis industry hopefuls suggesting that a President Donald Trump administration could swoop in and save the day, zero progress has been made on the rescheduling process in the past 90 days. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) attorneys submitted a joint status report on April 10 to John J. […]
Individual rights are more important than government power.
By TIMOTHY SNOWBALL This is the third part in a series discussing American individual rights, the principles of the American founding, and their embodiment in the United States Constitution, and the ways in which the Supreme Court has all too often negated these principles to the detriment of individual liberty: As previously discussed, having successfully […]
Analysis: Fewer Than One-Third of Legal Cannabis States Have Appropriated Funding for Marijuana Research
by NORML Posted on March 27, 2025 Oakland, CA: Less than one-third of states that regulate marijuana for either medical or adult use have allocated funding for cannabis-related research, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Cannabis Research. A team of investigators headed by the University of California reviewed state-level funding opportunities for […]
Marijuana Legalization Advocates Are the Majority. It’s Time We Act Like It.
Far too often, lawmakers choose to either ignore this constituency or treat them with outright hostility. By Paul Armentano | March 19, 2025 Seventy percent of Americans, including majorities of both Democratic and Republican voters, say that marijuana should be legal. Yet far too often, lawmakers choose to either ignore this constituency or treat them […]
Marijuana And The US Military: Past and Present
by Sarah Welk Baynum January 9, 2025 08:00 am ET Estimated Read Time: 6 Minutes The military has a long and storied history when it comes to cannabis, with an interesting back-and-forth relationship for decades. As society has grown, there have been significant changes in how military drug testing is handled. With the stigma surrounding […]
Researchers conclude that medical cannabis use does not negatively impact driving performance in experienced patients.
Queensland, Australia: Patients who consume botanical cannabis over extended periods do not exhibit significant changes in their simulated driving performance, according to data published in the Journal of Safety Research. Australian researchers assessed patients’ simulated driving performance at baseline and 45 minutes after they vaporized prescribed doses of cannabis flowers. (Under Australian law, physicians may […]
Ohio’s Republican-controlled Senate votes to gut the state’s voter-approved legalization law.
Members of the Ohio state Senate voted 23 to 9 along party lines in favor of a substitute version of SB 56, which amends and rescinds several provisions in the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law. Republicans possess super-majority control of the chamber. All nine Democrats voted against the bill. The bill reduces the number of […]
High childhood IQ linked to subsequent illicit drug use, research suggests
A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The authors base their findings on data from just under 8,000 people in the 1970 British Cohort Study, a large ongoing population based study, which looks at lifetime […]
Study: Medical Cannabis Dosing Doesn’t Negatively Impact Driving Performance in Experienced Patients
by NORML Posted on February 27, 2025 Queensland, Australia: Patients who consume botanical cannabis over extended periods do not exhibit significant changes in their simulated driving performance, according to data published in the Journal of Safety Research. Australian researchers assessed patients’ simulated driving performance at baseline and 45 minutes after they vaporized prescribed doses of […]