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 […]
Analysis: Don’t hold your breath for legalization under Trump 2.0!
David Downs Published on February 25, 2025 “There are about 34 million regular cannabis users in America. It’s high time elected officials heard from them.” The fog of the inauguration has cleared, and prospects for weed law reform look dim in Washington D.C. under the second Trump Administration. But don’t get bummed—experts say voters have […]
7 US House Republicans File Bill to Prevent 280E Tax Relief for Cannabis Businesses
The legislation, sponsored by Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington, is similar to a bill recently offered by Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb. Why do they want to hurt banks chances to be more solvent due to deposits by the cannabis industry? Forcing state-licensed cannabis businesses to continue paying punitive taxes on their ordinary […]
Cannabis Reform Progress is Facing Threats Across the Country
After years of hard-fought victories to decriminalize and legalize medical and adult-use cannabis, we’re now seeing a troubling surge of attempts to overturn the will of the people and roll back reforms in multiple states across the country: In South Dakota, legislation has been introduced to repeal the MPP-backed 2020 medical cannabis initiative passed by […]