Pennsylvania medical marijuana is on its way. The Keystone State is set to become the latest U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana as the Legislature sent a bill to the governor on Wednesday, after parents of children suffering from debilitating seizures circulated the Capitol urging lawmakers to act
The Drug Enforcement Administration could announce in the next couple of months a potentially landmark change to marijuana’s status under federal law.
In a lengthy memo to lawmakers, the Drug Enforcement Administration said it hopes to decide whether to change the federal status of marijuana by July.
In a new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on American attitudes toward substance use and abuse, 76 percent of respondents named alcohol as a serious problem in their communities.
A proposed ballot initiative and an amendment to a bill in the state House would cap the THC potency of recreational cannabis and marijuana products at a percentage below most of those products’ current averages. The initiative would limit the potency of “marijuana and marijuana products” to 15 percent or 16 percent THC.
A growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over. They’re increasingly using cannabis even though it is unapproved by the Department of Veterans Affairs because major studies have yet to show it is effective against PTSD.
A bill to let Pennsylvania patients who suffer from a list of ailments obtain marijuana for therapeutic purposes easily passed the state House on Wednesday, leaving only approval by the Senate, which overwhelmingly passed a similar bill last year.
Supporters and foes of legalizing marijuana gathered at the Massachusetts Statehouse on Monday to weigh in on a proposal that would allow the recreational use and possession of marijuana up to an ounce for those 21 and older.
The five licensed marijuana sales shops in unincorporated Boulder County can stay open longer at night, starting on New Year’s Day.
A hearing has been rescheduled for a man accused of killing his wife after eating a marijuana candy after he changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
In a strongly worded new report out Tuesday, researchers at the influential think tank the Brookings Institution call on the federal government to eliminate roadblocks to medical marijuana research in the United States.
U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat, wrote a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch today urging her “to reschedule or de-schedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act to reflect science and the government’s position on this issue.”
A rare bipartisan pot proposal died a quiet death in the U.S. House that would have reclassified marijuana so that national laboratories could conduct “credible research on its safety and efficacy as a medical treatment.”
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson of the comedy show “Broad City” have recorded a weed-happy love letter to Denver ahead of their Nov. 21 tour stop. They promise to hook us up, make us laugh and perform a romantic evening of comedy for all. (Tall orders, ladies, but we have a feeling you’ll come through.)
Less than 10 weeks after the introduction of legal recreational marijuana sales in Colorado and we already have a speed dating event for people who partake.
