Cannabis has no clear effect on treatment of opioid addiction, US study finds. Finding has significant implications for treatment programs.
A Democratic senator has refiled a bill that’s meant to lay the groundwork for federal marijuana legalization. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced the legislation—titled the Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult-Use Regulated Environment Act (PREPARE) Act—on Thursday. The incremental reform would direct the attorney general to create a commission charged with making recommendations on […]
The Justice Department extending a public comment period concerning its marijuana pardon certification process that was established under a directive from the president last year. In a notice published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, DOJ’s Office of the Pardon Attorney said the comment window will now be open until August 15 as it requests […]
The head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aiming to present President Joe Biden with a federal cannabis scheduling decision “this year” as agencies work “as quickly as we can” to complete an administrative review, Secretary Xavier Becerra told Marijuana Moment during a press briefing in Sacramento on Thursday. While […]
The president asked for a review of marijuana’s place in the Controlled Substances Act, but hasn’t said it should be removed altogether.
The state’s $200 million equity program is targeted at the “justice involved” in a controversial effort to redress the impacts of the war on drugs.
The legislation is part of a broader nationwide shift in drug policy that involves creating protections for marijuana users.
The Developing and Nationalizing Key (DANK) Cannabis Research Act -- would set a federal marijuana research agenda and create a designation for universities to carry out cannabis studies with federal grant money, and protect them against federal sanctions for obtaining marijuana from state-legal dispensaries for study purposes.
Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached an all-time record last year after having leveled off during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, according to federal survey data.
The findings, part of the government’s annual survey of drug use among young Americans, also found that nicotine vaping and excessive alcohol consumption continued to climb in 2021 after a brief pause. Another worrying trend among young people, ages 19 to 30: mounting consumption of alcoholic beverages suffused with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.