Moving marijuana to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act, as Biden administration health officials have recommended, violates U.S. promises to other countries.
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Cookies cuts ties with its lone San Francisco marijuana store
The Cookies marijuana brand terminated the licensing agreement it had with Berner’s on Haight, an adult-use store in San Francisco.
Calling marijuana a ‘gateway drug,’ House GOP opposes banking reform
Congressional Republicans should oppose marijuana reform, including banking protections, because MJ is a “dangerous, addictive … gateway drug,” according to a GOP policy memo.
South Dakota adult-use marijuana legalization effort launches – again
South Dakota legalization advocates will try for a third time to put adult-use marijuana on voters’ ballots.
New York OKs 114 adult-use marijuana permits as legal stores trail illicit 24-to-1
New York regulators on Friday approved 114 more adult-use marijuana licenses, but illicit stores continue to outnumber legal operators by nearly 24-to-1.
Mushroom Joe? How President Biden could reschedule psilocybin like marijuana
President Joe Biden or a successor could reschedule psychedelics like marijuana, but only if states create the right psilocybin policies.
Intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids must be halted, state AGs tell Congress
Congress must act to solve the nationwide “health and safety crisis” posed by the growing intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids industry, a bipartisan group of 20 state attorneys general wrote in a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees.
Kansas’ medical cannabis proposal would be among nation’s strictest
Seriously ill people in Kansas would be able to access nonsmokable medical cannabis from pharmacies if a bill introduced in the state Senate becomes law.
IRS: Marijuana cash transactions aren’t automatically suspicious
Large cash transactions by marijuana businesses should not automatically be reported as suspicious, according to new IRS guidance.
Cresco posts $180 million full-year net loss as it looks to new cannabis markets
Cresco Labs posted a $180 million loss in 2023 as the Chicago-based cannabis multistate operator exited two state markets and saw its high-profile merger collapse.
US senators ‘attack’ North Carolina tribe’s soon-to-open marijuana store
A Native American tribe is accusing North Carolina’s two Republican U.S. senators of launching an “inflammatory… frontal attack” on tribal sovereignty after the politicians contacted federal and state law enforcement about the Natives’ impending marijuana store.
How close is DEA to making decision on rescheduling marijuana?
Those keen to know exactly when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will issue its decision on marijuana rescheduling remain frustrated.
