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Jeff Sessions Breaks Cannabis Silence To Spread Fake News About A Marijuana ‘Myth’

It’s been a minute since Attorney General Jeff Sessions directly commented on marijuana. But on [...]

Legislators Expect Federal Legalization in 2019

By Pat Beggan Reps. David Joyce (R-Ohio) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) said at the Cannabis Law [...]

Widows Support Cannabis for PTSD, as Congress Introduces Bill to Legalize Pot for Veterans

The topic of cannabis for veterans suffering from PTSD has again shot into the mainstream, [...]

Long wait for Oregon rec cannabis permits

New recreational cannabis applicants in Oregon have to wait at least a year for a [...]

GOP Senator Pushes Back Against White House Anti-Marijuana Plans

A Republican U.S. senator who earlier this year cut a deal with President Trump to [...]

Hops Discovered in India Could Help Bring Truly Legal CBD to Market

CBD products are still technically illegal under the Controlled Substances Act, but hops might be [...]

Researchers ID genes that could make you more likely to try cannabis

Effects are tiny, also linked to risk taking and openness to experience. Laws regarding marijuana [...]

Police Officers in Prohibition States Are Getting Busted for Marijuana

Some law enforcement are jumping into the illegal marketplace. By Mike Adams In the 1992 film [...]

Employees Can Be Drug Tested Because They’re Marijuana Patients, Court Rules

A federal court just handed down a ruling in a recent New Jersey drug testing [...]

Congressman Pushes Federal Employment Protections For Marijuana Consumers

By Kyle Jaeger Drug testing policies for federal employees have gone largely unchanged over the [...]

Colorado medical marijuana companies embroiled in federal patent dispute

A Colorado cannabis company has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit in Denver federal court claiming a [...]

Neighborhood Marijuana Dispensaries Don’t Increase Teen Use, Study Shows

Numerous states with medical marijuana laws on the books don’t allow dispensaries near school grounds, [...]