Marijuana

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says

By Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

New York closes in on $237 billion state budget with plans on housing, migrants, bootleg pot shops

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

The raft of proposals was expected to pass through the Legislature late Friday and potentially into the weekend, almost three weeks after the budget was due.

New York to probe sputtering legal marijuana program as storefronts lag, black market booms

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the review Monday, eager to find ways to speed up license processing times and allow legal businesses to open faster.

Germany’s parliament votes to legalize limited marijuana possession and allow ‘cannabis clubs’

By Geir Moulson, Associated Press

German lawmakers have approved a government plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, paving the way for the country to decriminalize limited amounts of marijuana and allow members of "cannabis clubs" to buy it for recreational purposes.

Thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington to receive pardons

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia eligible for pardons.

Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio — but there’s nowhere to buy it

By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

Ohioans are waking up in a land of recreational marijuana limbo. Home growing and possession became legal for adults Thursday, but people still can't legally buy cannabis.

Ohio Senate Republicans propose banning home grown marijuana and other changes to legal marijuana

By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America

Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month.

Abortion rights and marijuana questions expected to drive Ohioans to polls as early voting begins

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

Heavier-than-normal turnout is expected Wednesday as early voting begins in Ohio's closely watched off-year election.

Georgia will be 1st state to allow pharmacies to sell medical marijuana

By Associated Press

Georgia soon will become the first state in the nation to offer medical marijuana products at independent pharmacies, state officials said.

Many people think cannabis smoke is harmless. Here’s how how that belief can put health at risk

By Beth Cohen, The Conversation

Though tobacco use is declining among adults in the U.S., cannabis use is increasing. Emerging research raises concerns about the health effects of cannabis smoke exposure.