Medical cannabis is set to become available on prescription in the UK after the government approved a law to permit medicines derived from the cannabis plant. According to the Home Office, cannabis-based...
Is the U.S. at a crossroads in cannabis legalization?
There’s no way to ignore the progression of the U.S. cannabis industry, from the hundreds of dispensaries ushering consumers through their striking...
President Donald Trump recently informed reporters that he "probably will end up supporting" a bipartisan bill that would effectively end the federal ban on cannabis.
Upon leaving the White House for...
Is the U.S. ban on cannabis about to come to an end?
Quite possibly, if President Donald Trump sticks to his word. On Friday, June 8, Trump declared that he is in favor of supporting a bipartisan...
President Donald Trump has vowed to support legislation protecting the cannabis industry in states that have legally approved the drug. This is a major turnaround from earlier this year when the U.S. attorney...
Why, you may ask? It all started with Attorney General Jeff Session rescinding the Cole Memo, or a memo which outlined federal protections for businesses or persons abiding by their own state laws when...
As of today, 29 states and a number of U.S. territories have legalized medical cannabis. Nine of those states have legalized it for social use and this year, social cannabis legalization will be considered...
Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
The practice of civil asset forfeiture, where police can take money and things from people they think are involved in drug dealing without even charging them...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated the Obama-era guidelines on cannabis remain in effect, therefore the drug is illegal on the federal level, even though several states have legalized it for social...
Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
California has been doing its best to lead the resistance against Trump, and it seems cannabis is the latest area lawmakers in the state are focusing on....
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules will be considering two cannabis amendments which will affect the 2018 spending bill set to go before Congress later this month.
The committee will...
A group of Washington state cannabis experts found youth consumption of cannabis and cannabis-abuse treatment did not increase after the state’s legalization of social cannabis.
Under the state’s...
