Congress is being prompted to take administrative action and broaden its research into cannabis' therapeutic effects. The case has emerged following a “secret” Justice Department document that was...
If a bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers get their way, researchers could soon get their hands on cannabis purchased from state-legal pot shops.
A letter was sent to the Drug Enforcement...
Almost 30 members of the House of Representatives have signed their name in ink at the closing of a bipartisan letter curated by Congress.
The letter urges the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement...
On February 9, 2018, Congress voted to safeguard medical cannabis states from federal persecution… again. This temporary resolution under the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment will last for six weeks...
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...
According to tribal members residing Nevada, federal agencies are threatening cannabis businesses on tribal land even though state social cannabis sales began in July.
Although Nevada’s tribal cannabis...
A Republican congressman proposed an amendment to protect the Department of Justice from impeding cannabis research.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, sponsored an amendment to the upcoming Consolidated Appropriations...
On Wednesday, a group of lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions which relayed concern about reported moves by the Justice Department to halt cannabis research.
Representatives Matt...
An anonymous senior Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) official claimed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had effectively blocked an Obama Administration initiative to expand the number of cannabis suppliers for...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions questioned the legitimacy of cannabis regulatory structures in a letter sent to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper two weeks ago.
In the letter, Sessions cited data from...
An upcoming report from the Department of Justice is expected to link cannabis with violent crime, although statistics from Washington state claimed the opposite.
Since voters approved Initiative 502,...
