In his first year as president, Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, urged Congress to decriminalize low-level ...

From policy changes to campaign promises, here are the biggest federal-level cannabis developments from the past year.

While medical marijuana becomes legal in Kentucky on Jan. 1, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) ...

This stalemate is an internal Republican issue, as nearly all Democrats support both THC regulation and medical marijuana. | ...

The current session of Congress is poised to end without any progress on major marijuana reform measures, including banking protections.

Today, 38 states including Massachusetts have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. And subsequent legislation made clear Congress is no longer trying to eradicate the drug ...

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper was among a group of Congress members asking President Joe Biden to consider acting on marijuana offenses and convictions in the U.S. before Jan. 20, 2025.

Now that recreational marijuana use is legal in Ohio ... But it highlights the need for Congress to look at the federal Controlled Substances Act. It makes little sense for there to be two ...

“Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years Ago,” declared the Atlantic in mid-2024. Attempting to legalize hemp fiber but not marijuana — rope, not dope — Congress set an arbitrary ...