Month: September 2021

Richard Wershe Jr., AKA White Boy Rick, starts his own cannabis brand now that he is out of jail. According to Bernie Sanders, President Joe Biden could decriminalize cannabis if he wanted to, he just won’t. And New York’s new governor vows to prioritize the state’s delayed adult-use cannabis program after former Gov. Cuomo failed

Today in cannabis news: The Overdose Crisis Task Force of Seattle, Washington suggests that all substances be decriminalized; U.S. senators are inundated with comments on the federal cannabis policy reform proposal; and the Drug Enforcement Administration proposes a substantial increase in cannabis and psilocybin cultivation for scientific purposes in order to create FDA-approved medications. It’s

Pro-ganja advocates will have to wait a bit longer before minor possession of the drug is formally decriminalized. Lawmakers’, citing what they say is a need for more public consultation on the legislative amendment to the Drugs Act, opted to withdraw the Bill ahead of the September 2 debate in the Senate.

A federal appeals court has rejected a petition urging that the DEA reassess cannabis classification under the Controlled Substances Act, ruling that researchers and military vets pursuing the classification assessment had not exhausted all administrative options. But one judge wrote in a supporting opinion that the DEA could eventually be obligated to review a shift