Hours before the president said "no one should be jailed" for marijuana use, his Justice Department was saying no one who uses marijuana should be allowed to own guns.
William Barr and John Walters ignore the benefits of legalization and systematically exaggerate its costs.
New Orleans police found rats eating marijuana the department had confiscated as part of the War on Drugs.
The admission came as the agency pushed for funding. It's a reminder that the cops should spend fewer resources seizing cannabis and more on solving serious crimes.
The far-traveling smuggler turned breeder "never gave up" on his dream of recovering neglected marijuana strains.
The president has not expunged marijuana records or decriminalized possession, which in any case would fall far short of the legalization that voters want.
Charlie Lynch’s ordeal is a vivid reminder of a senseless prohibition policy that persists thanks to political inertia.
Marijuana's classification has always been a political question, not a medical one.
The supposedly reformed drug warrior's intransigence on the issue complicates his appeal to young voters, who overwhelmingly favor legalization.
Greg and Teresa Almond lost their house and livelihood over a misdemeanor drug crime. Sheriff's deputies never got a warrant to search their house.
Under the Controlled Substances Act, the agency does not have the discretion to "deschedule marijuana altogether."
The points about marijuana's risks and benefits that the department now concedes were clear long before last August.
Intoxicants might be a source of problems—or enhance our ability to cope.
Gavin Newsom supported a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in California but rejected a social consumption measure.
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The year's highlights in blame shifting.
It's a commendable, but very modest, expansion of a step he took last year.
The pardons freed no prisoners, but the White House says they will ease the burden of a criminal record.
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Jordan S. Rubin's Bizarro tells the story of the men who tried and failed to challenge the government's arbitrary rules on synthetic drugs.
As of today, adults 21 or older in the Buckeye State may possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and grow up to six plants at home.
The late Supreme Court justice eloquently defended property rights and state autonomy.
The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies.
Comedian Shane Mauss on the democratization of mushrooms, LSD, cannabis, DMT, and ketamine
Deja Taylor is going to federal prison because of a constitutionally dubious gun law that millions of cannabis consumers are violating right now.
Clarence Cocroft filed a lawsuit this week challenging the state's virtual ban on advertising medical marijuana businesses, arguing the law violates his First Amendment rights.
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Voters approved a ballot initiative that will allow possession, home cultivation, and commercial distribution—assuming that state legislators don't interfere.
A federal lawsuit argues that it is time to reassess the Commerce Clause rationale for banning intrastate marijuana production and distribution.
The government treats its endless appetite for information about citizens as more important than people's ability to conduct business in a normal fashion.
Newsom vetoed both reforms, which he deemed excessively permissive.
In light of the state's marijuana reforms, the court says, the odor of weed is not enough to establish probable cause.
An officer conducted the search of Prentiss Jackson's vehicle after claiming he could smell "a little bit of weed." It ultimately resulted in a lengthy prison term.
The SAFER Banking Act is trying to address dual legality of cannabis laws between the federal government and the 38 states that have some form of legal cannabis.
A 2022 Canadian case involving what looks like a stoned mistake seems to be the closest real-world example of this purported danger.
The late California senator always seemed to err on the side of more government power and less individual freedom.
The 1988 case highlighted the DEA's stubborn insistence that marijuana has no "accepted medical use."
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
Although the HHS-recommended change would benefit researchers and the cannabis industry, it would not resolve the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws.
Although it would leave federal prohibition essentially untouched, the change would facilitate medical research and dramatically reduce taxes on state-licensed suppliers.
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The cannabis initiative will appear alongside a measure aimed at protecting abortion rights, which could boost its chances.
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The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.
Etowah County, Alabama, has charged hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers with "chemical endangerment" over minor drug offenses.
"Government in general does a lot of things that aren't necessary," says Jared Polis.
Some patients, especially those with opioid addictions, could actually benefit from access to medical marijuana.
We once ranked No. 4 in the world, according to the Heritage Foundation. Now we're 25th.