In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. Source link
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use. The proposal would move marijuana from the “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated “Schedule III.” So what does […]
The Biden administration is moving toward easing federal restrictions on marijuana, marking a seismic shift in the way the federal government has handled the popular psychotropic drug. Classified as a Schedule 1 drug alongside heroin, ecstasy and LSD for 50 years under the Controlled Substance Act, the Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing downgrading marijuana to […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jordan Vassallo is lukewarm about casting her first presidential ballot for President Joe Biden in November. But when the 18-year-old senior at Jupiter High School in Florida thinks about the things she cares about, she says her vote for the Democratic incumbent is an “obvious choice.” Vassallo will be voting […]
While other states are becoming more open to the prospect of legalizing the sale of marijuana within their borders, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin made it crystal clear that Virginia was not going to be one of those. On Thursday, the Old Dominion official vetoed a bill that would have created a legal market for the […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase. The development did not come as a surprise. While Youngkin had not explicitly threatened to veto either […]
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and rapper Fat Joe led a White House discussion Friday on easing marijuana penalties, with Harris saying it’s “absurd” that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths annually the United States. Harris, a former state prosecutor […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that, if approved by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, would allow recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year. Under the bills, the state would start taking applications on Sept. 1 for cultivating, testing, processing and selling the drug in preparation for the market to open May 1, […]
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Maryland Republicans and prosecutors tried in vain Tuesday to convince the liberal supermajority in the House that a recent law turns the scent of marijuana into a protective cologne for criminals behind the wheel. A conservative-led effort to give police officers probable cause to stop a driver for marijuana odor — and […]
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