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A congressional committee has approved a spending bill with an attached report that says researchers should be studying a broader range of marijuana products that better represent “the variety, quality and potency of commonly available cannabis strains” that consumers are actually using. The House Appropriations Committee report approved on Tuesday covering Labor, Health and Human…

Commissioners in Clayton County, Georgia (population: 298,000) have approved an ordinance decriminalizing low-level marijuana offenses. The ordinance, which took immediate effect, amends county code so that the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana is reduced to a civil violation punishable by no more than a $150 fine. The decriminalization ordinance was proposed by…

Ben Carson, President Donald Trump’s former secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), says a move to reschedule marijuana that the administration is actively considering would play into plots to “destroy this country.” In an interview with Fox Business on Monday, Carson reiterated his opposition to cannabis reform as Trump weighs a…