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The Justice Department says there are currently no updates on the marijuana rescheduling process that President Donald Trump instructed the attorney general to complete “in the most expeditious manner” more than a month ago. As advocates and industry stakeholders await the completion of that process, DOJ deputy director of public affairs Wyn Hornbuckle told Marijuana…

One lawmaker said the state should protect minors without “trampling all over the freedoms” of adults. By Adrian Ashford, South Carolina Daily Gazette Legislation banning or nearly banning hemp products infused with THC, providing an alternative high in a state where marijuana remains illegal, advanced Wednesday to the House floor. House Judiciary Chairman Weston Newton,…

Sixty percent of registered Virginia voters favor allowing for the sale of adult-use marijuana products by licensed dispensaries, according to statewide polling data compiled by The Wason Center at Christopher Newport University. The positive survey results bolster the prospects for legislative efforts in the House and Senate to regulate the adult-use cannabis marketplace. Newly-elected Democratic…

President Donald Trump’s first pick for attorney general in his second term, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), says he’s been advised that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is actively drafting a rule to complete the process of rescheduling marijuana “ASAP.” It’s been over a month since Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to expeditiously finalize…