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As anticipation continues for President Donald Trump’s decision on cannabis rescheduling, one of the longest-serving U.S. House members is creating new industry shockwaves through legislation to more broadly legalize the plant.Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., one of the top Democrats serving on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on…

A California Senate committee has approved an Assembly-passed bill to put a pause on a recently enacted tax hike on marijuana products. Senators also advanced proposals to revise regulations on hemp and to allow medical cannabis businesses to ship products directly to patients. About a month after the cannabis tax legislation from Assemblymember Matt Haney…

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As the Trump administration considers rescheduling marijuana, Congressional Democrats have filed a bill to federally legalize cannabis by descheduling it altogether. In addition to removing the drug from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the new legislation also contains a variety of provisions meant to promote equity and address the collateral consequences of prohibition. On Friday,…

There’s more friction and finger-pointing in the Pennsylvania legislature over the push to legalize marijuana for adult use, with a GOP senator who’s sponsoring a reform bill insisting that the House must make the first move and a Democratic representative pushing back on that suggestion. Sen. Dan Laughlin (R), who serves as chair of the…

A federal appeals court has ruled that the government must prove that people who use marijuana “pose a risk of future danger” if it wants to justify applying a law banning cannabis consumers from owning firearms. In its opinion on Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit sided with a federal district…

CBD has shown “promising” results to reduce inflammation and cognitive decline associated with aging, according to a recent government-funded study. Researchers at University of Lethbridge and McGill University investigated the effects of non-intoxicating cannabidiol on aging mice, testing to see how long-term administration of CBD would impact memory, motor control functions and coordination that are…