World & Nation
Florida voters rejected ballot measures to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana.
Nov. 5, 2024
Opinion
Legal pot is tested and safer for consumers. But the Department of Cannabis Control’s failure to address lab fraud and tainted items undercuts the legal market.
July 26, 2024
All the justices who have voted in favor said decriminalization should be restricted to possession of marijuana in amounts suitable for personal use.
June 25, 2024
Taking cannabis out of the most-dangerous-drug category is almost literally the least the federal government can do on the subject. Further work is needed to catch up with Americans’ knowledge and practice.
May 1, 2024
Two years ago Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize marijuana. As in California, it hasn’t worked out as planned.
June 13, 2024
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for misdemeanor marijuana convictions.
June 17, 2024
The federal government’s plan to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug will allow important medical research into how cannabis can help or hurt users.
May 10, 2024
In a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy, the Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
May 16, 2024
California
How will the DEA’s decision to reclassify marijuana affect California’s ailing pot industry?
Politics
The Biden administration soon will take a big step toward bringing federal policy on weed more in line with what the public says it prefers.
May 4, 2024