On Friday morning, President Joe Biden announced that he would be extending pardons to all Americans convicted of “simple possession and use of marijuana under federal and D.C. law,” as well as commuting the sentences of 11 people serving “disproportionately long” drug sentences.
The move is the latest step in Biden positioning himself as perhaps the most cannabis-friendly president in history — a true about-face from his previous stance as a pro-prohibition lawmaker. (Last October he issued a similar order pardoning some lower-level cannabis offenders, and in August, recommended that the DEA reschedule the drug.
The move is the latest step in Biden positioning himself as perhaps the most cannabis-friendly president in history — a true about-face from his previous stance as a pro-prohibition lawmaker. (Last October he issued a similar order pardoning some lower-level cannabis offenders, and in August, recommended that the DEA reschedule the drug.
- 12/22/2023
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency recently announced plans to expand cannabis research in the U.S. In late August, after a years-long hiatus in communications between the agency and potential growers, federal officials said they would soon resume contact with groups that have applied to register to manufacture cannabis for researchers.
The DEA said it hopes the addition of qualified applicants will increase the variety of researchable marijuana. Since 1968, due to antiquated federal regulations and a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, only the University of Mississippi...
The DEA said it hopes the addition of qualified applicants will increase the variety of researchable marijuana. Since 1968, due to antiquated federal regulations and a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, only the University of Mississippi...
- 9/18/2019
- by Xander Peters
- Rollingstone.com
In the midst of the growing marijuana decriminalization movement, New York City’s city council has passed a groundbreaking bill that would prevent most employers from requiring job applicants to undergo marijuana drug tests.
Authored by public advocate Jumaane D. Williams, the bill would be the first legislation in the country to explicitly prohibit employers from marijuana testing job applicants, the New York Times reports. Though the bill wouldn’t be enacted for at least a year after passage, a spokesperson for Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s administration told the New...
Authored by public advocate Jumaane D. Williams, the bill would be the first legislation in the country to explicitly prohibit employers from marijuana testing job applicants, the New York Times reports. Though the bill wouldn’t be enacted for at least a year after passage, a spokesperson for Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s administration told the New...
- 4/12/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
As the push to legalize cannabis nationwide continues to gain ground — a record 61 percent of Americans support U.S.-wide weed legalization — those opposed to marijuana reform are doubling down, in part by citing research pointing to the health risks associated with daily cannabis consumption. The latest entry in that genre of research: a new study from The Lancet Psychiatry journal, which suggests that there may be a correlation between daily marijuana use and psychosis.
The authors of the study assessed more than 900 people in multiple European cities, all of...
The authors of the study assessed more than 900 people in multiple European cities, all of...
- 3/20/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Proponents of a new effort to study marijuana on Capitol Hill believe their bill has the greatest chance of becoming law because it seeks to do something both relatively uncontroversial and completely novel: Remove politics from the debate over marijuana altogether, while putting the nation’s scientists in the driver’s seat.
This latest effort, dubbed the Marijuana Data Collection Act, would require the National Academy of Sciences to release a scientifically rigorous report every two years on a range of topics involving weed, including its impact on public safety and health,...
This latest effort, dubbed the Marijuana Data Collection Act, would require the National Academy of Sciences to release a scientifically rigorous report every two years on a range of topics involving weed, including its impact on public safety and health,...
- 7/26/2018
- by Matt Laslo
- Rollingstone.com
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