Decriminalization

Original article can be found here. Last week’s decision by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to place a marijuana-derived drug in the least restrictive category under federal law [...]

More states are turning to medical marijuana as an alternative to the addictive prescription painkillers that have driven the public health crisis. Why it matters: Recent studies found [...]

Pressing Pause on Pot Convictions By Steven M. Fulop and Jacob V. Hudnut Mr. Fulop is the mayor of Jersey City, where Mr. Hudnut is the chief prosecutor. July 29, […]

The Washington Post / By Rob Kuznia and Katie Zezima / December 17, 2017 LOS ANGELES — Yirtuamlak Hailu Derege came to California a decade ago with dreams of making it big in the entertainment [...]

New Hampshire just became the 22nd state to decriminalize marijuana. VOX / Updated by German Lopez / Jul 19, 2017 New Hampshire just took another step in ensuring its state motto — “live […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical-marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a May letter that became public [...]

May 5, President Trump signed the current federal budget bill, which included an extension of the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment’s coverage—forbidding the use of federally appropriated funds to [...]

Congress is considering a bill that would expand the federal government’s ability to pursue the war on drugs, granting new power to the attorney general to set federal drug policy. […]

In the latest installment of TODAY’s “Undercovered” series, NBC News investigative correspondent Ronan Farrow looks at a surprising – and controversial – approach to combating America’s opioid [...]

During a one-day special session, the latest pitch for marijuana legalization flamed out Wednesday. For the fifth time in two years, the Vermont Senate passed a bill that would legalize […]