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, 2018 JERSEY CITY — Every city in [...]

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 free or [...]

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. The [...]

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 [...]