Democratic presidential challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called Sunday for the federal legalization of marijuana, arguing that states should be allowed to decide their own pot laws without federal interference.
The man who killed a South Carolina mail carrier after she did not deliver marijuana to his home was sentenced to life in prison Thursday.
Former police commissioner Bill Bratton said Sunday on WABC’s “The Cats Roundtable” that New York City supports drug addiction with vending machines that give out free crack pipes and Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug.”
The spotlight is on Hunter Biden’s purported crime again after the ATF’s St. Paul office reaffirmed the agency’s position that state laws legalizing the recreational use of certain drugs do not remove gun prohibitions against the users of said drugs as long as federal law continues to identify the drugs as illegal.
The ATF used the occasion of Minnesota legalizing recreational marijuana use to note that marijuana use and firearms possession are not legally compatible.
A psychiatrist at Washington University said there is a rise in cases of young people unknowingly smoking marijuana laced with fentanyl.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) used industry officials to “help” craft legislation that “would cut red tape for farmers who grow hemp,” according to Politico.
San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office deputies raided a suspected marijuana grow house Saturday morning and seized nearly 200 plants. Deputies first found the grow operation while searching for the alleged murderer of five Honduran migrants last week.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen started a cannabis company to help free jailed drug offenders. The marijuana products will be launched in Vermont next month.
Olympic long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall was stripped of a national title and handed a one-month suspension after testing positive for pot.
Heavy regulations, high taxes, and oversupply are causing the legal marijuana industry in California to contract rapidly, with the state reportedly losing nearly a quarter of its legal cultivation “canopy” since the start of 2022. SFGate.com recently reported (links included): The
According to the Athletic, the NBA has removed all testing and penalties for the consumption or use of marijuana in its new CBA.
An 11-year-old boy from New York City was hospitalized after overdosing on THC gummies that he mistook for candy at a Super Bowl party.
The fact that marijuana is widely available in New York City is reportedly taking a toll on dogs who live there.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Patrick R. Wyrick dismissed an indictment against Jared Michael Harrison, holding that the statute relied upon to ban gun ownership by marijuana users is “unconstitutionally vague, in violation of the Due Process Clause, and unconstitutionally infringes upon his fundamental right to possess a firearm, in violation of the Second Amendment.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 1.5 tons of marijuana at a South Texas port of entry on January 14. Officials reported the value of the drugs to be in excess of $7.5 million.
Woke royal Harry, Duke of Sussex, has put his U.S. visa “at risk” by admitting to drug abuse both in his home country and California, according to immigration experts.
Troubled California-based royal Harry, Duke of Sussex, has suggested that illegal drug abuse helped him see “the truth”, according to his memoir Spare.
China’s state-run Global Times on Monday took great exception to the new chairman of the House Select Committee on China, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), describing the controversial Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok as “digital fentanyl.”
New York officials are offering the state’s first 150 licenses for the legal sale of marijuana, a drug that is addicting Americans, to individuals previously convicted of cannabis offenses.
Two Chicago cousins who a prosecutor says stored over $2 million worth of pot in a storage locker were found out for one simple reason.
President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on Monday tweeted at 4:20 p.m. about the administration’s review to determine whether to reclassify marijuana’s status as a Schedule I drug.
Democrats are trying to attach marijuana reform, among other things unrelated to the nation’s defense, to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), delaying the bill’s vote.
A Renville County Sheriff’s Office K-9 made a huge impression his first day on the streets in Minnesota.
The legalization of recreational cannabis in the state of California has reportedly neither led to a downturn in illegal business nor has it relieved stress on law enforcement.
A Chicago man named Anthony Hughes met with his parole officer Sunday and allegedly had pot and a drug scale with him.
Fearing low turnout among demoralized Democrats in New York, Hollywood stars are making a last-ditch effort by appealing to potheads to support unelected incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), pushing her pro-marijuana platform as a major selling point. Like getting stoned on a regular basis? Vote for Hochul.
Conservatives are standing up against the left’s big money effort pushing marijuana legalization in Arkansas, as the pro-legalization side spent millions the week leading up to the election.
During a town hall on the Fox News Channel on Tuesday, U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) responded to questions on his previous statement in favor of releasing all nonviolent criminals by stating that “the focus is marijuana crimes,
A mother in Virginia faces murder charges for the death of her four-year-old son involving THC, the chemical found in cannabis.
While experts are warning that the country could run out of gas as early as February, German political parties are now bickering about how liberal new laws legalising cannabis should be.
A new study shows that marijuana use has reached record levels for young adults and may soon become a practice among the majority.
UK Police forces are de facto engaging in the decriminalisation of cannabis without government approval, with charges for possession of the drug falling to a record low.
During an interview aired on Monday’s edition of NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Vice President Kamala Harris stated that “nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed,” Congress needs to take further action on decriminalizing marijuana possession
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday triumphantly celebrated President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon all federal convictions related to marijuana, calling for further legalization of the drug.
Lynne Patton, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump and his Save America PAC, slammed President Joe Biden on Breitbart News Saturday for pandering to progressive voters with his recent decision to pardon federal marijuana offenders.
Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) said Thursday on Fox Business Network’s “Kennedy” that she applauds President Joe Biden for taking executive action to grant pardons to people convicted of simple marijuana possession on the federal level.
President Joe Biden announced Thursday his decision to pardon some federal marijuana offenses as part of his effort to satisfy criminal justice and drug policy activists.
A group of men from Mexico who tried to trek through rough Texas mountains with bundles of drugs are facing lengthy prison sentences after receiving a conviction on federal drug trafficking charges.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman wants to legalize cannabis nationally and is urging President Joe Biden to deschedule the drug, removing it from the list of federally controlled substances.
