cannabis legalization

In a Tuesday interview on the “The Howard Stern Show,” VP Kamala Harris talked about taking her husband to see U2 at the Sphere in Las Vegas. "Oh my god, have you been to the Sphere?" Harris asked Stern who replied that he was "troubled by it." Presumably Stern was referring to the...

The news was trumpeted around the world: Germany, the European Union’s largest economy, surprised the global cannabis industry with the announcement of the legalization of cannabis for restricted recreational use, to be effective April 1. Additional regulations for collective private...

It wasn’t long ago when Ross Gerber, president and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management and an enthusiastic Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) investor, said that the nine things he focuses on in his investment decisions included “things...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former NBA player Al Harrington, who is also the CEO of cannabis producer Viola Brands, spoke with Yahoo’s Marquise Francis about federal cannabis legalization and banking reform for the industry. The legalization of cannabis...

In his latest note, senior analyst Pablo Zuanic from equity research firm Zuanic & Associates assesses the valuation of US Multi-State Operators (MSOs) in the cannabis sector. Apples-To-Apples: A Nuanced Comparison Zuanic emphasizes potential federal regulatory shifts, such as rescheduling and...

A former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official says he’d be "shocked" if the DEA does not reschedule cannabis by next year's presidential election, and that he expects the DEA will ultimately accept the recent Health and Human Services’ recommendation...

A coalition of 31 bipartisan House members sent a letter to DEA administrator Anne Milgram, urging the agency to consider congressional and state marijuana legalization efforts as it carries out its review into cannabis scheduling, which was recommended by President Biden nearly one year...

The Department of Health and Human Services disclosed a heavily redacted letter sent to the DEA concerning its recommendations for marijuana rescheduling. The exact contents of the message, including the actual scheduling recommendation and an attached scientific review, were withheld. The HHS...

Two hot-button issues, legalizing adult-use cannabis and enshrining abortion rights, are on the ballot in Ohio and early voting is underway. Both issues will likely drive higher-than-expected turnout, judging from the nearly 44,000 absentee ballot applications processed in the state’s largest...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is circulating a petition via a campaign email blast urging supporters to join him in a push to legalize cannabis, saying there is no reason why it should be criminalized on a federal level. Schumer's petition: Leveraging The...

No matter which one of the two leading presidential candidates wins the White House in 2024, he will be the oldest person ever elected to the job, a record President Biden set in 2020. Both of the soon-to-be-octogenarians, Joe Biden (80) and Donald Trump (77) are now or will be surrounded...

Congressman Dave Joyce (R-OH), a co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, is refining the so-called Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act, a bill that would amend the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to undo federal criminalization of those acting...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra confirmed his agency has responded to President Biden's directive to provide scheduling recommendations for cannabis to the Drug Enforcement Agency.  What Happened A top official at the HHS wrote to DEA ...

The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) sent a letter to Congress offering advice on regulating hemp-derived cannabinoids, including CBD and delta-8 THC. The WSWA, which published a letter in April urging Congress to legalize and regulate cannabis like alcohol, ...

Justin Strekal, former political director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) tells it like it is in a recent Op-Ed published by Marijuana Moment. Strekal is the founder of BOWL PAC, which advocates for cannabis legalization and...