Cannabis laws in the United States have transformed over the past century, due to shifting social attitudes, political aims, and improved scientific understanding. In the early 1900s, cannabis was ...

Adopting recreational cannabis laws, beyond only medical cannabis laws, may help reduce the size of the illegal cannabis market in U.S. states, reports a new study at Columbia University Mailman ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Sweeping changes to Ohio’s voter-approved cannabis law are slated to take effect Friday. Senate Bill 56 will introduce changes like limits on intoxicating hemp and charges for ...

In the United States, marijuana is legal to grow and consume for recreational purposes in 24 states, and can be prescribed for medical purposes only in another 16 states. The main holdouts are in the ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --President Donald Trump has voiced support for reclassifying cannabis and making it a legally obtainable drug -- possibly as soon as next week. The president might sign an executive ...

Southampton’s local weed laws just went up in smoke as state cannabis officials blasted the town’s overly stringent rules as illegal and designed to intentionally block legal dispensaries from ever ...

The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear a case on the federal legality of marijuana. This result is not altogether surprising. Courts have rarely provided relief to those of us who ...

Alexander Malyshev and Sarah Ganley of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP discuss a recent 9th Circuit decision holding the Dormant ...

Is it hemp, cannabis or marijuana? That depends on who's discussing the enigmatic plant that's legal in some forms (for now) but faces new restrictions in other forms this fall. The confusion comes as ...