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Trump Taps Pro-Marijuana Legalization Congressman Matt Gaetz For U.S. Attorney General
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to serve as the next U.S. attorney general—a selection that ...
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RFK Jr. Could Advance Marijuana And Psychedelics Reform Agenda As Trump’s Top Health Official
President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
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Federally Approved Research Marijuana Is ‘Very Similar’ To What’s On Commercial Markets, Study Says, But Other Scientists Aren’t So Sure
A new study led by the one of the only people permitted by the U.S. government to grow marijuana for research purposes finds ...
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Fired Massachusetts Marijuana Regulator Asks Supreme Judicial Court To Reinstate Her To Position
The removal of Ms. O’Brien from her position as chair of the CCC is a serious miscarriage of justice to an honest public ...
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DEA Judge Gives Agency One Week To Address Allegations Of Illegal Talks With Marijuana Opponents Amid Rescheduling Process
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge is giving the agency less than a week to respond to recent allegations that it illegally communicated with the prohibitionist group Smart Approaches to ...
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Senate Leader Schumer Will ‘Continue To Push’ For Marijuana Banking Bill Passage This Year, Despite ‘Republican Opposition,’ Staffer Says
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remains committed to moving a bipartisan marijuana banking bill during the lame duck session, a senior staffer says—while also confirming that the senator ...
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DEA Judge Denies Agency-Registered Drug Company’s Request To Join Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge has denied a request from a drug development company to participate in an upcoming marijuana rescheduling hearing, deferring to the head of the agency ...
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Trump’s New Attorney General Pick Opposed Legalizing Medical Marijuana In Florida
Only hours after embattled former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam ...
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FDA Approves Long-Awaited Clinical Trial Of Smoked Marijuana To Treat PTSD In Veterans
After years of delays, researchers are set to move forward on a landmark clinical trial meant to evaluate the efficacy of smoked medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in ...
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Marijuana Has ‘No Significant Harmful Effects’ On Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Study Shows
A new study of more than 5,000 men whom researchers evaluated over the course of 44 years found “no significant harmful effects of cannabis use on age-related cognitive decline.” In fact, the report ...
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Three New Jersey Municipalities Will Offer Medical Marijuana Benefits To Public Workers, An Apparent First In The U.S.
In what appears to be a first for public workers in the U.S., medical marijuana coverage is being added as a healthcare benefit for employees in three New Jersey municipalities, providing access to ...
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Congressional Lawmakers Push Biden To Build On Marijuana Pardons With Expanded Clemency Effort Before He Leaves Office
A coalition of 67 Democratic members of Congress are calling on President Joe Biden to expand on his executive clemency work in the final months of his term, citing his past marijuana pardons as an ...