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Trump’s Choice For Surgeon General Voiced Support For Medical Marijuana, But Also Linked Cannabis Use To Heart Problems
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate physician and Fox News correspondent Janette Nesheiwat to become the next U.S. surgeon general. And as far as marijuana policy is ...
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Veterans Group Asks Federal Appeals Court To Let It Participate In Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Next Week
A veterans organization has filed a challenge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in an effort to force the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to include the group in upcoming ...
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Idaho Officials Say Marijuana Activists Can Begin Collecting Signatures To Put Legalization Measure On 2026 Ballot
Officials in Idaho this week issued an official title and summary for a prospective 2026 ballot measure that would legalize personal use and cultivation of marijuana in the state. Idaho’s secretary of ...
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DEA Faces Lawsuit Seeking To Reveal Emails Between Agency And Anti-Marijuana Group About Rescheduling Process
An attorney has filed a lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for allegedly violating federal public records laws, requesting that a court compel the agency to disclose ...
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana In Utah Helped Reduce Opioid Use By Pain Patients, Study Finds
A new study on prescription opioid use in Utah following the state’s legalization of medical marijuana suggests the availability of legal cannabis has both reduced opioid use by patients with chronic ...
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Maryland Government’s Psychedelics Task Force Begins Work On Recommendations Due To Lawmakers Next Year
A newly formed psychedelics task force in Maryland held its initial meetings this month, beginning work on what will eventually become a report to lawmakers on how to reform the state’s laws on ...
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Adding Marijuana To State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduces Prescribing Of Scheduled Narcotics, Study Shows
A new report examining the effects of adding medical marijuana to state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) finds that the additional tracking had mixed effects, both reducing the ...
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Michigan’s Legal Marijuana Market Is Poised To Surpass $10 Billion In Total Recreational Sales By Year’s End
Michigan’s marijuana retailers are on pace to hit a major milestone later this year, with $10 billion worth of recreational cannabis products sold since the state’s adult-use market opened in 2019. It ...
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Federal Agency Wants People Who Have ‘Lived Or Living Experience With Drug Use’ To Help Shape Research Agenda
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced this month that it’s creating a new working group made up of “people with lived or living experience with drug use,” meant to advise on ways to ...
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Lesser-Known Marijuana Component CBG Is A ‘Promising Therapeutic Agent’ With Potential To Treat Cancer And Pain, Study Says
A new review of scientific research on the lesser-known cannabinoid cannabigerol (CBG) says the compound has the “potential to modulate multiple physiological processes,” which could give it ...
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DEA Judge Won’t Remove Agency From Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing, But Raises Concerns About Alleged Unlawful Contact With Prohibitionists
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge has denied a motion to remove the agency from its role in an upcoming marijuana rescheduling hearing—though he sharply criticized responses from DEA and a ...
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Nebraska Judge Dismisses Legal Challenges To Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana Measures
A Lancaster County District Court judge has dismissed major legal challenges against Nebraska’s two medical cannabis petitions, although the ruling is likely to be appealed. District Judge Susan ...