President Joe Biden is again proposing to keep blocking Washington, D.C. from legalizing marijuana sales as part of the budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2023 that he sent to Congress on Monday. To the relief of advocates, however, he again kept a separate rider intact...

With a vote on a bill to federally legalize marijuana set for House floor consideration this week, lawmakers on Thursday released a report on the legislation that effectively previews the partisan debate to come, with the majority and minority leaders of a key...

Some of the roughly 400 municipalities in New Jersey that opted out of hosting the adult-use cannabis industry ahead of an August 2021 deadline to do so have since changed their minds. Roughly 29% of the state’s municipalities now allow some form of adult-use business...

Tim James, a leading Republican gubernatorial candidate in Alabama, has expressed opposition to the state’s medical cannabis program, claiming that state officials want to create a “drug cartel,” according to an AL.com report. “This is nothing but a bait and switch to...

A major seller of marijuana-infused chocolate bars and vape cartridges this week pushed the author of the so-called Cannabis Freedom Act to cap cannabis business licenses in his plan to fully legalize the drug, the lawmaker said. Rep. Ron Hicks, R-Defiance, sponsor of...

Looks like Zimbabwe’s govt is loosening the reins to try and encourage investment Cannabiz Africa reports… Zimbabwe is offering international cannabis investors the option of owning 100% of their operations and the right to choose where in the country they would like...

New Jersey residents hoping to buy marijuana at a dispensary without a medical card will have to wait a little longer. New Jersey cannabis regulators approved the first batch of businesses that will make up the state’s adult-use cannabis industry on Thursday, a cohort...