A federal judge last week permanently blocked Missouri from enforcing a requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state. Following a bench trial Thursday, U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey agreed to grant a...

South Dakota’s secretary of state on Tuesday gave activists approval to launch a signature-gathering drive to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s 2022 ballot. Advocates have been considering a slew of reform measures as the state Supreme Court...

In Arizona, the legalization of recreational marijuana through Proposition 207 in 2020 opened a lot of doors for people with past low-level marijuana convictions. Nowadays, thousands of people have already applied for expungement under the voter-passed initiative, but...

While much of the discussion over the next government’s agenda in Germany has focused on climate change and state finances, one important change that could come into force in the next four years is the decriminalization of cannabis. All three of the parties currently...

Widely available marijuana once drew thousands of hippies to Nepal, where its use was not only accepted but embedded in both the culture and religion. But the country followed other nations in outlawing marijuana in the late 1970s and chased away the hippies who came...

Once the bill is signed into law, Panama will be in a somewhat odd situation: It will give a legal regime for medical cannabis, but not one for hemp. Back in October 2019, Deputy Kayra Harding introduced a bill (Proyecto de Ley No. 323) to promote the development of...