The measure, if signed into law, would allow for drug testing of unemployed people who are seeking work in a field in which the testing is regularly used.
The comments received an immediate pushback from many advocates in the cannabis sphere, who say the White House claim are both dangerous and ill-informed.
The White House issued the comments during the Press Secretary’s daily briefing, in which he initially seemed to defend the use of medical cannabis.
The New York State Assembly voted last week in favor of a bill that would seal the police records of those who have been arrested for cannabis convictions.
The governor of Idaho stated in a letter to President Trump that he hoped the chief executive would crack down harder on unauthorized cannabis.
Members of Texas’s law enforcement community are growing increasingly vocal about liberalizing the state’s cannabis laws.
A Colorado town has found a unique way to cash in on the Green Rush – opening what is believed to be the state’s first drive-thru cannabis dispensary.
Qualifying conditions for whole plant medicine would include cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, PTSD, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease.
A study recently unveiled by the American Epilepsy Society (AES) confirms CBD is effective in combating epilepsy – and totally contradicts the DEA.
American film producer Mitch Stein was abruptly detained and deported from New Zealand after authorities found him to be in possession of medical cannabis.
After a year-long battle, South Africa has indicated that it intends to allow for the production of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
The citizen-led cannabis legalization activist group Safer Arizona has begun a petition drive that would place a legalization measure on the 2018 ballot.
State officials received a tip from the U.S. Post Office that a number of unapproved CBD oils were being sold by licensed cannabis retailers across Alaska.
A Colorado initiative would allocate millions of dollars made from the sale of cannabis to help those struggling with substance abuse.
Nadelmann’s announcement was met with an outpouring of support from members of the cannabis community, many of whom hold Nadelmann in high esteem.
The DEA has removed from its website a series of inaccurate statements about the health effects of cannabis, following several months of public pressure.
However, the measure stipulates that the recreational use of cannabis – not to mention trafficking in the substance – would remain prohibited in Peru.
The President wants to amp up the War on Drugs and will carry it out through an increasingly aggressive push against illegal immigration.
