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Colleges in states where recreational marijuana became legal over the past decade saw a significant but short-term boost in applications from top-notch students. They also got more applications overall. Those were the key findings of a new study our team published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Contemporary Economic Policy.

Gavin Newsom supported a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in California but rejected a social consumption measure.

Legalization advocates say reclassifying drug to schedule III from schedule I doesn’t resolve state and federal law conflicts

A news investigation raises questions about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' ties to the medical marijuana industry and his claim to have drained the swamp.

It's a commendable, but very modest, expansion of a step he took last year.

Biden also commuted the sentences of 11 individuals serving "unduly long sentences for non-violent drug offenses"

The pardons freed no prisoners, but the White House says they will ease the burden of a criminal record.

President Biden commuted the sentences for 11 individuals serving time for nonviolent drug offenses. He also expanded pardons for the offense of simple marijuana possession and use under federal law.

Ukraine’s parliament has voted to legalize medical marijuana after the war with Russia left thousands of people with post-traumatic stress disorder that many believe could be eased by the drug