cannabis criminalization

Japan is set to make a significant shift in its cannabis policy by criminalizing personal use while simultaneously legalizing medical products derived from the plant. According to Kyodo News, the health ministry confirmed Thursday that these changes, aimed at regulating cannabis use and expanding...

In a fresh line of attack, Donald Trump targeted Vice President Kamala Harris's prosecutorial record on marijuana, telling Fox News that she “put thousands and thousands of Black people in jail over marijuana. "She was a bad prosecutor. She was a prosecutor of Black people," Trump said Monday...

Maine lawmakers struck down a measure that sought to exclude marijuana from the state’s criminal code. Sen. Joe Baldacci's (D-Penobscot) bill met opposition, as the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee ultimately voted 8–2 in favor of maintaining marijuana’s current...