Marijuana

The figures do not include any seizures in the reputed weed-growing capital of the U.S., Humboldt County

The North County city generates nearly $7 million annually in such revenue

Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot, prompting a lawsuit. Thousands of registered medical users and recreational ones could be affected.

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol.

The Justice Department officially proposed reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. News4’s Jackie Bensen explains how it would ease restrictions on cannabis on the federal level if approved.

A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed to shift marijuana from a “Schedule I” drug, which includes heroin and LSD, to a less tightly regulated “Schedule III” drug

Sources told NBC News that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration plans to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

Marijuana is fully legal in 24 states and Washington, D.C. Another 17 states have legalized its use solely for medical purposes, with varying caveats in each states’ laws.

President Joe Biden has pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia.

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on Friday, pardoning those who committed simple marijuana offenses, including use and possession.

Four people were arrested for suspicion of selling and distributing products containing marijuana, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

An emergency room pediatrician is seeing an uptick in children consuming pot-laced edibles that often look and taste like regular candy.

The NBC4 I-Team was with an enforcement team with the California Department of Cannabis Control as they visited a location in the Lennox area of Los Angeles.  

Cannabis reform is moving one step closer to reality at the federal level, with a committee hearing on a bipartisan bill to expand banking services for legal marijuana businesses expected to take place at the end of the month, according to multiple people directly involved in the process.

When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed.

Rescheduling the drug would reduce or potentially eliminate criminal penalties for possession. Marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD

New York City is now ranked as the top city in the world when it comes to marijuana consumption, according to a recent study.