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Marijuana Reform
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Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Student presentation explores ballot initiative history and marijuana reforms
The final presentation during the final week of my Marijuana Law and Policy seminar at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law will focus on the history of ballot initiatives and…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Student presentation to connect the histories of lotteries and marijuana reforms
The second student presentation in this week’s Marijuana Law and Policy seminar at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law explores parallels between the history of the lottery and the history…
Budding Trends
Bondi Bounced: What It Means for Marijuana Rescheduling, Enforcement
You’re fired. Last Thursday, in a move that had been the subject of widespread speculation but perhaps earlier than some predicted, President Trump announced that Pam Bondi had been removed from her…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Looking ahead to marijuana reform in 2026, which is sure to be predictably unpredictable
In this prior post, I rounded up a number of stories from a number of sources detailing and discussing some of the (many) marijuana reform highlights from 2025. After that…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Prez Trump signs executive order directing the federal rescheduling of marijuana to Schedule III of the CSA
As had been widely reported (and every more widely anticipated by all sorts of players in the marijuana reform space), President Donald Trump signed this Executive Order today, titled "Increasing…
Canna Law Blog
One Signature Could Remove Marijuana From Schedule I Tomorrow
In the never-ending loop of federal marijuana reform debates, one crucial fact keeps getting overlooked: the Attorney General (AG) has the power to reschedule marijuana. Right now. No act of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
In first interview as HHS secretary, RFK jr states "we had about a third of our prison population that was in jail because of marijuana offenses”
One reason I have given significant attention to modern marijuana reform — and helped to start an academic center, OSU's Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, conducting research on the topic…
Canna Law Blog
Congress is About to Lose Its Greatest Cannabis Advocate (Ever)
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is retiring next month. Mr. Blumenauer, or “Earl” as he often asked to be called, has been a leading proponent of cannabis reform since 1973, when…
Other
Updated DEPC resource reviews “Drugs on the Ballot” 2024 (and in prior elections)
I am very pleased to be able to promote this updated resource page, "Drugs on the Ballot," authored by the great staff at the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC)…
Cannabis
Former Prez Trump goes all in on marijuana reform … perhaps as a pregame strategy for big Prez debate
I have been covering over at my other blog statements by former Prez Donald Trump about marijuana reform: in this post nine days ago, I noted the social media post seemingly…