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At their annual meeting, pro-pot governors say the AG isn't stopping them from advancing plans for medical and recreational legalization.

The American Legion wants the federal government to focus on cannabis as potential treatment for PTSD and other ailments.

Attorneys for a hemp industry trade association and hemp businesses argue that the DEA conflated the terms “marijuana” and “cannabis,” ultimately creating a rule that can be interpreted as scheduling cannabis and cannabinoids as illegal substances.

The lawsuit claims the government’s decision to classify marijuana as dangerous is irrational, unconstitutional and motivated by politics, not hard science.

Congressman Matt Gaetz held two roundtables discussions on Monday with veterans and faith-based community leaders on medical marijuana research.

Support for legalizing marijuana has reached an all-time high, according to a recent poll conducted by Fox News.

After years of frustrations and legal struggles, there appears to be light on the horizon for Colorado’s embattled Fourth Corner Credit Union, the first financial institution created specifically to serve the legal cannabis industry.

"We see cannabis not as a gateway drug. We see it as an exit path off opiates."

A recent Gallup poll shows a majority of Republicans now support legalizing marijuana.

San Francisco's move could be the beginning of a larger movement to address old pot convictions, though it's still far from clear how many other counties will follow the famously liberal city's lead.

California opened the world’s biggest legal pot market, and Vermont’s state legislature became the first to legalize marijuana.

Bipartisan lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to back off of marijuana, they wrote in a letter on Thursday.

The A.G.'s unilateral moves have forced politicians to take sides on marijuana legalization, the leader of the National Cannabis Industry Association told Colorado members.

A growing majority of Americans support the legalization of recreational marijuana, though divides continue to exist along party lines, according to the most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

"If Congress changes marijuana laws in the next year or two, we may have Jeff Sessions to thank for it."

Vermont is officially the ninth state to legalize marijuana, and the first to end cannabis prohibition through an act of lawmakers.

California Congresswoman Barbara Lee is championing Sen. Cory Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act in the House of Representatives.

Trends are becoming clear in New England, where three states have now legalized recreational marijuana.

"In the last week there's been a groundswell of support to include this amendment in appropriations legislation," Rep. Jared Polis said.

Legalizing marijuana nationwide would create at least $132 billion in tax revenue and more than a million new jobs across the United States in the next decade, according to a new study.