WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Dec. 18 to federally classify marijuana as a less dangerous substance, the biggest change for the drug since 1970 and an opportunity for ...

Recreational use of cannabis is legal in 24 of the 50 US states - The Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers Donald Trump is poised to reclassify marijuana’s legal status to match ...

President Donald Trump confirmed earlier this week that he is weighing rescheduling marijuana—that is, moving the drug to a less-restrictive classification under federal law. State-legal marijuana ...

Investors sent marijuana stocks higher Monday with the Trump administration discussing the possibility of reclassifying cannabis as a less dangerous drug and an announcement possible in the coming ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he is considering whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and would decide in “the next few weeks.” Trump told reporters that he had discussed the ...

Jacob Sullum, a senior editor at Reason magazine, is the author of "Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives" (Prometheus Books). Follow him on ...

CHICAGO — A renewed federal push to relax restrictions on marijuana likely will mean bigger profits for cannabis companies and more research into the effects of the plant, industry participants say.