Andy Harris

Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) is seeking to strip cannabis banking protections from the 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill. During a subcommittee markup session on Wednesday, Edwards voiced strong opposition to section 134, which would safeguard financial...

A GOP House committee has introduced a spending bill that removes the longstanding prohibition on Washington, D.C. from legalizing recreational cannabis sales. The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee initiative also introduces new safeguards for banks...

Tuesday's news that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug blew the industry and sent cannabis stocks high in the sky. And, while the move was generally praised by the majority of industry experts some ...

Republican lawmakers have aligned with the prohibitionist group Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) to introduce a new resolution. This initiative, urging for a comprehensive study on the health implications of high-potency THC products, was spearheaded by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Sen. Pete...

A Republican congressman Dr. Andy Harris is issuing a letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) criticizing the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) recommendation to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), first reported Fox New Radio. ...

The FDA is renewing a contract with Waterloo University to conduct a marijuana study, reported Cannabis Wire. Since 2019, the FDA and the University have been conducting International Cannabis Policy Study (ICPS), which surveys thousands of people across the U.S. and Canada...

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) praised the last week’s Senate passage of a bipartisan marijuana research bill he cosponsored. “This bipartisan bill is going to remove unnecessary barriers that hinder researchers’ ability to study the potential benefits of marijuana-...

In a move that has surprised some Capitol Hill observers, the Republican-controlled House voted early Friday to block the Justice Department from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. The amendment passed by a vote of 219 to 189. It was attached to fiscal 2015 funding measures for a...