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marijuana

[mar-uh-wah-nuh] / ˌmær əˈwɑ nə /


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President Joe Biden proposed downgrading marijuana to a lesser category in 2024, which drew 43,000 public comments, and the DEA was reviewing the process, The Wall Street Journal reported External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Were individuals in states where marijuana is legal on notice that they were committing a crime by owning a gun?

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

A White House official told MarketWatch that the order was about reclassifying marijuana.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025

The predicament those in the hemp business find themselves in is that they’re stuck between both the alcohol lobby and, perhaps counterintuitively, the state-level marijuana lobby.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

McConnell, who championed hemp back in 2018, has since argued in favor of closing what he has called a loophole that allows psychoactive products to be marketed as legal alternatives to marijuana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025




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