Marijuana

In July, the D.C. council passed legislation authorizing the crackdown on illegal shops, as well as a process for the illegal businesses to become licensed. Here’s how enforcement is going so far

As D.C. police crack down on stores accused of illegally selling cannabis, they say some of the stores shut down were found to have other illegal drugs. New4’s Mark Segraves reports.

An undercover drug bust has led to charges for a Northern Virginia man who is accused of setting up a marijuana delivery business. News4 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Maryland wants to help people once convicted of marijuana-related offenses land jobs in the state’s legal cannabis industry.

For years, a few crumbs of cannabis played an outsized role in shaping Shiloh Jordan’s life. With a stroke of a pen by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Jordan looks forward to that being in the past for him _ as well as tens of thousands of other Marylanders who were pardoned Monday for misdemeanor marijuana convictions. In an interview, Jordan...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore issued full pardons to more than 175,000 people convicted of simple marijuana and paraphernalia possession. The governor called executive order the most sweeping state-level pardon in any state. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions, after Black residents were disproportionately convicted. News4’s Megan McGrath reports live from Annapolis.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for misdemeanor marijuana convictions. The governor described the pardons Monday as the “most sweeping state-level pardon in any state in American history.” The pardons will not result in anyone being released from incarceration. And nor will they prompt past convictions to be automatically expunged from...

Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot, prompting a lawsuit. Thousands of registered medical users and recreational ones could be affected.

Virginia health care providers are being asked to step up reporting of cases in which CBD or THC products are making kids sick, after a surge in the number of emergency room visits for children in recent years.

Virginia healthcare providers are being asked to step up reporting of cases in which THC or CBD products are making kids sick. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol.

The Justice Department officially proposed reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. News4’s Jackie Bensen explains how it would ease restrictions on cannabis on the federal level if approved.

A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

Customs and Border Protection officers at Dulles International Airport are trying to tackle a troubling trend at American airports, and now that mairjuana is legal in more states, more smugglers are using checked bags to move drugs around. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed to shift marijuana from a “Schedule I” drug, which includes heroin and LSD, to a less tightly regulated “Schedule III” drug

The Drug Enforcement Agency is expected to reclassify marijuana and admit its medical utility. Reporter Ted Oberg looks at what the decision means.

Sources told NBC News that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration plans to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.