WATCH: Trump orders reclassification of marijuana, downgrading its drug schedule – PBS

Support our journalism by making your most generous year-end gift now. All gifts doubled until midnight, December 31. Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Bill Barrow, Associated Press Bill Barrow, Associated Press Leave your feedbackWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous […]

New York woman pleads guilty to running illegal marijuana operation – Maine Public

A New York woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor last week to operating an unlicensed marijuana growing operation in central Maine. According to court records, Jiamin Liao, a Chinese national living in New York, bought two properties in Madison and Norridgewock several years ago. Federal agents began investigating the properties after discovering […]

Men offered marijuana in exchange for sex with girl, documents allege – WTVY

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – Two men charged with soliciting an underage child planned to pay for sex with marijuana, court records reveal.Jesse Kaleb Barefield and Timothy Delane Smith are among seven men who face charges of soliciting sex from an undercover operative they believed was a 15-year-old girl.Their arrests came over the weekend in an […]

Medical marijuana expansion efforts in New Hampshire – Concord Monitor

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What marijuana’s schedule III reclassification means for Lynchburg and SWVA – WDBJ7

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – President Donald Trump is reclassifying marijuana as a schedule three drug, a move supporters say could change how the cannabis industry operates nationwide.But what does that actually mean for our hometowns and what doesn’t it change?If you’ve noticed more conversations about marijuana lately, there’s a reason, and it affects our community […]