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Pistols are displayed during the National Rifle Association annual meeting in Atlanta on April 25, 2025. (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)
Jun 18, 2026

Supreme Court sides with marijuana user stripped of gun rights

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a marijuana user by limiting the application of a federal law that bars drug users from owning guns.

Caption: Fingerboard Farm owner and CEO Dawn Gordon. smelling a hemp plant on her farm. (Courtesy of Fingerboard Farm)
May 15, 2026

Fingerboard Farm runs multiple businesses to stay afloat – even a cannabis venture

Fingerboard Farm both cultivates hemp, a type of cannabis that, unlike marijuana, is nonintoxicating and operates in the agritourism business.

A reveller smokes cannabis at the Mile High 420 Festival in Denver on April 20, 2026. (REUTERS/Cheney Orr)
Apr 23, 2026

US to loosen marijuana rules in major shift for $47B industry

The Justice Department is reclassifying FDA-approved and state-licensed marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, though that does not legalize marijuana across the U.S.

Supreme Court of Maryland
Mar 12, 2026

Maryland Supreme Court: Cannabis odor

Cannabis odor

Police lights (USA Today Network)
Mar 4, 2026

Ban on police searches based on cannabis smell is not retroactive, MD Supreme Court rules

A Maryland law banning police searches based on the smell of cannabis does not apply retroactively, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.

This image provided by the Somerset County, Maine, Sheriff’s Office, shows a rural home that was converted into a sophisticated marijuana grow operation on May 17, 2024, in Norridgewock, Maine. A Maine utility wants to assist investigators by proactively providing electrical usage data to police. (Somerset County Sheriff’s Office)
Dec 18, 2025

Trump orders expanded access to marijuana, CBD, citing medical benefits

President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to quickly ease restrictions on marijuana and make CBD more available.

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Oct 20, 2025

Supreme Court to consider whether pot smokers may own guns

The Supreme Court said it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns.

Appellate Court of Maryland
Sep 18, 2025

Maryland Appellate Court: Cannabis Reform Act

Cannabis Reform Act

Maryland joined 20 other states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands that have legalized adult-use cannabis. (AP File Photo)
Sep 12, 2025

4th Circuit upholds key part of MD’s cannabis regulation system

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a key part of Maryland’s regulatory scheme for cannabis.

Scientist checking hemp flowers (Thinkstock)
Sep 10, 2025

Psychoactive hemp products have never been legal in MD, Appellate Court rules

A Maryland court ruled that delta-8 and delta-10 — hemp-derived substances similar to cannabis — have never been legal in the state.

Gov. Wes Moore announced announced up to $400 million in state investments in communities that have been impacted by exclusionary policies and the addition of nearly 7,000 more pardons for certain cannabis convictions (Courtesy Gov. Wes Moore's office)
Jun 20, 2025

Moore announces $400M grants, 6,900 cannabis pardons

Gov. Wes Moore unveiled $400M in grants for communities harmed by racism and issued 6,900 new cannabis pardons during a Juneteenth event.

Maryland joined 20 other states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands that have legalized adult-use cannabis. (AP File Photo)
Apr 25, 2025

Beyond the high: Diving into MD cannabis data

Now that marijuana is legal in Maryland, new data is leading some lesser-known effects of its use to come to light.