Marijuana
Supreme Court to Decide Firearms Ban for Marijuana Users
Currently being briefed before the U.S. Supreme Court on the merits is a test of the federal statutory ban, with severe felony penalties, for any marijuana "user" who possess a firearm or even a single round of…
Disarming millions of Americans based on marijuana use is unconstitutional, a SCOTUS brief says
Judging from federal survey data, nearly a quarter of Americans 18 or older used marijuana in 2024, while 16 percent reported using it during the previous month. Those numbers suggest that somewhere between 43 million and 62…
Study finds ‘no evidence’ marijuana helps pain relief, contradicting Trump
Fri Jan 23, 2026 - 6:38 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — Last year, dozens of socially conservative organizations urged the Trump administration to not reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug to the far milder Schedule III…
19 states that legalized marijuana use say it should disqualify people from owning guns
If you are a cannabis consumer who owns a gun, you are committing a federal felony right now, even if you live in one of the 40 states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. That perplexing situation…
Trump’s marijuana order vindicates criticism of the plant’s legal classification
Nearly four decades ago, Francis Young, chief administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), concluded that marijuana did not belong in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the law's most…
Can J.D. Vance stop a MAGA civil war?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by Reason reporter Eric Boehm to discuss Turning Point USA's AmericaFest and the GOP coalescing around Vice President J.D. Vance as…
Trump signs executive order rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III
Thank you, President Trump! He's actually following through on the thing he teased last week: Rescheduling pot from Schedule I—the most restrictive category drugs can fall into, which deems them to have high abuse…
Trump orders the ‘expeditious’ reclassification of marijuana
On Thursday, President Donald Trump delivered on his promise to proceed with the reclassification of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, a long-awaited step that recognizes the drug does not meet the criteria for…
Trump expected to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous on Thursday despite serious harms
Wed Dec 17, 2025 - 6:24 pm EST WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday directing federal agencies to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug to Schedule…
Should libertarians support federal AI regulation?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by associate editor Liz Wolfe to discuss President Donald Trump's executive order blocking states from enforcing their own artificial…
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