Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with Senators Cory Booker and Ron Wyden, reintroduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, which would fully de-schedule cannabis, removing it from the Controlled Substances Act.
In a brutal missed opportunity to bring a medical program to the Gem State, the 2026 ballot will only have a prohibitionist measure left when it comes to drug policy.
Over the next two weeks, the Drug Enforcement Administration will conduct a historic, albeit fast-tracked, administrative hearing pursuant to the DOJ’s “Final Order” rescheduling cannabis to Schedule III in the hands of a state medical licensee or approved patient.
The hearing will consider the broader rescheduling of cannabis.
This is important. Rescheduling, particularly under a Republican administration, should motivate — and will likely ultimately force — states without medical access to…
The governor acted on a list of conditions unanimously approved by the Kentucky Board of Physicians and Advisors. HB 401, which would have accomplished this through the legislature, never even received a committee hearing in 2026.
During negotiations to include adult-use sales in the budget bill, a steep compromise was made regarding public consumption to satisfy Gov. Abigail Spanberger.