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The United States is experiencing quite a shakeup in both DEA and Attorney General leadership, and the moves could mean big things for the cannabis movement.

Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act has inspired one man to protest in an unexpected way: by establishing the “First Church of Cannabis.”

In a move that will surprise no one (but will disappoint thousands of Washington medical marijuana patients), Governor Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5052 into law earlier today.

CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta recently asked President Obama how he feels about the CARERS Act, a historic bill that would reschedule cannabis on a federal level.

Unfortunately, if Governor Chris Christie were to become the next leader of the free world, he could prove harmful to the growing cannabis movement.

Governor Deal signed House Bill 1, dubbed the Haleigh’s Hope Act, to make it legal for qualified medical patients to access medicinal cannabis oil in the state of Georgia.

The Washington state House voted to approve Senate Bill 5052, and there’s been much buzz surrounding these controversial changes to the state’s medical marijuana program.

From the Heart of Dixie to the Lone Star State, from sea to shining sea, the tide is turning towards marijuana legalization. Here’s the latest in cannabis legalization news:

The DEA is shifting from confiscating cannabis to growing it, proposing to increase the amount of cannabis it’s legally allowed to produce by more than 300% for medical research.

The Department of Justice appears to be misinterpreting a recent congressional amendment meant to protect medical marijuana activities in states where it has been legalized.