The long-running process of changing marijuana from the most harmful classification, Schedule I, to the less restrictive Schedule III[ is taking place in Washington, D.C., and millions of dollars

The bill aims to prevent marijuana businesses from claiming federal tax deductions under IRS Code 280E, even if the substance is rescheduled.

Republicans, who control the Pennsylvania Senate, have little appetite to move on a marijuana legalization bill this year despite a hefty budget shortfall.

Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero appeared before a judge in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon, pleading not guilty to charges related to his involvement in the decades-old killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.

Officials said they received a tip about marijuana being delivered to a storage facility in Duluth. Deputies identified a suspect vehicle and arrested Jian Yi Wu and Hieu M. Quach. During the investigation, authorities said they discovered 153 pounds of marijuana and more than $20,000 in cash.

So Varnell was glad when the Drug Enforcement Administration shut down the operation, which was located at a former horse racing track, in January 2023. Agents seized over 17,000 marijuana plants from five warehouses, $45,000 in cash and a pistol.

NEW YORK (AP) — Cartel leaders Rafael Caro Quintero and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes are set to be arraigned in a U.S. federal court in New York City on Friday, following their surprise transfer from Mexico. The pair were among 29 Mexican prisoners sent Thursday to eight cities across the U.S.

Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, the alleged killer of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, has been extradited to the US from Mexico, nearly four decades after the incident.

Mexico has handed over 29 drug cartel figures to the United States, including one of the FBI’s most wanted, Rafael Caro Quintero, in what observers say is a “show of compliance” by Mexican authorities. The handover comes just days before 25 percent tariffs on Mexican imports by US President Donald Trump are due to come into effect.