How Free Do You Actually Feel as a Cannabis Consumer? NORML Wants to Know
NORML's 2026 Cannabis Freedom Survey asks how free consumers actually feel, not just what the law says. Takes one minute. Results matter. p The post How Free Do...
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Argentina’s Cannabis Paradox: Access First, Market Later
Argentina has built a patient-first cannabis framework with real access, but the commercial and regulatory pieces still have not fully aligned into a cohesive m...
Everything You Know About CBD Is Probably Wrong
New interpretations of global drug treaties are reshaping CBD policy, hemp regulation, and medical cannabis access worldwide. p The post Everything You Know Abo...
B-Real and Xzibit on Brick Weed, Backwoods and Why They Still ‘Rap Circles’ Around Younger Rappers
B-Real, Xzibit and Demrick have spent decades around rap and weed. On This Thing of Ours, the Serial Killers trio sound loose, sharp and fully in command. In th...
Snoop Just Brought Death Row Seeds To U.S. Growers
Death Row’s cannabis collaboration with Sensi Seeds is officially coming to the U.S., bringing five strains to American home growers for the first time. The lin...
Cannabis Cup Winner Craig Palmer Took 6 Point From Illicit to Legal in New York
Legacy grower Craig Palmer built Sixpoint Cannabis from decades in the underground to a standout brand in New York’s legal market. p The post Cannabis Cup Winne...
How $10 Million Meant for Florida Taxpayers Ended Up in the Anti-Marijuana War
A $10 million payment tied to a Florida Medicaid settlement moved through the Hope Florida Foundation, into two anti-drug nonprofits, and then into a political ...
Inside the DEA’s Crisis of Legitimacy
A long trail of corruption cases, oversight failures, and drug-war contradictions has left the DEA with a credibility problem, even as it continues to influence...
Big Finance Found A New Way To Go After Cannabis: By Policing Speech
A new book from civil liberties advocate Rainey Reitman digs into “financial censorship,” and one of its sharpest chapters lands right in cannabis, where debank...
50 Years After “Legalize It,” the Fight Isn’t Over
Fifty years after Peter Tosh’s “Legalize It,” his daughter Niambe McIntosh carries the fight forward through advocacy, reform, and personal loss. p The post 50 ...
Trump Fired Pam Bondi. What Changes For Marijuana Rescheduling?
Pam Bondi is out, Todd Blanche is in, and the immediate question for cannabis is whether that changes the fate of marijuana rescheduling. The early answer appea...
The Feds Just Started Reimbursing Hemp CBD And THC Products. Anti-Weed Groups Immediately Sued
A new federal program that took effect April 1 lets certain participating care models furnish up to $500 a year in eligible hemp-derived CBD and low-THC product...
Uruguay Slashes Illicit Cannabis Market to 6.7%—But Faces New Challenges
More than a decade after making history as the first country to legalize adult-use cannabis, Uruguay has entered a new phase: the system works, but it’s no long...
Why Ganja Should Be Re-Legalized in India
Ed Rosenthal traces how international pressure criminalized a plant long woven into Indian life, and why he believes it is time to bring ganja back under regula...
Colorado Tried To Ban Intoxicating Hemp. It Still Made Its Way Into Legal Weed
A new ProPublica investigation found that Colorado banned chemically converted intoxicating hemp on paper, but weak testing rules, enforcement gaps and industry...
The Last Garden: Maine’s Medical Cannabis Program Under Siege
Maine built one of the most vibrant, patient-driven medical cannabis markets in America. Now a contamination panic, a powerful tracking company and a regulatory...
Big Alcohol’s Push to Save Hemp THC Drinks Comes With a Catch
As a federal ban nears, alcohol industry power players are pushing to keep hemp THC beverages alive by bringing them under their own regulatory system. p The po...
Legal Weed May Bounce Back In 2026. Small Operators Might Not
Whitney Economics projects legal cannabis sales will resume growing in 2026 after a rough 2025. But falling prices, weaker state performance and a more mature m...
He May Be the Only American Sent to Prison for the Pot Tax
In this first-person commentary, Ryan Richmond argues that after marijuana charges failed, federal authorities turned to tax law—specifically Section 280E—to wi...
Legalization Was Bullshit for Frank Rogers. He’s Still in Prison.
Legalization made room for brands, tax revenue, and respectability. For Frank Rogers, still serving time on a federal marijuana conspiracy case, it still hasn’t...
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