Survival Crop: When Countries Collapse, Cannabis Becomes a Lifeline
In Lebanon, Myanmar and Afghanistan, cannabis is not a lifestyle choice or a policy debate. It is the difference between feeding your family and losing everythi...
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Ilhan Omar Thinks ‘A Lot Of People’ In Congress Smoke Weed. Then She Flashed A Peace Sign And Left.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, who co-chairs the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, told TMZ that "a lot of people" in Congress smoke cannabis, then flashed a peace sign and walk...
Virginia’s Democratic Governor Promised To Legalize Weed Sales. Then She Vetoed The Bill.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed the bill that would have launched Virginia's adult-use cannabis market, breaking a campaign promise and pushing legal sales to 20...
The House Voted To Let VA Doctors Recommend Cannabis. ‘It’s Policy Theater,’ Says The Guy Who’s Helped 1,000 Vets Get Cards.
The U.S. House voted last Thursday to let VA doctors recommend medical cannabis to military veterans. Most of the cannabis industry is celebrating. Robb Harmon,...
Mexico’s Congress Has Had Four Years to Pass a Cannabis Law. 15,000 People Just Ran Out of Patience.
15,000 people marched down Paseo de la Reforma on May 2nd demanding the cannabis law Mexico's Congress has owed since 2021. A firsthand chronicle of a march tha...
The State of Indigenous Cannabis: Sovereignty, Healing, and the Future We’re Building Now
Indigenous communities are redefining cannabis through sovereignty, healing, and policy—building a future the broader industry is only starting to recognize. p ...
Matt Zorn and the Next Phase of America’s Drug Policy Revolution
The renegade litigator who spent a decade suing federal drug agencies is now writing their policy from inside the building. What his trajectory tells us about h...
Legalization Was Supposed to Be Bad for Kids. It Turned Out to Be the Opposite
Thirty years into the transition to regulated cannabis markets, teen use and ease of access are at or near the lowest levels ever recorded. It s prohibition — n...
Kratom Crackdown Signals New Drug Policy Shift
As 7-OH faces scrutiny, kratom bans spread—raising questions about whether drug policy reform in the U.S. is moving forward or quietly reversing. p The post Kra...
The Real Cost of Cannabis Prohibition
Cannabis prohibition impacts patients, safety, and jobs. Here’s how outdated policy continues to affect American families. p The post The Real Cost of Cannabis ...
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...
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 ...
Iceland Is Too Smart for Lazy Cannabis Panic: Inside the Hemp4Future Conference
Policy experts and global researchers break down the data, the myths and the next steps for a country on the edge of reform. p The post Iceland Is Too Smart for...
Newly-Formed Latino Cannabis Alliance Wants Power, Not Symbolism
Launching March 31, the new national coalition says Latino communities have spent years shaping cannabis reform while being sidelined in the rooms where policy,...
Meet the 19 Experts the UN Chose to Help Shape the Future of Drug Policy
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs’ new 19-member expert panel will help inform the UN’s 2029 global drug policy review, with potential consequences for cannabis ...
Ohio, Texas And South Carolina Are All Tightening Hemp Rules, Just Not The Same Way
Ohio’s new law is now in effect. South Carolina’s Senate chose a narrow regulate-it-don’t-ban-it model. Texas is about to wipe smokable hemp off shelves while s...
Marijuana Reform Isn’t This White House’s Drug Policy Priority
Sara Carter, the former investigative journalist and Fox News contributor now serving as White House drug czar, has spent her early months emphasizing fentanyl,...
The FDA Is Done Ignoring CBD. Its Free Ride May Be Over
After years of warning letters, shrugs and legal gray fog, the agency has quietly pushed a CBD compliance and enforcement policy into White House review. That m...
Chile Under Kast: What the Hard Right Means for Cannabis
Chile enters a new political cycle under President-elect José Antonio Kast. What could a hard-right government mean for cannabis policy, rights, and reform? p T...
Anti-Cannabis Group SAM Says New York Weed Is Failing. The Data Says Otherwise.
SAM’s latest critique of legalization raises real policy questions, but several of its strongest claims overstate what the current evidence can actually show. p...
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