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The DEA’s Shift on Marijuana: What You Need to Know
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The Feds Published a Manual on How to Weigh Your Weed
NIST Cannabis Scales Report: What It Means It’s the wonkiest cannabis story of the week, and it matters precisely because it’s boring: the federal government just published a…
Marijuana Tax Revenue Is Falling in Mature States — Here’s Why
Marijuana Tax Revenue Is Falling in Older States Here is the number every statehouse quietly fears: marijuana tax revenue is now declining in six of the earliest-legalizing states.…
The KIDS Act Passed the House — and It Quietly Hits Cannabis Ads
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DEA Rescheduling Hearing, Week Two: A Pain Doctor Takes the Stand
DEA Rescheduling Hearing: Week Two Testimony The DEA rescheduling hearing came back from its Fourth-of-July recess and kept doing the thing that still surprises people: the government is…
Virginia Finally Legalizes Marijuana Sales — Stores Open 2027
Virginia Recreational Marijuana: Sales Start 2027 After five years of legal possession and zero legal stores, Virginia recreational marijuana is finally getting a retail market. Budget legislation enacted…
Hemp Houses Are Keeping Europe Cool in the Heat Wave
Everybody fights about THC. Meanwhile the boring half of the plant is quietly building carbon-negative houses. As a brutal heat wave baked Europe, hempcrete homes made headlines for…
Hawaii’s Hemp Crackdown Hits July 1 — and the Lawsuits Are Already Flying
While Congress dithers over the federal hemp ban, the states aren’t waiting. Hawaii begins enforcing strict hemp retailer and distributor rules on July 1 — banning hemp flower,…
Guam Just Issued Its First Cannabis Permit — Seven Years After Legalizing
Here’s a master class in why the rulebook, not the plant, runs the cannabis industry. Guam just issued its first Guam cannabis permit — nearly seven years after…
A New Bill Would Create Federal Weed Scholarships at HBCUs
Congress wants to put cannabis education money where the first wave of legalization didn’t. A new bill called the EDUCATE Act would create a federal cannabis scholarship program…
Congress Wants the Air Force and Marines to Take Cannabis Recruits
The military’s recruiting crisis is doing what decades of advocacy couldn’t. A new provision in the defense bill would push the Air Force, Space Force, and Marine Corps…