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 staying cooler without cranking the air conditioning — proof that hemp’s biggest contribution might have nothing to do with getting high. CNN spotlighted the trend on June […]
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, pre-rolls, and vapes, requiring registration for every seller, and threatening $10,000 fines. A lawsuit challenging the rules has already landed. Hawaii’s grace period for hemp retailer and […]
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 the territory legalized adult-use marijuana. The Cannabis Control Board unanimously approved a single cultivation facility, and there’s still nowhere legal to buy the product it grows. On […]
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 to create permanent military marijuana waivers for recruits who test positive for THC — bringing them in line with the Army and Navy, which already do it. […]
California Is Spending $227 Million to Hunt Illegal Weed
California just put serious money behind a problem every legal market shares. On June 25, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $227 million in Proposition 64 grants to fight illicit cannabis in California — funding local enforcement, youth prevention, public-health programs, and environmental cleanup of illegal grow sites. The grants flow from Prop 64, the 2016 measure […]
States Have Banked Nearly $15 Billion in Marijuana Taxes, New Federal Report Shows
If you want the single most persuasive argument for legalization, it’s a dollar figure from the federal government’s own bean counters. A new marijuana tax revenue report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows states have collected nearly $15 billion in cannabis taxes since late 2021 — including $825.1 million in just the first quarter of […]
Medicare Covers THC Now?! Huge Weed Changes!
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IRS Slams 280E, Virginia Moves to Sell, and Texas Targets THCA
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Gamification of Legalization to make Millionaires – Cannabis Legalization News Shorts
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How local bans are helping the illicit market | Cannabis Legalization news
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