“Legislators must ensure the launch mechanics don’t inadvertently hand the keys back to the incumbents before independent operators can even get in the door.” By Max Jackson, Cannabis Wise Guys For years, the story of legal cannabis in America has been a rerun of the same bad movie: corporate lobbyists write the rules, “Big Weed”…
Virginia Rejected A Monopoly Model For Marijuana, But Lawmakers Need Read More »
There’s significant uncertainty around how a pending federal hemp ban will ultimately be enforced, but “divergent federal and state marijuana laws may provide some guidance,” according to congressional researchers. With the recriminalization of most consumable hemp products set to take effect next November after President Donald Trump signed a spending bill containing the cannabis prohibition,…
Ongoing Marijuana Conflict Between States And Feds Could Provide ‘Guidance’ Read More »
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Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Were Just for Show Remember when President Biden made a big show of pardoning thousands of people with federal marijuana convictions? Remember the press conferences, the speeches about how “nobody should be in jail for simple possession,” and the promises of reform? Yeah, about that. Turns out it was all theater. And…
We Now Know President Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Were Just for Read More »
Maine officials have cleared prohibitionist activists to begin collecting signatures for a proposed ballot initiative that would roll back the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law. The measure, if approved, would also revise the regulatory structure of the medical cannabis program by imposing product testing requirements. The proposal—titled “An Act to Amend the Cannabis Legalization Act…
Maine Officials Approve 2026 Ballot Initiative To Largely Repeal Marijuana Read More »
“We’re just switching how we’re criminalizing the same exact plant. And it’s going to hit the same communities that the criminalization of marijuana did.” By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer When Minnesota lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana in 2023, Democrats hailed it as the state’s most sweeping shift in drug policy in half a century and long-overdue…
Minnesota Legalized Marijuana, But Thousands Of People Are Still Being Read More »
For seven months, American athlete Jarred Shaw sat inside Indonesia’s prison system, wondering whether a package of THC gummies sent from Thailand would cost him his life. On Tuesday, an Indonesian court sentenced the 35-year-old to 26 months. The decision marks a sharp departure from the death penalty framework that police and prosecutors had floated…
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Ohio Senators gave final approval today to legislation (SB 56) significantly amending the state’s voter-approved adult-use legalization law. The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who is expected to sign it into law. The Republican-spearheaded bill amends existing law in several ways. It criminalizes the possession of marijuana products obtained from out-of-state, including products legally…
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TL;DR: Trump’s surprise hemp ban doesn’t just wipe out a massive part of the hemp-derived market; it may also create the legal framework for a broader federal crackdown on cannabis. With the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 arguing for centralized FDA authority and tougher interstate enforcement, the hemp ban could mark the first real test…
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The Ohio Senate has voted to concur with a House-amended bill to scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law and ban the sale of hemp products that fall outside of a recently revised federal definition for the crop unless they’re sold at licensed cannabis dispensaries. The measure from Sen. Stephen Huffman (R) was substantively revised…
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