There is a political and cultural tension running through the U.S. While dispensaries flourish on the streets and the word “rescheduling” appears in every headline, Congress has decided to step in. On Friday, a group of Democratic lawmakers reintroduced what many describe as the most sweeping bill yet to remove cannabis from the list of…
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The year 2025 marks a somber milestone: the centenary of international cannabis prohibition. What began in Geneva in 1925, when global powers agreed to classify “Indian hemp” as a narcotic under the International Opium Convention, has since shaped a century of misguided policy, criminalization, and cultural stigma. “This is not a moment for celebration,” says…
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At a time when prices on just about everything seem to be rising, luckily, that isn’t the case for weed smokers in most U.S. markets. If you keep up with cannabis news, you’re likely to read about declining prices and their impact on the regulated weed industry. Lower prices put pressure on the bottom lines…
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The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has selected Changemark Research + Evaluation as the contract research organization for its long-awaited Phase 2 trial of smoked cannabis for the treatment of PTSD in U.S. veterans. The women-owned and women-led firm will guide site selection and recruitment, with projections pointing to the first participant beginning treatment…
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Well, well, well. Here we are again, folks – watching the highest court in the land grapple with questions that shouldn’t even exist in a rational society. The Supreme Court is preparing to hear two cannabis-related cases that perfectly encapsulate the absurd legal pretzel we’ve twisted ourselves into after decades of prohibition. On one hand,…
When the Supreme Court Gets High: Two Cannabis Cases That Read More »
Oregon’s attorney general has issued a certified ballot title for a measure to legalize cannabis social lounges that activists want to put before voters in 2026. The move comes roughly a month after an initial draft ballot title for the initiative was circulated, receiving only one public comment in response. The move brings organizers one…
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Cannabidiol (CBD) shows promise for a range of applications in dermatology and cometic science, a new comprehensive review of medical literature on the marijuana component’s topical applications has concluded. The paper, published in the journal Biomolecules, found that the non-intoxicating compound’s “anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, analgesic and anti-proliferative properties contribute to its therapeutic potential in managing…
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A Texas law significantly expanding the state’s medical marijuana program by adding qualifying conditions for patients has officially gone into effect as of Monday. And a new poll shows that a vast majority of consumers agree that people with one of those new conditions in particular, chronic pain, stand to benefit. Under the newly implemented…
As New Texas Medical Marijuana Expansion Takes Effect, Poll Shows Read More »
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