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Police in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin made well over 100,000 marijuana-related arrests in 2024, according to data provided by the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer. The overwhelming majority of those arrested were charged with low-level marijuana possession — not cultivation, trafficking, or sales. Texas led the nation in marijuana-related arrests.…

Trump’s shutdown deal quietly recriminalizes most hemp-derived THC products next year, capping them at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container and banning synthetics. From Texas to Minnesota, governors, brewers and farmers are already signaling they’ll regulate on their own terms instead of treating Washington’s new limit as the last word. TL;DR: Trump’s new law…

Senator Cory Booker walked into a cannabis conference in Washington, D.C. and went straight for the jugular. Justice, he told the room, starts with descheduling. Booker appeared at the Cannabis Capital & Policy Summit, a one-day event in the nation’s capital produced by IgniteIt in partnership with the U.S. Cannabis Roundtable. The crowd was packed…

The United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming says his office will “rigorously prosecute” minor marijuana possession violations on federal lands following a reported change in federal guidance. According to a November 13th memo issued by US Attorney Darrin Smith, the Justice Department has “rescinded previous guidance .. [that] directed US Attorneys not to…

“We have a year to either figure it out or we have a year to just like, crush it and fight for the plant and hope that we can change this with legislation.” By Brandon Kingdollar, NC Newsline For Hannah DeLange, the most rewarding part of managing Redhead Hemp’s Durham location has been “creating a…