There’s a certain hush that lives between the click of the lighter and the first pull. Afghani burns slow—heavy smoke, thick as a sermon—and the room tilts just enough to let gravity sigh. The scent hits first: gas and dirt, diesel wrapped in loam. It smells like the memory of something that used to grow…
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As the House prepares to vote on a Senate-passed spending bill with provisions to ban consumable hemp products, one GOP representative’s final push to strike the prohibition language has failed. At the same time, a Democratic senator says Congress should take the one-year before its implementation to develop a regulatory framework to preserve legal access…
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Must be sunny out today, because Republicans are flip-flopping all over the place. According to new Gallup polling, Republican support for cannabis legalization cratered from 55% in 2023 to just 40% in 2025—the lowest level in a decade. Meanwhile, 74% of Republicans believe the Trump administration is “making progress” on the illegal drug problem, up…
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Women who frequently use marijuana report greater satisfaction in their romantic relationships, according to a new study. But for men, the opposite appears to be true for reasons that aren’t immediately clear. The study from researchers at Ariel University and Achva Academic College in Israel was published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence this…
Women Who Use Marijuana At A ‘High Intensity’ Report Greater Read More »
“Congress is poised to re-criminalize this plant and again put hundreds of thousands of patients, and the people that love them, in jeopardy.” By Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, Moms Mobilized Before my son, Austin, was even five years old, he had been prescribed a series of pharmaceuticals for his epilepsy—opioids, benzodiazepines, rufinamide and more. That continued…
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Nearly 9 in 10 Florida voters say they should have the right to decide to legalize marijuana in the state, a new poll from a Trump-affiliated research firm shows as the fate of a 2026 reform initiative remains murky amid pending litigation. In a memo about the poll commissioned by the cannabis legalization campaign Safe…
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“I don’t see how this is good at all, for anyone. This is opening up the floodgates for misconduct.” By Sophie Nieto-Muñoz, New Jersey Monitor New Jersey’s cannabis industry would see a host of changes under a new bill from Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D). The measure would allow some medical marijuana dispensaries to sell recreational…
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As we celebrate the vital contributions of America’s veterans, we must not forget that many of them are still being denied access to a critically important therapeutic tool: medical cannabis. That’s right, VA doctors remain forbidden from recommending medical cannabis to veterans – even in jurisdictions where it is state-legal and regulated. For many years,…
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Even as Congress is taking steps to reinstitute a federal ban on hemp products containing THC, Texas officials are distributing a new hemp law “checklist” list to help businesses comply with recently enacted state cannabis rules—including age-gating to prevent the sale of intoxicating cannabinoid products to youth. In addition to holding a license or registration…
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