Cannabis Policy & Legalization
Global cannabis legislation, decriminalization efforts, and legal battles shaping the industry.
Yelawolf and manager/business partner Edward Crowe fully embrace the fact that they took copious amounts of LSD growing up and became intimately acquainted with the perforated (and often intricately designed) blotter paper. From unique psychedelic artwork to simple 2D symbols printed on each hit, the style was intriguing to Crowe. To Wolf, it symbolized the…
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Justices on the Supreme Court will decide whether the federal government can bar cannabis consumers from lawfully possessing firearms. Today, the Court agreed to hear arguments from the Justice Department, which is appealing a 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals decision that found the blanket ban to be unconstitutional. For decades, the US government has…
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A Florida campaign that’s working to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the 2026 ballot is suing the state for allegedly taking “unlawful” steps to force the invalidation of about 200,000 voter signatures it has submitted. Smart & Safe Florida filed the lawsuit against Secretary of State Cord Byrd and Leon County Supervisor of Elections…
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“This is more than a policy change. It’s the seed of a new paradigm: replacing fear with healing, stigma with science, punishment with care.” By Victoria Cvitanovic, former narcotics prosecutor Multiple bills to legalize psychedelic mushrooms for medical use have been introduced in New York and now they are finally gaining steam. If passed, this…
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The diverse challenges and innovations that continue to shape the cannabis industry have made the evolving partnerships among licensed operators, higher-ed institutions, and regulators increasingly important for running a business.As legalization progresses, the need for a skilled and knowledgeable cannabis workforce has never been higher. Workforce and business development training programs are now essential for…
Ohio House lawmakers are set to take up a Senate-passed bill on Tuesday that would make significant changes to the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law—but with new key amendments that are expected to strike much of the current language and refocus the proposal on regulating intoxicating hemp products. After months of back-and-forth between the House…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 20, 2025 – Rubicon Organics Inc., Canada’s leading premium licensed producer focused on cultivating and selling organic certified, premium and super-premium cannabis products, announced the Cascadia facility, located in Hope, British Columbia, has received its license to cultivate, process and store cannabis from Health Canada.The license will enable…
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The signature-gathering phase is “going well” for a coalition that’s aiming to put a question before Massachusetts voters that would backtrack on adult-use cannabis legalization by wiping out the state’s licensed industry.Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell certified the petition, “An Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy,” last month, and now the group has until…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – LAS VEGAS, Oct. 20, 2025 – Planet 13 Holdings Inc., a leading vertically integrated multistate cannabis company, announced the opening of its newest Florida dispensary in Pace at 4612 School Lane just off busy US Highway 90.Located along a bustling retail corridor directly across from a Walmart and Lowe’s, Planet 13 Pace…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on the constitutionality of a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana or other drugs from buying or possessing firearms. The Trump administration has argued that the policy “targets a category of persons who pose a clear danger of misusing firearm” and should be upheld.…
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