Cannabis Policy & Legalization
Global cannabis legislation, decriminalization efforts, and legal battles shaping the industry.
From Consumer to Cultivator: Why Growing Your Own Cannabis Will Transform Your Relationship with the Plant Walk into any dispensary today and you’ll be bombarded with options that would make your head spin faster than a top-shelf indica. Purple Monkey Ball Wrecker crossed with Unicorn Tears at 35% THC? Sure, why not. Gummy bears that’ll…
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Here we go again. Another mass shooting, another tragic loss of life, and right on cue, the media starts digging through the shooter’s background looking for easy explanations. In the case of Joshua Jahn, the 29-year-old who opened fire on migrants at a Dallas ICE facility before killing himself, they found their convenient narrative: he…
The ICE Shooter and the Cannabis Scapegoat: Why We Need Read More »
Texas officials have officially adopted a set of emergency rules meant to prevent the sale of intoxicating hemp products to people under 21. After similar restrictions were implemented by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) late last month, the state Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced on Friday that they’ve moved forward with policies…
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An American basketball player is potentially facing the death penalty or a lengthy prison sentence after being arrested in Indonesia over possession of marijuana gummies he said he uses for medical purposes to treat Crohn’s disease. Jarred Shaw—a 35-year-old Texan who’s played internationally for the team Prawira Bandung and helped secure a victory in the…
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The most common question I have received over the years has been: “What happened to the sticky, stinky buds of yesteryear?”The simple answer is that the lion’s share of commercial cannabis available for sale today has been overdried, and much of what hasn’t been overdried has been improperly cured.“The volatile oil composition of fresh and…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2, 2025 – Vireo Growth Inc. announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire approximately 86% of the outstanding senior secured convertible notes of public U.S. multistate cannabis operator, Medicine Man Technologies Inc. (d/b/a “Schwazze”) from third-party noteholders. The notes will be acquired at a price substantially below…
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New Hampshire lawmakers have advanced a bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the state to convert from from non-profit organizations to for-profit businesses. After clearing an initial committee and then passing the full House of Representatives in March, the legislation from Rep. Wendy Thomas (D) returned to the House Finance Committee under rules for…
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“There was a willingness to consider multiple ways to get enough revenue… This just happened to be the one that could get the votes.” By Ben Solis, Michigan Advance After much hand wringing and consternation from lawmakers who feared detrimental effects to Michigan’s cannabis industry, the Michigan Senate voted early Friday morning by a thin…
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A Kentucky medical marijuana cultivation facility has harvested its first yield of cannabis, and patients could gain access to it by next month, a top regulator says. Meanwhile, the governor says licensed businesses are about to “grow a whole lot more” as the program gets underway. Cannon Armstrong, executive director of the Office of Medical…
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The music industry has never been an easy place to navigate. For every breakout story, there are dozens of young artists left wondering why their streaming checks don’t cover the rent or why the viral moment they dreamed of fizzled after a few weeks. That reality is exactly why Sophie Steele, founder of Kopius Media,…
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