“Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world…” Cannabis isn’t just a plant: it’s a passport. A language without borders. A seed that connects continents, cultures, and generations. It’s the smell on your clothes after a night in a dive bar in Amsterdam. It’s the sticky hash a Moroccan farmer…
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Wisconsin’s GOP Assembly speaker said he hopes lawmakers in the state can “find a consensus” on legislation to legalize medical marijuana. But he added that a new cannabis bill filed by his Republican leadership counterpart in the Senate is “unlikely” to pass his chamber because it is “way too broad and way too wide-ranging.” “I…
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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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German officials have released a report on the impact of the nation’s marijuana legalization law, finding that fears from opponents about youth use, traffic safety and more have so far proved largely unfounded. However, the illicit market has not meaningfully diminished under the limited legal regulatory model that has been rolled out in the country…
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Wisconsin’s Senate president announced on Monday that she and two other bicameral Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to legalize medical marijuana in the state. Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R), who’s previously sponsored a medical cannabis bill, said in a press release that she’s filed the new measure alongside Sen. Patrick Testin (R), with an Assembly…
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People who grow cannabis for the sick perform a truly sacred act. Anyone who goes through the time, the effort, and the risk of growing medicinal-grade cannabis should be celebrated and respected. Vendors should be treated with the utmost respect. There should be a separate vendor waiting area as well as more than one trained…
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The gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey often provide a glimpse of what’s to come nationwide in the following year’s midterm elections.Will the political tides turn to disrupt the Republicans’ federal government trifecta, pitting President Donald Trump against a Democratic House or Senate in the final two years of his term? Or will the…
Where Candidates Stand on Cannabis in Virginia, New Jersey 2025 Read More »
You know those tequila shops in Mexico? The tourist traps in every major resort town that try to pass off random blends of grain spirits as the real-deal Holyfield blue agave tequila? Yes, this may come as a shock to our audience, but if you have even the slightest sense of what defines a quality…
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A New Hampshire House committee plans to move forward with a bill to legalize marijuana–even though members accept that it is unlikely to advance beyond the chamber given opposition in the Senate and the threat of a veto by the governor. “We know where it’s going to go. Let’s send a virtue signal,” the sponsor…
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Is it time to trim the fat in the DEA? After over fifty years of existence, the Drug Enforcement Administration has compiled a track record that would make any other federal agency blush with shame. They’ve lost the War on Drugs spectacularly, overseen the rise of the deadliest overdose crisis in American history, and spent…
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