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Wisconsin’s GOP Senate President Files New Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill

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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The Cannabis Now Guide to Buying Clean Cannabis

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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Where Candidates Stand on Cannabis in Virginia, New Jersey 2025

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…

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The Toking Traveler: Why Amsterdam Weed Is Mostly Boof

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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New Hampshire Lawmakers To Move Forward With Marijuana Legalization Bill

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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Will Trump Cut Staffing at the DEA if Cannabis is

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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Most Medical Cannabis Patients Quit After a Year Study Finds:

A fascinating study out of Pennsylvania just delivered news that should terrify pharmaceutical executives and delight anyone who understands what real medicine looks like. According to research published in PLOS One, 58% of medical cannabis patients quit using it within a year, with nearly half stopping within just three months. Before prohibitionists start celebrating, let’s…

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Where Hands Meet Soil: A United States Cross-Country Cultivator Celebration

There’s something sacred about soil. It’s where life begins and where it returns; the quiet alchemist that transforms death into sustenance, seed into medicine, hope into harvest.Guardians of the Garden: Meet the CultivatorsA Moment of Gratitude On this earth, cannabis takes root like any other healing plant, drawing minerals and mystery from depths we barely…

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Becoming a Marijuana Farmer

In November 2012, my Colorado neighbors and I voted to legalize adult-use cannabis. The following month, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64 into the state constitution, immediately legalizing the cultivation, possession and use of marijuana – though the legal sales would take more than a year to begin. Shortly after Hickenlooper’s historic signature, I found…

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Drug Enforcement Abuse: How the DEA Became America’s Real Public

In 1971, President Nixon declared drug abuse to be “public enemy number one,” launching the War on Drugs with the promise of protecting American communities from the scourge of illegal substances. Over half a century later, it’s become painfully clear that Nixon got it backwards. The real public enemy isn’t drug abuse – it’s the…

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