Massachusetts election officials have scheduled a hearing to investigate a complaint challenging the signature gathering process for a proposed ballot initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana law. This comes about two weeks after the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Elections Division confirmed that the anti-cannabis campaign collected enough valid signatures to send the measure to…
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has approved a bill to legalize marijuana in the state—though its chances of passage in the Senate remain dubious, and the governor has expressed clear opposition to the reform. Also on Wednesday, the House passed a proposal to allow medical cannabis dispensaries to become for-profit businesses. The marijuana legalization…
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The emerging legal cannabis industry in Germany is one of the most exciting markets globally by many measures. Legal medical cannabis sales through pharmacies launched in the European nation in 2017, and lawmakers approved a historic national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in 2024. A considerable amount of market data is now flowing out of Germany,…
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Massachusetts lawmakers have assembled a bicameral conference committee to reach a deal on a bill that would double the legal marijuana possession limit for adults and revise the regulatory framework for the state’s adult-use cannabis market. After the Senate passed an amended version of the legislation in November, the House pushed back against the changes.…
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Dry January is no longer just a detox. What began as a post-holiday pause from drinking has evolved into a cultural reassessment of how people relax, socialize, and manage stress. Each January, millions of Americans step back from alcohol not simply to recover from the excesses of the holidays, but to question a deeper assumption:…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of a federal law banning people who use marijuana or other controlled substances from buying or possessing firearms. About two months after agreeing to take the case, justices on Friday set a date of March 2 to consider the conflicting arguments…
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Well, folks, we made it through another year in the wildest timeline. 2025 was a rollercoaster ride through cannabis policy chaos, and I’ve got the whiplash to prove it. As I sit here reflecting on the year that was, I’m reminded that trying to make sense of cannabis policy in America is like trying to…
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“Scromiting”: The Latest Cannabis Scare Tactic From Big Pharma’s Playbook Have you scromited yet? No? Well, buckle up, because that’s the latest buzzword the propaganda machine wants you to associate with cannabis. And if you haven’t heard of it yet, don’t worry—you will. They’re making sure of that. Let me guess: you saw a headline…
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With over 55 million cannabis fans in America, 2025 was a year of big wins and stinging losses. From headway in the hash world and LA’s indoor farms to High Times’ resurgence and landmark findings in the scientific world, the ganja news came like a firehose in 2025, and here’s a distillation of the top…
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Arizona voters approved adult-use cannabis in 2020 by a wide margin, opening the door to a regulated market that now includes more than 100 licensed dispensaries across the state. Five years later, a new ballot initiative is attempting something unusual: keeping marijuana legal while dismantling the legal cannabis industry itself. The proposal, known as the…
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