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Written by Shaleen Title and Damian Fagon Federal cannabis bills are not coming to save us. It’s October 2025, and the corporate-led strategy that has dominated the movement is dead. The same bills get introduced over and over, and like zombies, we deliver the same recycled responses, fight the same identical fights, and make no…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro opened a controversial new front line by proposing to U.S. President Donald Trump more than just a trade adjustment: he asked that “the export of cannabis be legalized like any other good, given its exclusion from the UN list of dangerous substances,” through a post on X. Las guerras que Colombia…

Want To Age Gracefully? Cannabis Is The Key, Says Study   No Wonder Trump Endorses CBD For Seniors   Everyone wants to find the fountain of youth.   Just look at the statistics: In 2023, the global market for anti-aging skincare and beauty products was valued at a cool $47 billion dollars, a number that…

An Ohio health agency is providing a state university with a $400,000 grant to educate first responders, law enforcement, emergency departments and behavioral specialists about how to deal with potential adverse psychedelic experiences as more people use the substances for medical or recreational purposes. Amid the expanding psychedelics reform movement, there’s been increased attention to…

A popular independent craft spirits distillery says it’s scaling back its operations—due in part to the fact that more adults are choosing marijuana over alcohol. Heritage Distilling Company, Inc.–which has distillery locations for its whiskey and other spirits in Oregon and Washington State where cannabis is legal—said on Thursday that a confluence of factors informed…

Frequent use of marijuana is associated with a reduced risk of developing liver disease from alcohol, according to a new study. In fact, people who meet the criteria for “cannabis use disorder,” or CUD, showed lower risk compared to both infrequent cannabis users and those who don’t consume marijuana at all. The novel study, published…