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Colombia’s President Tells Trump To Legalize Marijuana To Combat Illicit

The president of Colombia says U.S. President Donald Trump should replace the policy of marijuana prohibition with a regulatory framework allowing for adult use and international cannabis exports. In an post on X last week, Colombian President Gustavo Petro addressed broader drug policy issues amid a broader feud between the two leaders over the Trump…

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Florida Case On Medical Marijuana Patients’ Gun Rights Is On

A federal court has agreed to delay proceedings in a years-long Florida-based case challenging the constitutionality of the ban on gun ownership by people who use medical marijuana, with the Justice Department arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to take up a related dispute warrants a stay in the lower court. The Supreme…

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39 Bipartisan State And Territory Attorneys General Push Congress To

A bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territory attorneys general is calling on Congress to clarify the federal definition of hemp and impose regulations preventing the sale of intoxicating cannabinoid products. In a letter sent to the Republican chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees on Friday, members of the National Association…

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No One Is Giving Your Kids Marijuana Edibles for Halloween

It’s Halloween season, which means it’s time for your local news outlets to once again warn viewers about a virtually non-existent threat: the notion that there are large groups of insidious people just waiting to give your trick-or-treating children free cannabis edibles. This is one of those marijuana myths that keeps coming back from the…

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I Worked a Day as a Budtender in Brooklyn: Here’s

The first thing I learned guest budtending in Brooklyn? Your feet hurt before your shift is halfway done. But the conversations make it worth it. I spent the day behind the counter at By Any Other Name (BAON) in Clinton Hill to experience budtending from the inside, where product knowledge matters, but people matter more.…

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As Americans Consume More Cannabis, Binge Drinking and Tobacco Use

  Americans now consume much less alcohol than they did before, and there are several studies to back this up.   According to Gallup polls, just 54% of American adults now admit to consuming alcohol, which is the lowest it’s ever been in Gallup’s history of 90 years. It’s clear that there is a growing…

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South Dakota Medical Marijuana Advocates Alarmed After Lawmakers Give Prohibitionists

“There’s kind of a shock wave going through our community right now, with the speakers that were invited, most of whom were out-of-state.” By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Representatives of South Dakota medical marijuana businesses said they were alarmed Wednesday after a state committee that oversees the industry spent much of an all-day meeting listening to…

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Michigan Lawmakers Consider Bills To Change Legal Marijuana Possession Limits

Michigan has “become, in a lot of ways, sort of a central location for illicit operations, because the penalties for illicit activity are so low here.” By Ben Solis, Michigan Advance Four marijuana-related bills were up for consideration before a House panel on Thursday, with one aiming to upend rules on the legal amount of…

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Ganja & the Gold Rush: What Levi Strauss Can Teach

Entirely by chance, my father is buried just a few rows away from Levi Strauss, the man whose name is synonymous with denim and one of the most enduring clothing brands in American history. For decades, whenever I went to the cemetery just outside San Francisco, I’d quickly pause to say hello to Mr. Strauss.…

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Marijuana Companies Ask U

A coalition of marijuana companies has filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their case challenging the constitutionality of federal prohibition. About two months after the court accepted an application for an extend the filing deadline, the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP that’s representing the companies submitted the petition for…

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