Medical Cannabis & Research
Medical applications, clinical trials, patient stories, and breakthroughs in cannabis research.
“It seems like a lot of people don’t want anything to do with it. It’s a hot potato.” By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune After several months of fiery debate and tearful testimonies over the prospect of banning THC statewide, proposed measures to do so have stalled in the Texas House. Senate Bill 6, which…
Texas Bills To Ban Consumable Hemp Products With THC Stall Read More »
“Today is more than the start of an application process—it is the continuation of a system that places safety, equity, and transparency at the center of Rhode Island’s cannabis market.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Currant Rhode Island’s cannabis regulators have yet to announce the date when they will start to accept applications for 24…
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…
Where Hands Meet Soil: A United States Cross-Country Cultivator Celebration Read More »
Original story by Hernán Panessi for El Planteo. Wherever the GOAT appears, a revolution takes place. Ever since Messi arrived at Inter Miami in 2023, the entire United States has been feverishly tuning in to a sport that was barely noticed just five minutes ago. Thousands of people are converging on the shores of Florida…
Messi And Weed: Can You Go To An Inter Miami Read More »
Hemp was never all that rare. Long before it was banned and stigmatized, this ancient plant was already part of daily life, used in textiles, ship sails, ropes, paper, and even building materials. Today, in 2025, hemp is back in the spotlight of the global economy, but this time in a form that’s shaking up…
Concrete Jungle, Hemp Style: How Hempcrete Is Building a $2B Read More »
Since the beginning of his career in the early ’90s, when he arrived on the West Coast music scene as a smooth-talking gangsta-rap standout, Snoop Dogg has been more than open about how much he loves smoking weed. From that “bubonic chronic” he bragged about on ‘Gin and Juice’ to his numerous successful forays into today’s legal…
Snoop Dogg’s Cookbook Provides Recipes For When You’re Already High Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – BARRY, Ill., Aug. 29, 2025 – Workers at Ascend Cannabis in Barry, Ill., have chosen to join the Teamsters, adding 282 cultivation, extraction, facilities, inventory, packaging, post-harvest, and quality assurance employees to the growing ranks of unionized cannabis workers across the country.Local 916 previously organized drivers and manufacturing workers at Ascend who…
282 Ascend Cannabis Workers Organize With Teamsters in Illinois Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – MIAMI, Aug. 29, 2025 – AYR Wellness Inc., together with its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively the “company”), a leading vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator, executed a definitive senior secured bridge term loan agreement (the “bridge credit agreement”), which will provide the company with up to US$50 million of committed funding to support ongoing…
AYR Wellness Executes Senior Secured Bridge Credit Agreement Read More »
What was discovered?Why it’s exciting79 phenolic compounds (tentative IDs)Reveals chemical complexity beyond cannabinoids25 compounds never before seen in cannabisExpands the known cannabis chemotype palette16 rare flavoalkaloids in leaves of one strainNew molecule class, brand-new to cannabis You know the buzz: THC, CBD, terpenes. But what if I told you that a whole new class of…
Weed’s Next Big Secret: Scientists Just Discovered a New Family Read More »
As anticipation continues for President Donald Trump’s decision on cannabis rescheduling, one of the longest-serving U.S. House members is creating new industry shockwaves through legislation to more broadly legalize the plant.Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., one of the top Democrats serving on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on…
40 House Democrats Introduce Bill to Federally Legalize Cannabis Read More »
