Is a MAGA-Aligned Think Tank Using the Hemp Ban to Advance a New Federal War on Cannabis?
TL;DR: Trump’s surprise hemp ban doesn’t just wipe out a massive part of the hemp-derived market; it may also create the legal […]
Author: Jason
We Now Know President Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Were Just for Show
In October 2022, President Biden issued a proclamation pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. He also called on governors […]
Florida Senator Moves To Let Medical Patients Grow Their Own Cannabis
Florida’s medical marijuana program could see one of its most significant expansions yet. Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith filed a bill that would […]
The Government Just Outlawed Hemp Again. Now They Admit They Can’t Police It.
Congress banned most hemp-derived products, but a new CRS report says federal agencies may not have the resources or a clear plan […]
Meet the Publisher: ‘Give It to You Raw’ — The True Story of Josh Kesselman, RAW Papers and the Spanish Factory That Shaped a Rolling-Paper Empire (Part I)
Joshua Kesselman, the man behind the RAW® brand of rolling papers and other smoking accessories, didn’t name his brand after a process. […]
Ashtrays Don’t Forget: A Weird, Honest Look at Cannabis Culture
The Mylar bags were whispering again. That thin, plastic whine like cheap toys haunted by bad branding decisions. They twitched on the […]
Decoding the Manufactured Backlash Against Cannabis in the Trump Era – Reefer Madness 2026
For months, he’s been dangling the carrot of rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to III, teasing it like the Epstein files or […]
Deconstructing Singapore’s Medical Cannabis Misinformation – The Anatomy of Propaganda
Let me show you what state-sponsored propaganda looks like in 2025. Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau recently published an infographic titled “Understanding Medical […]
ExpoCannabis Brasil Draws 42,000 People As Brazil’s Cannabis Movement Accelerates
Who would have imagined that Latin America’s largest cannabis expo would take place in a country whose Congress still treats the subject […]
I Slammed a Bag of Edibles on My Lunch Break…and Somehow Ended up on the Leadership Team
Lunch breaks hit different when you’re an LA gig worker who still clocks into a day job. Warehouse in the morning and […]