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Opinion: Cannabis Should Be Mandatory. The ‘Normie’ World Needs a Joint More Than Anyone.

What would happen if everyone, from world leaders to stay-at-home moms, tried weed? Cannabis might function less as escapism and…

1 month ago

Can Jamaica’s New Cannabis Permits Deliver for Legacy Growers?

Jamaica created a new route into its regulated cannabis market, but a permit alone cannot guarantee that traditional farmers will…

1 month ago

What Happened to the Cannabis Goody Bag?

Once a symbol of abundance, the cannabis goody bag has gotten leaner. Maybe what’s disappearing isn’t just free weed, but…

1 month ago

Hemp Just Got 29 More Days Before the Ban. The White House Has Already Promised There Won’t Be Another Delay.

Congress voted last year to strip most hemp THC products of their federal legal status, starting November 12. On Saturday…

1 month ago

The Hemp Ban Could Slip a Month. Read the Fine Print Before You Celebrate.

Senate leaders released a stopgap that would push most of the federal hemp deadline to December 11. Cannabinoids the plant…

1 month ago

Prohibitionists Packed the DEA Hearing to Keep Marijuana in Schedule I. Their Own Witnesses Made the Case for Schedule III.

Every nongovernment participant selected for the DEA’s rescheduling hearing opposed reform. By the time the record closed, one marquee witness…

2 months ago

The Weed Moral Panic Afroman Mocked in 2001 Is Back. His Song Aged Into a Weapon.

Rolling Stone just told the story of how Afroman turned a botched police raid into a viral hit and a…

2 months ago

The DEA Blocked the Cameras at This Cannabis Hearing. Here’s What They Didn’t Want You to See.

The DEA invited only opponents to its rescheduling hearing, turned reform supporters away and refused to livestream it. Then the…

3 months ago

Never Mind Manchesterism, Britain’s Next PM Should Consider Marijuanaism

With Britain weeks away from a new Prime Minister, former UK parliamentary adviser James Matthewson argues that the incoming leader,…

3 months ago

This Cannabis Company Had It Hard for Years. Now It’s in Court to Undo the Reform That Made It Easier for Others.

A drug company spent nearly eight years fighting the DEA to make cannabis medicine the hard way. Now that everyone…

3 months ago