They Said Weed Would Destroy America. They Were Wrong. They’re Still Cashing In.
An investigation into the infrastructure, incentives, and revenue streams behind prohibition advocacy — using professional writer Alex Berenson’s career as a case […]
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Pax Cannabica: How the Plant Became a Geopolitical Tool in a World at War
Cannabis is quietly emerging as a geopolitical tool in 2026, reshaping global trade, diplomacy and soft power amid energy crises and shifting […]
Matt Zorn and the Next Phase of America’s Drug Policy Revolution
By Hirsh Jain via Cannabis Confidential newsletter. Subscribe here. How Zorn’s trajectory from litigator to policymaker echoes Thurgood Marshall. As we look […]
Most Americans Want Marijuana Legalized. What They Got Was Schedule III
Three days before the Trump administration moved medical marijuana to Schedule III, a new YouGov poll found that 59% of Americans already […]
Cannabis Rescheduling Could Happen Today. Don’t Call It Legalization.
The Trump administration is preparing to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act as soon as […]
Legalization Was Supposed to Be Bad for Kids. It Turned Out to Be the Opposite
Thirty years into the transition to regulated cannabis markets, teen use and ease of access are at or near the lowest levels […]
Zurich’s Weed Trial Is Working So Well Switzerland Just Extended It Again
It may not be Switzerland’s political capital, but it could easily be its cannabis capital. We’re talking about Zurich, one of the […]
The Real Cost of Cannabis Prohibition
Cannabis reform is often framed as a business or cultural issue. In reality, cannabis policy goes far beyond dispensaries; it touches the […]
He May Be the Only American Sent to Prison for the Pot Tax
The Cannabis Operator Prosecutors Got Like Al Capone In this first-person commentary, Ryan Richmond argues that after marijuana charges failed, federal authorities […]
Two Economies, One Plant: South Africa’s Cannabis Divide
The road into the Mzintlava River Valley is not on any investment map. It bends past a school with a broken bell, […]