Politics

Cory Booker: ‘The Idea That Heroin and Meth Are the Same as Cannabis Defies Reality. Justice Is Descheduling’

Senator Cory Booker walked into a cannabis conference in Washington, D.C. and went straight for the jugular. Justice, he told…

10 months ago

States Are Already Rebelling Against Trump’s New Hemp THC Ban

Trump’s shutdown deal quietly recriminalizes most hemp-derived THC products next year, capping them at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per…

10 months ago

FUBAR or Not FUBAR? What the Hemp Ban Really Means for Cannabis

This article is an adapted version of the Cannabis Confidential newsletter originally published here: FUBAR or Not FUBAR? The views…

10 months ago

A 12-Year-Old Stoner in Reagan’s ‘Just Say No’ America

The most challenging aspect of being a 12-year-old cannabis aficionado in the 1978 Midwest was finding someone to buy you…

10 months ago

Trump Signs Shutdown Deal To Recriminalize Hemp, Starting A One-Year Race To Rewrite The Rules

Donald Trump has signed the bill that ends the longest government shutdown in American history and sets in motion the…

10 months ago

L.A.’s Cannabis Market Is Cracking. Now City Leaders Say They’re Finally Ready to Fix It

Los Angeles helped shape the early legal cannabis economy, a cultural hub, a brand engine, a magnet for operators who…

10 months ago

California’s Adult-Use Cannabis Law ‘Failed Small Farmers,’ State Treasurer Says — Time to Start Over

“Prop 64 did that… Big corporations started buying up small family farms, thinking they could grow better… Maybe some of…

10 months ago

Big Alcohol’s Hemp Civil War: Brands Want A Pause. Distributors Want To Sell THC.

The cannabis industry has spent the past year battling lawmakers, attorneys general and FDA ambiguity over intoxicating hemp beverages. Then…

10 months ago

House Chief Deputy Whip To Talk Cannabis Finance In D.C.—Why That Matters

When a Republican who helps count votes in Congress decides to talk about cannabis, the room gets quiet.That is what…

10 months ago

Strike’s Over, Spirit’s High: Cannabis Workers Win Historic 45-Day Battle

Workers lit the fire, and now the industry’s feeling the heat. You gotta fight for it: there’s no other way.…

10 months ago