Politics

The Feds Won’t Study Hemp As Food. A Nonprofit Just Did It For $9,379.

A 501c3 commissioned accredited private labs to test whole hemp biomass. The results are preliminary. They also answer a question…

3 months ago

‘It’s Still Illegal’: Trump’s Drug Czar on Marijuana Reclassification

ONDCP director Sara Carter Bailey told Newsmax this week that marijuana is “still illegal” after the April 23 rescheduling order.…

3 months ago

Target Just Made A Big Bet On Hemp THC Drinks Six Months Before A Federal Ban. Do They Know Something We Don’t?

Target is expanding its intoxicating hemp THC beverage program to more than 300 stores across Florida, Texas and Illinois, just…

3 months ago

Cannabis 2016–2026: The Green Rush Fizzled. What Came Next Is More Interesting

Over the past decade, cannabis has shifted from taboo to a regulated global industry, with expanding legalization, medical adoption, and…

3 months ago

The DEA Just Opened A Door To Federal Cannabis. Nearly 400 Businesses Are Already Racing Through It.

The DEA’s medical marijuana registration portal opened on April 29. By the morning of May 2, nearly 400 businesses had…

3 months ago

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…

3 months ago

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…

3 months ago

The State of Indigenous Cannabis: Sovereignty, Healing, and the Future We’re Building Now

By Rob Pero, Founder of Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association The most exciting future for cannabis in the U.S. isn’t coming…

3 months ago

Does Rescheduling Help Home Growers? Even Cannabis Lawyers Are Split

The Trump administration’s rescheduling order moved FDA-approved marijuana drug products and certain state-regulated medical marijuana products from Schedule I to…

3 months ago

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…

3 months ago