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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

6 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…

6 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…

6 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.…

6 months ago