Politics

Feds Greenlight ‘Rigorous’ Low-Level Cannabis Prosecutions, Raising Questions Over Whether Biden’s Softer Approach Was Ever Real Policy

A quiet move by the U.S. Department of Justice in late September appears to have reopened the door for federal…

7 months ago

Opinion: Cannabis Is a Nutraceutical, Not a Pharmaceutical — and Why Descheduling Remains the Only Real Path Forward

For decades, cannabis has been trapped in a political purgatory, classified, vilified, and regulated as if it were a dangerous,…

7 months ago

Freedom Fighter of the Month: The Cop Who Broke With the Drug War — and Is Now Suing the U.S. Government Over Gun Rights

Editors’ Note: “Freedom Fighter of the Month” has long been a popular feature in High Times magazine, dating back to…

7 months ago

DC Wants to Kill Hemp Drinks. New Orleans Just Built a THC Nightclub. Welcome to the Rebellion.

While federal lawmakers are busy advancing a nationwide ban on most hemp-derived THC products, New Orleans just did something very…

7 months ago

Cannabis Comes to Capitol Hill: Industry Leaders Confront Washington After the Hemp Ban

This article is an adapted version of the Cannabis Confidential newsletter. The views expressed in this article are solely those…

7 months ago

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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 months ago