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The State of Cannabis Today: When Will We See Federal Pot Reform?

Here are the bud basics you need to know about the state of cannabis legalization in...

Politics

Dana Rohrabacher Talks Trump & Why He Thinks Cannabis Will Likely Be Legal By 2020

Dana Rohrabacher, former Republican Congressman from Southern California, speaks to Cannabis Now about the outlook for...

Politics

Spicer: ‘Greater Enforcement’ Coming from DOJ on Cannabis

There has been much speculation about what approach the Department of Justice will take when it...

Legal

Pot Patients’ Federal Cease-Fire Extended

Medical marijuana patients, caregivers and their providers can breath a little easier until election day.

Legal

Is the Federal War on Medical Marijuana Over?

With the pending dismissal of the federal government’s highest profile case against a state-legal medical marijuana...

Legal

Breaking: Feds Drop Case Against Harborside

In an unprecedented step forward for states’ rights in regards to medical marijuana, the U.S. Attorney’s...

Legal

Federal Court Ruling Stands: DOJ Cannot Target MMJ Providers Operating Within State Law

This week cannabis activists going to battle in the War on Drugs officially gained a huge...

Politics

5 Ways Medical Marijuana Could Be Federally Legalized

Currently, 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Fifteen other states have...

Legal

FBI Hints At Softer Attitude Towards Cannabis

Two weeks ago, a prominent cannabis industry figure in California was indicted on federal charges of...

Legal

Lawmakers Slam DOJ: Stop Prosecuting Against State MMJ Law

The battle between Representatives Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Sam Farr (D-CA) and the Department of Justice...

Politics

Congress Fails to Stop Federal Prosecution of Recreational Cannabis

An amendment that could have finally stopped the federal government from persecuting individuals and organizations who...

Politics

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Forced to Resign

Sessions is being replaced by his Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker who will serve as acting...

Economics

John Boehner, Formerly Anti-Pot, Enters the Cannabis Industry

Despite the fact that he once opposed marijuana legalization, John Boehner announced this week that he...

Politics

Medical Pot Protections in Jeopardy on Capitol Hill

Only more one stage in the legislative process keeps Jeff Sessions away from prosecuting state medical...

Legal

Federal Cannabis Protections Expected to be Extended

Extension of key amendment blocking federal drug enforcement against medical marijuana providers is expected to pass...

Politics

How Trump’s War on Weed Could Start on Saturday (And Why It Probably Won’t)

The most important Congressional action on cannabis — ever — is set to expire this Friday at midnight;...

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Hemp CBD Unaffected by DEA “Rescheduling” Panic

There was widespread panic that the DEA was "banning" or "rescheduling" CBD when news broke the...

Politics

“Joint” Sessions: Marijuana Fills Future Attorney General’s Office

If “good people don’t smoke marijuana,” as Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions asserted earlier this year, what...

Legal

Major Decision: Federal Court Affirms War on Medical Pot Is Over

In a major legal decision, a federal appeals court ruled that the United States government’s war...

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How Bernie Sanders Changed Marijuana Forever

In the histories still to be written about the long, hard fight for federal cannabis reform,...