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Politics

Congress Continues to Look at Making Federal Pot Prohibition Unenforceable

Amendment could stop federal interference with state cannabis laws, but would not address other key issues...

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...

Economics

Congress Hears Testimony on Federal Cannabis Banking Reform

The subcommittee hearing on cannabis banking featured a few contentious moments around the dangers of marijuana...

Culture

Chicago Cops No Longer Rejected for Past Cannabis Use

The police department is relaxing its hiring policies when it comes to past marijuana use.

Politics

Trump Deal Could Signal Twilight Hours of War on Marijuana

An announcement of a Trump deal on marijuana, made on Friday by a Senator from Colorado,...

Cultivation

The Classic Cannabis Strains We Miss

Here at Cannabis Now we’ve combed the globe over many years in search of the best...

Joint Opinions

Why Jeff Sessions is Going After Legal Marijuana

Rescinding the Cole Memo is part of a long-term game plan.

Economics

Insurance Companies, Not Laws, Are Preventing Widespread Cannabis Insurance

In the aftermath of the deadly California fires, the lack of insurance in the cannabis industry...

Politics

Former Attorney General Says Sessions Has a Pot ‘Obsession’

The man who oversaw raids on more than 100 marijuana dispensaries stepped forward on Tuesday to...

Politics

Former Deputy AG Yates: Sessions Drug Policy is Based on Fear

A recent op-ed reveals that the former deputy attorney general does not agree with DOJ plans...

Legal

AG Sessions Escalates Drug War with New Sentencing Rules

Nostalgia for the 1980s and '90s is hot right now, and that retro fever seems to...

Legal

Speaker: Use Massachusetts Pot Revenue to Fight Addiction

BOSTON (AP) — A top Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday proposed directing tax revenue from legal marijuana...

Politics

Officials in Legal Pot States Vow to Fight Federal Crackdown

Remarks by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer signaling increased federal enforcement of drug laws have...

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...

Economics

Sessions Recession? What a Federal Cannabis Crackdown Would Mean for CO

Would a federal crackdown bring a recession to Colorado's economy?

Politics

Will Jeff Sessions Try to Reverse Two Decades of Progress?

On Monday, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give testimony on...

Current Events

Big Pharma Gets Green Light

Guess who benefits when Uncle Sam opens the research weed supply chain?

Legal

The Pot Train Could Still Go Off the Tracks, and Here’s How

DENVER (AP) — Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying...

Politics

Will the Donald Trump the People on Cannabis?

Depending on your political bent, digesting the results of the General Election can either feel like...

In The Magazine

Weed Wargaming the White House & Congress After November 8th

Double-check your voter registration.