Search results for "federal government"
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Hemp
Not Quite So Sweet: Hemp & the Honeybee
April 29, 2021Recent reports have argued that hemp may be able to help struggling honeybee populations. But over...
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Politics
Yes or No: New Zealanders Head to the Polls to Legalize Cannabis
October 16, 2020The global wave of cannabis legalization has reached the South Pacific. The people of New Zealand...
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Economics
Progress, Obstacles in Cannabis Industry Unionization Push
September 7, 2020Gains are reported from Massachusetts in organized labor's push to unionize the cannabis industry. But significant...
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Legal
Calls to Defund the Police Lead to Cannabis Decriminalization Measures
June 26, 2020A month into the national uprising sparked by the killing of George Floyd, cities and states...
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Culture
Remembering Jack Herer: The Hemperor of Cannabis
June 18, 2020You have probably heard of the High Times Cannabis Cup award-winning strain Jack Herer, but did...
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Current Events
The Cannabis Industry and the Black Lives Matter Uprising
June 9, 2020Protests have spread across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd at the...
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Politics
Nepal Looks to Legalize Marijuana
March 16, 2020Bill advocates the legalization of cannabis in one of its ancient homelands.
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Legal
How Texas Accidentally Decriminalized Cannabis
March 5, 2020Differentiating hemp from cannabis causes law enforcement to back away from testing low-level busts.
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Cultivation
Weed in Wine Country
February 29, 2020California cultivators in Santa Rosa County face delays in permits.
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Politics
When Pot Prisoners Become Geopolitical Pawns
February 16, 2020The global prohibition of cannabis affords the opportunity for imperial powers and authoritarian regimes to exploit...
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In History
Sister Somayah Kambui: An Early Visionary of Cannabis Equity
February 13, 2020Sister Somayah Kambui spent her life working toward "cannabis equity" — a term not yet coined...
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Culture
Is the Data You Give to Cannabis Dispensaries Safe?
February 3, 2020Personal data from 30,000 cannabis customers leaked from an Amazon Web Services bucket used by a...
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Politics
Jay-Z Sues Mississippi Over Prison Violence Impacting Pot Prisoners
January 30, 2020Mississippi has some of the harshest cannabis laws in the country, and pot convictions are contributing...
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Politics
3 Worrying Cannabis Trends to Watch in 2020
December 31, 2019Political space for cannabis is generally on the upswing, but there are some intersecting trends that...
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Culture
Mckayla Wilkes Is Running for Congress, and Yes, She’s Been Arrested for Weed
December 20, 2019A candidate for the House of Representatives is doing what no national political candidate before her...
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Economics
Cookies Oakland Is the New Heart of Oaksterdam
December 12, 2019Arguably the most iconic cannabis brand of the decade is expanding close to its San Francisco...
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Medical
Brazil Allows Import of THC Products, But Only Cultivation of Hemp
December 10, 2019Brazil's limited medical marijuana program is taking a step forward with new regulations announced this month...
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Politics
California’s CROP Project Responds to Toxic Threat of ‘Trespass Grows’
November 26, 2019Cannabis may be legal in California, but illicit cultivation persists, especially in the National Forests, where...
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Legal
How Exceptions to Legalization Keep the Drug War Alive
November 19, 2019Threatening public-housing residents with eviction if they use legal cannabis, as is happening in Chicago, renders...
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Economics
Corporate vs. Campesino Cannabis on Eve of Legalization in Mexico
November 16, 2019There is a discomforting sense that Mexico is perpetually on the eve of cannabis legalization, as...