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Politics

DEA Chief Quits in Protest of Trump. Who Will Replace Him?

Trump’s disregard for the law is too flagrant — even for the DEA. We speculate on...

Politics

Pot Industry Gets Two Month Reprieve From DOJ Axe

Congress has extended the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment from Sept. 30 through Dec. 8.

Legal

Police Sued After Raids on Rastafarian Cannabis Farm

Is using cannabis a religious right?

Legal

Police Departments Telling K9 Units to ‘Sit and Stay’

What happens to K9 cops when cannabis is decriminalized? For the most part, not much —...

Politics

NJ Senator Introduces Bill That Could Federally Legalize Weed

A new bill introduced by New Jersey senator Cory Booker aims to do more than remove...

Politics

Republic of Georgia Decriminalizes Cannabis Cultivation

The former-Soviet Republic of Georgia has made massive strides on cannabis policy in recent months: The...

Industry Events

Judging a Concentrate Cup: Chalice California

Dabbing in the desert at California's biggest hash festival.

Politics

Cannabis Reparations? D.C. Explores Priority for Black-Owned Businesses

Washington D.C. legislation would give minorities preference in starting cannabis businesses.

Politics

MA Guts Pot Industry Protections for People of Color

When Massachusetts’ voters passed Question 4 last November it included clear language for diversity and inclusion...

In The Magazine

Legalization in Trump’s America: Skating on Thin Ice

With an aggressive executive branch openly defying constitutional checks on its authority and installing noted prohibitionists...

Politics

WATCH: Trump’s First Statement On MMJ – Just More Smoke?

Donald Trump has gone from a candidate who supports medical marijuana "100%" to a president whose...

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

Does Trump Even Have a Cannabis Policy? Signs Point to No

Initial cannabis industry responses to Trump's election and subsequent promotion of avowed "drug warriors" ranged from...

Legal

Don’t Believe Oklahoma’s Meaningless CBD Stunt

CBD-extractors in Oklahoma are celebrating after Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law a bill changing the...

Politics

Oregon May Declare Emergency Over Sessions’ Pot Talk

Oregon isn't taking a "wait and see" approach to the mixed messages coming out of the...

Politics

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls for Federal Decriminalization

Cannabis decriminalization is moving forward swiftly at the state level across the nation. Changes to the...

Concentrates

Morocco’s GDP Is 23% Hash-Based: The DEA Has Taken Notice

After a 20-year absence, the DEA has returned to Morocco and resumed enforcement operations in the...

Economics

Denver FBI Honors Youth Program Partly Funded by Pot Taxes

DENVER (AP) — The Denver FBI honored a youth dropout prevention group Thursday, apparently without realizing...

Legal

Speaker: Use Massachusetts Pot Revenue to Fight Addiction

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

Economics

How A Trump Cannabis Crackdown Would Hurt Trump

With tension building around the conflict between federal and state laws on cannabis and the looming...