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Grow

Colorado Seeks Federal Approval for State Colleges to Grow Cannabis

Photo by Brett Levin Colorado is pushing barriers once again with its most recent request to...

Politics

Federal Pot Farm Selection in Process

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which has overseen the production of cannabis for federally-approved...

Politics

Anti-Marijuana Group Project SAM Uses Federally Funded Non-Profits to Push 2015 Legislation

Earlier this year, a wave of conservative states passed legislation legalizing possession of medical cannabis extracts...

Joint Opinions

Federal Marijuana Legalization by 2024: How Will It Happen?

Over the past year, a number of lawmakers and industry experts have speculated the end to...

Politics

A Call For Unity From Federal Marijuana Prisoner Luke Scarmazzo

Dear Sisters and Brothers, I write these words you see before you from the dark confines...

Books

A Federal Marijuana Prisoner Reviews Two Books About the End of Cannabis Prohibition

It is somewhat strange and ironic to me to really be sitting in prison for federal...

Medical

University of Arizona PTSD Study Suggests Shift in Federal Medical Marijuana Policy

On March 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved the sale of...

Politics

Maryland Withdraws Support for Federal Cannabis Prohibition

In early February, a coalition of bipartisan legislators in Maryland introduced a bill in the State...

Politics

Reaction on Legal Marijuana in Colorado from a Federal Prisoner

On New Year’s Day, I walked into the TV room to find inmates watching the news...

Current Events

Activists Face Federal Charges Over Smoking Joint

photo by Kit Friday This article originally appeared on the Daily Chronic and was written by...

Politics

Senate Holds Hearing on Conflict Between Federal and State Cannabis Laws

Taking preemptive action against states that have voted to legalize recreational cannabis may result in the...

Politics

Senate To Hold Hearings On State/Federal Cannabis Conflicts

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to...

Legal

UN Warns Adult-Use Cannabis in US States Violates International Treaty

The United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board's annual report states that the failure of the US...

Legal

Will the Supreme Court Legalize Cannabis?

A cannabis company CEO says he’ll sue the federal government to overturn cannabis prohibition. What are...

Hemp

What Does Hemp Legalization Mean for Selling CBD?

The federal government has legalized hemp, opening up the market for CBD, CBG and beyond.

Legal

Feds Request Records From Weedmaps

Weedmaps has been subpoenaed by the federal government.

Medical

The Feds Request Info on Cannabis & Migraines

About 39 million American suffer from migraines. Amid restrictions on studying cannabis, the federal government is...

Legal

Guns vs. Marijuana: Will Texas Give Cannabis Users Their Second Amendment Rights?

The federal government’s longstanding ban on firearms ownership for cannabis patients not popular in Texas, but...

Medical

Hops Don’t Contain Cannabinoids: Experts Push Back on Corporate Claims

A new product is being plugged as containing CBD derived from hops, but experts raise a skeptical...

Economics

California’s Marijuana Distribution Regulations Force Applicants to Report Themselves To Feds

California's Bureau of Cannabis Control says it's powerless to address a requirement in the distribution application...