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Current Events

First US Coffee Shop to Open New Year’s Day

Countdown to legal weed in the US: two days, ten hours to go. The White Horse...

Economics

The Starbucks of Weed?

Ex-Microsoft Employee Promising Nation’s First “Premium” Cannabis Retail Stores Fox Business News is reporting the intentions of...

In The Magazine

Marijuana and the Constitution: Why Pot is Still Illegal & What to Do About it

So here you are. You, along with millions of others in your home state, have passed...

Cultivation

Benefits of Binary Full Spectrum Grow Lights

Montana is the last bastion of freedom, unless you are a medical cannabis patient, then you...

In History

Presidents’ Day: (In)hale to the Chiefs

A cannabis timeline featuring America’s most plant-friendly presidents.

Politics

Cannabis Prisoner Luke Scarmazzo Released

A federal judge has issued a compassionate release order for Luke Scarmazzo, who was sentenced to...

Politics

President Biden ‘Working On’ Releasing Cannabis Prisoners

President Joseph Biden says his administration is “working on” releasing federal marijuana prisoners. But he still...

Legal

Why More Cannabis Arrests Are Good for Legalization

The DEA reported an increase in marijuana arrests and seizures last year—which is what the legal...

Legal

Feds Request Records From Weedmaps

Weedmaps has been subpoenaed by the federal government.

In History

Legendary Emerald Triangle Freedom Fighter B.E. Smith Dies at 72

The Trinity County grower, who did time in federal prison for openly cultivating cannabis under California's...

Politics

FDA Chief Resigns, Leaves CBD Purveyors in the Lurch

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has suddenly announced that he is stepping down, leaving lots of unfinished...

Joint Opinions

Attorney General Nominee William Barr Would Be Good For Legal Cannabis

In his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 15, William Barr made...

Joint Opinions

One Year Into Legal Cannabis in California, Buyers Are Still Paying Black Market Prices

Here we are, a year after prohibition ended in California, paying corporate America top-dollar for mids.

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...

Politics

Jeff Sessions Resigns & the Cannabis Industry Celebrates With Caution

At Trump’s request, the famously anti-cannabis attorney general Jeff Sessions resigned today.

Joint Opinions

The DEA Should Deschedule Cannabis, Not Move it to Schedule II

The debate around the medical value of cannabis often perpetuates a few crucial lies: that our...

Politics

Former Deputy AG James Cole Wants Cannabis Regulated Like Alcohol

Cole tells NCIA audience that the cannabis industry doesn’t need descheduling.

Politics

Colorado Cannabis Community Energized by Jared Polis Gubernatorial Bid

As Colorado voters go to the polls today to choose gubernatorial candidates, the Democratic favorite is...

Politics

Sessions Acknowledges ‘Some Benefits from Medical Marijuana’

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Trump administration's most notorious anti-cannabis hardliner, surprised advocates when he said...

Legal

How Close Are We to Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition?

The time to decriminalize cannabis on the federal level is now.