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Oct 29, 2024
Cannabis voters have a clear choice
It might seem incongruous, to say the least, but some people in the cannabis community are at least open to Donald Trump and JD Vance taking back the White House. Others seem to genuinely believe it doesn’t...
Oct 22, 2024
Busts gone bad: Weed is legal, but cops still police it
One of the weirdest outcomes of cannabis legalization is that the cops, who for decades were intent on busting people for weed on behalf of the state and its laws, now bust people largely on behalf of...
Oct 15, 2024
California weighs move to close loophole on hemp-derived THC
In 2018, a loophole in federal law created a market for potentially problematic or even dangerous hemp products that can get you high. Kids can easily buy them, and often do. The market exists in a netherworld...
Oct 8, 2024
Trump on legalizing weed—stance or smoke screen?
On Sept. 8, Donald Trump reiterated his earlier declaration that he plans to vote “yes” on Florida’s upcoming ballot measure to legalize cannabis. He did this on Truth Social, the site that has a higher proportion of...
Sep 24, 2024
Weed Weirdos: Republicans get more outlandish on cannabis
While it’s true that cannabis is one of very few issues where the major political parties find some common ground, on both sides of the question, it should come as no surprise that, as the Republican Party...
Sep 16, 2024
Study: Despite legalization, teen cannabis use declined slightly
Since long before states started legalizing weed about a dozen years ago, the default assumption has been that cannabis use among young people, specifically teenagers, would surely increase.
This came mostly from two cohorts: Prohibitionists who tend to...
Aug 27, 2024
Inside or Out? Study weighs impacts of cannabis cultivation
Researching cannabis has always been a major challenge, mainly due to the decades of prohibition that made financing hard to come by and often placed onerous restrictions on scientists—when it wasn’t exposing them to criminal liability. But...