Politics

New York cannabis market hits its 500th dispensary—and $2.3 billion in adult-use sales New York cannabis market—it’s the kind of phrase that tastes like burnt sugar and steel....

Massachusetts marijuana possession limit increase: a cool-headed tweak in a hot-blooded market On Beacon Hill, the knives were sheathed for once. A 16–0 vote out of the Senate’s...

Federal hemp THC ban isn’t a policy so much as a blunt instrument—swung in the dark and landing on the wrong skulls. That’s the vibe on the ground...

Federal ban on intoxicating hemp products just crashed the party, and Illinois heard the needle scrape across the vinyl. For years, hemp THC products—stitched together from delta-8 and...

Kentucky hemp ban fight: the federal hemp ban is crashing headlong into the Kentucky hemp industry, and Gov. Andy Beshear is drawing a line in the bluegrass, insisting...

Congress Leaves Veterans in the Cold on Medical Cannabis Veterans medical marijuana access just got kneecapped in Washington, and you can almost hear the echo of slammed doors...

Federal marijuana prosecution on federal lands is back—and it’s about to get rigorous Out under the big sky, the border between freedom and a federal indictment is just...

Federal hemp ban collides with veterans’ needs and medical research—an avoidable car wreck in slow motion. In the half-light of VFW halls where burnt coffee is currency and...

Pennsylvania marijuana legalization misses the budget train—but the next stop looks like 2026 Pennsylvania marijuana legalization didn’t hitch a ride on this year’s budget, and nobody who’s worked...

Colorado marijuana tax revenue became the cocktail napkin everyone scribbled on this week, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lit up X with hot takes and Colorado Gov. Jared...