Politics

Views: 6 Texas is a huge state, and within it lie multitudes. This is why there are a handful of cities decriminalizing marijuana while the larger whole is adamantly against the idea. Naturally, this has caused some friction, and...

Views: 4 It’s been a bit of a long, bureaucracy-filled road towards rescheduling marijuana. Once the decision moved to the DEA, they opened up a period for public comment over the summer, and after that things seemed ready for a...

Views: 3 A group of 66 members of Congress is calling on President Joe Biden to take decisive action against mass incarceration, urging him to use his clemency authority to address longstanding inequities in the U.S. legal system. In...

Views: 6 Things are changing fast over in the Trump camp, and no one he’s nominating for a cabinet position is a sure thing (goodbye Matt Gaetz) but things are starting to settle down and no one else is...

Views: 7 The Beer Institute, a prominent trade organization representing American brewers and beer importers, has issued new guiding principles addressing what it calls the “proliferation of largely unregulated intoxicating hemp and cannabis products.” The group warns of potential...

Views: 6 It’s still very difficult to discern which of Trump’s department nominees could glean enough to votes to get confirmed to the government, but the logic of “not all of them can get rejected” will probably hold a...

Views: 4 In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, podcaster Joe Rogan revealed that Vice President Kamala Harris declined an invitation to appear on his show due to her reluctance to discuss marijuana legalization. Speaking on a recent...

Views: 6 Matt Gaetz, the Representative from Florida, is certainly a politician who is rife with controversy. The problems run the gamut, from sexual misconduct, to illicit drug use, and to bribery. An investigation into him was imminently going...

Views: 7 Last week’s U.S. Senate election victory by Republicans has led to speculation over the future of cannabis reform, with three GOP senators—John Cornyn (TX), Rick Scott (FL), and John Thune (SD)—emerging as potential candidates for majority leader....

Views: 6 Former President Donald Trump has reclaimed the White House, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump’s campaign combined a hardline stance on illegal drugs with unexpected support for limited marijuana reforms, including the rescheduling of cannabis and allowing...