Politics

Views: 4 A Colorado cannabis company called Ripple decided to take the lab testing question into their own hands after the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division wouldn’t punish companies who misled with their labeling. The CEO, Justin Singer, told his employees...

Views: 7 In a landmark shift in law enforcement policy, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) has directed officers to cease arrests and citations for possession of up to four ounces of marijuana. The directive aligns with Proposition R, a...

Views: 7 As confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees continue, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to clarify his stance on...

Views: 6 The DEA is hiring a new head, and while it does so, there is an interim leader. Derek Maltz, a veteran of the department with 28 years of service, retired in 2014. For now, he’s back, leading...

Views: 7 Days before he got kicked out, Biden did a last ditch commuting of sentences. This time, the number of commutations reached 2,500. They were all people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses and who are serving longer sentences...

Views: 3 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has unveiled a plan to use tax revenue from the state’s medical marijuana sales to provide free breakfast and lunch to all public school students. The announcement came during her State of...

Views: 4 This was seeming more and more likely as the weeks into the new year continued. After Village Farms International and Hemp for Victory had asked for the DEA to be removed from the proponent side of the...

Views: 9 On Wednesday, a groundbreaking California law permitting cannabis cafes officially took effect, allowing local governments to authorize Amsterdam-style lounges where marijuana consumption can be paired with non-cannabis food, non-alcoholic beverages, and live entertainment. The law, signed by...

Views: 6 A cannabis company set to be a part of the hearings later this month to support the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III has accused the DEA of using debunked studies and ignoring the...

Views: 6 Things are so bad, Weedmaps is looking to go private. Since the beginning of the year, the Pure US Cannabis ETF is down 48%, TerrAscend is down 62%, and Canopy Growth down 45%. Those trading in weed stocks have...