Politics

2023 is going to be a year of enduring pain for marijuana companies, according to MJBizDaily. With wholesale prices plummeting across the country and demand receding, layoffs are happening across the board, with even some high profile executives leaving the...

A Christopher Newport University survey shows 60 percent of Virginians favor legalizing the retail sale of adult-use of marijuana products. Virginians’ attitudes, like Americans’ attitudes, are increasingly supportive of ending the failed policy of marijuana prohibition and replacing it...

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell issued an executive order late last week directing Superior and District Court judges to begin reviewing and expunging the records of tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders with marijuana-related criminal convictions....

Over 40,000 commercially licensed truck drivers failed federally mandated drug screens for marijuana in 2022, and many did not reapply to return to work, according to statistics compiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse,...

by Lucy Matthews — American University, Class of 2024 I’m choosing to intern at NORML this spring because the organization is committed to fighting on behalf of the rights of cannabis consumers and ending the failed experiment of marijuana prohibition.  Growing...

State-level marijuana legalization laws are not associated with a statistically significant increase in rates of psychosis-related health outcomes, according to data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open. A team of Stanford University investigators evaluated...

It’s time for the Department of Justice to deliver the pardon certificates that President Biden promised last fall. The President announced the issuance of marijuana-specific pardons on October 6, 2022 as part of a widely supported set of actions recognizing...

Lawmakers in many states have started pre-filing marijuana law reform legislation and some sessions have already begun holding hearings. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New...

Cannabis is finally making its way into southeast Asia. Berner, creator of the famous Cookies Brand cannabis company has worked his way into the market in Thailand. As of last week, Berner posted multiple pictures and videos describing his...

Cannabis is finally making its way into southeast Asia. Berner, creator of the famous Cookies Brand cannabis company has worked his way into the market in Thailand. As of last week, Berner posted multiple pictures and videos describing his...