Politics

We’re in the midst of a federal takeover of Washington D.C. in order to help with crime, despite the data showing it on a downward trend. This takeover includes the DEA, Customs and Border Protection, and the Bureau of...

A federal appeals court has sided with medical marijuana patients seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights, deepening the national debate over whether cannabis use should disqualify individuals from firearm ownership under federal law. In a decision issued this week,...

A new study from Portland State University challenges the narrative that Oregon’s 2020 drug decriminalization measure caused a surge in crime and overdose deaths. For years, critics have pointed to Measure 110—which downgraded possession of small amounts of drugs like...

Due to a long list of factors that we’ve been banging the drum about for years now, marijuana sales are having trouble across the country. The first sign of this comes from Washington state, where sales have declined for the...

It seems Trump has decided that rescheduling marijuana has become popular enough for him to do it, and now we’re all just waiting for the announcement to happen. This is good news! Lots of questions remain, including what a...

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is renewing his call for marijuana reform, arguing that if former President Donald Trump follows through on rescheduling the drug, “the game is over for Democrats at the ballot box.” Gaetz, who was briefly Trump’s...

President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that his administration is actively weighing whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, signaling a potential policy shift that could have sweeping legal and economic implications. Speaking at a White House press conference—originally...

We’ve gotten used to living inside a strange limbo in terms of marijuana reform. Legalization slowly crawls forward at a state level, but federally it’s completely stuck. And on the business side, growers are having a harder and harder...

A political action committee backed by major cannabis companies donated $1 million to a super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The group, American Rights and Reform PAC—previously known as...

The DEA has put out its annual report diving into how many illicit weed operations it has busted in 2024. In total, the DEA has ended operations of 16,330 facilities. Of those, 14,904 were outdoor and 1,426 were inside. 5.3...