California awards nearly $30M in cannabis research grants to study THC drinks, tribal equity, cultivation effects, and public health. In a move both data-driven and deeply cultural, California officials just dropped nearly $30 million into
A new cannabis e-commerce partnership between High Times and Hoodie Analytics turns strain reviews into click-to-pickup orders while keeping sales compliant at licensed retailers. If you shop for weed in Arizona, you already know the
Wiz Khalifa’s nine-month jail sentence for lighting a joint at a Black Sea festival in Romania exposes how global cannabis culture keeps colliding with prohibitionist drug laws. For more than a decade, Wiz Khalifa has
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could radically reshape federal cannabis policy. The move directs the Department of Justice to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under
Trump’s plan offers tax and research benefits but marijuana rescheduling falls short of full legalization, leaving banking and legal gaps unresolved. In a rare move with real policy teeth, former President Donald Trump is expected
Conservative legal petition challenges federal authority to ban marijuana, urging the Court to revisit long-standing precedent on congressional power. Core Legal Challenge: Supreme Court Petition A conservative legal advocacy group has filed a certiorari petition
The legal cannabis industry is undergoing rapid evolution—and in the midst of that change, tribal nations across the United States are staking a claim. More than simply participants in a growing market, Indigenous nations are
As federal barriers persist, small banks quietly open doors to cannabis banking—signaling a fragile but real shift in U.S. financial policy. In early 2025, a midsize dispensary in a regulated U.S. state quietly closed an
Over 100 marijuana plants once sprouted at Anaheim Stadium. The quirky 1976 event planted seeds of cultural change. In 1976, Anaheim Stadium’s outfield got greener than usual—and not because of turf maintenance. Groundskeepers prepping for
The fight over Florida cannabis legalization just collided with a deeper question: who really runs democracy when signatures don’t count? Smart & Safe Florida, a campaign funded largely by multistate cannabis operator Trulieve Cannabis Corp.,
On June 22, Gov. Greg Abbott did something few expected: he struck down Senate Bill 3, a sweeping hemp ban that would have gutted Texas’s $8 billion hemp industry overnight. The move preserved thousands of
Connecticut cannabis oversight rattled as Drug Control director resigns following a controversial inspection seen as politically charged. When regulators flex their authority, cannabis operators often expect a certain amount of scrutiny. What they don’t expect