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Cannabis Was the Clear-Cut Winner of Election Night

Cannabis Was the Clear-Cut Winner of Election Night November 4, 2020 | Benjamin M. Adams Cannabis was the clear winner of the 2020 election—with nearly every cannabis bill being approved by Read More

Feds Say Cannabis Employees are ‘Agricultural Laborers,’ May Unionize Under State Law

Feds Say Cannabis Employees are ‘Agricultural Laborers,’ May Unionize Under State Law Oct 30th | TG Branfalt The Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for Region 1 –Read More

Why Trump doesn’t want cannabis on the ballot

Why Trump doesn’t want cannabis on the ballot David Bienenstock | October 6, 2020 Say what you will of Donald Trump, nobody has ever accused the man of being shy.Read More

Black Lives Matter movement sparks ‘collective awakening’ on marijuana policies

Black Lives Matter movement sparks ‘collective awakening’ on marijuana policies NATALIE FERTIG | 08/07/2020 States and cities across the country have overhauled their marijuana policies in recent months, propelled by Read More

Cannabis research database shows how U.S. funding focuses on harms of the drug

Cannabis research database shows how U.S. funding focuses on harms of the drug Cathleen O’Grady | Aug. 27, 2020 A new analysis of cannabis research funding in the United States,Read More

Marijuana Decriminalization, Record Expungement Now Top Priority For Biden-Harris

Marijuana Decriminalization, Record Expungement Now Top Priority For Biden-Harris Brendan Bures | September 12, 2020 Comments from a top Biden-Harris aide show how the Democratic presidential ticket has prioritized cannabis Read More

How Legal Weed Destroyed a Counterculture Icon

How Legal Weed Destroyed a Counterculture Icon BEN SCHRECKINGER | 09/04/2020 The mid-May investor webinar started out unremarkably, with discussion of the company’s debt load, its prospects for an initial Read More

DEA Just Dropped a Bomb on the Hemp Industry. Part 1: Hemp Extract

DEA Just Dropped a Bomb on the Hemp Industry. Part 1: Hemp Extract Rod Kight | August 20, 2020 In a long-anticipated action, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued Read More

Nancy Pelosi Calls Cannabis ‘A Therapy That Has Proven Successful’ During Pandemic

Nancy Pelosi Calls Cannabis ‘A Therapy That Has Proven Successful’ During Pandemic Brendan Bures | July 31, 2020 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi defended the decision to include cannabis Read More

More Potent Than CBD, THC: Dr. Raphael Mechoulam Explains His Latest Discovery

More Potent Than CBD, THC: Dr. Raphael Mechoulam Explains His Latest Discovery Javier Hasse | Jul 12, 2020 Professor Raphael Mechoulam, also known as the “father of cannabis research,” revealed Read More