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A new ProPublica investigation found that Colorado banned chemically converted intoxicating hemp on paper, but weak testing rules, enforcement gaps and industry carve-outs still allowed questionable…

Whitney Economics projects legal cannabis sales will resume growing in 2026 after a rough 2025. But falling prices, weaker state performance and a more mature market…

Cannabis is legal across much of America. So why is one of legalization’s longest-standing activists still facing jail time in Idaho? Cannabis legalization has transformed the…

For decades, cannabis breeders grew the plant that everyone profits from. They selected, stabilized and preserved genetics under prohibition, often at real personal risk. Then legalization…

The Czech Republic has taken another step in its long process of cannabis policy reform. As of January 2026, the country has legalized the home growing…

High Times reporter John Veit traces South Africa’s turbulent cannabis landscape with activists  Myrtle Clarke and Trenton Birch, highlighting the human cost of contradictory laws, police…

Kentucky’s first medical cannabis dispensary sold out its entire inventory in just seven days, then temporarily closed, a fast start that highlights both intense statewide demand…

“Anyone in jail for anything to do with cannabis should be set free.” Ice-T does not blink when he says it. He does not reach for…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds that investigators say were used to influence last year’s ballot fights over abortion…

As cannabis becomes a regulated global commodity—spanning pharma, exports and healthcare—the U.S. risks falling behind. While other regions advance professionalized, regulated markets, federal inaction and investor…