AI Is Growing Your Weed Now
From robot canopy scanners to algorithmic breeders to AI-powered dispensary counters, artificial intelligence is remaking cannabis at every level. The question nobody has fully answered: does this help the people who built the culture, or does it replace them? Somewhere in Fredericton, New Brunswick, a robot is watching the weed grow. It moves along cables […]
WNBA takes cannabis off banned list & sets player endorsement rules (Newsletter: June 5, 2026)
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Virginia Lawmakers And Governor Meet To Discuss Marijuana Sales Legalization Compromise That Could Pass This Month
Virginia officials in the administration of Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) and lawmakers who sponsored a bill to legalize recreational marijuana sales that the governor vetoed last month have met recently to discuss the possibility of enacting the reform through budget legislation that is due to be passed soon. The sides are getting closer to reaching […]
Anti-Marijuana Groups And Pharma Company Ask Court To Revive Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Hemp Coverage Program
A coalition of anti-marijuana groups and a cannabis-focused biopharmaceutical corporation are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration initiative to cover up to $500 worth of hemp-derived products each year for eligible Medicare patients. Last month, Judge Trevor N. McFadden dismissed the challenge to […]
WNBA Drops Marijuana Ban, Adds Psychedelics In New CBA
Players Can Invest, With Strings Last To The Party The league pulled marijuana off its banned list in the new players’ agreement. In the same document, it banned psilocybin, DMT and ibogaine for the first time. The WNBA just stopped treating weed like a problem. It picked a new one in the same breath. Under […]
Medical Cannabis Behind the Wheel: NSW Proposes ‘Three Strikes’ Before Penalties
In New South Wales, Australia, patients can legally use medical cannabis with a prescription. So far, so good. But the question that has complicated the lives of thousands of patients for years goes beyond that: what if you take your medication, get behind the wheel, get pulled over, and test positive for THC? Can authorities […]
White House Pushes Congress To Keep Hemp CBD Products Legal By Amending Broad Ban That’s Set To Take Effect Later This Year
The White House is making it clear that President Donald Trump wants Congress to take action to amend a law that threatens to federally recriminalize hemp-derived full-spectrum CBD products in November. The administration “welcomes the opportunity to work with the Congress to, at a minimum, update the statutory definition of final hemp-derived cannabinoid products to […]
They Already Ruined Cannabis. Now Psychedelics Are Next.
The clinical evidence is real. The valuations are not. Compass Pathways: $560 million market cap, zero revenue. MindMed: up to $2 billion, zero revenue. Even Ozempic lost half its value with $49 billion in real sales. When this bubble pops, the casualties won’t be on Wall Street. They’ll be the patients this medicine was supposed […]
Connecticut Governor Signs Bill To Expand Psychedelics Pilot Program In Preparation For Federal FDA Approval
Connecticut’s governor has signed a bill to expand a pilot program that’s meant to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA. The legislation sponsored by the Joint Committee on Public Health cleared the House of Representatives in 122-27 vote last month after passing the Senate by a unanimous 35-0 vote in […]
How Magic Garden’s Loosie Became a Multi-Cup Winner
The Tri-State brand built its reputation one pre-roll at a time. Now, after multiple Cannabis Cup victories and recognition from MJ Unpacked, Magic Garden Botanicals is proving that consistency still matters. In a young cannabis market crowded with new brands and bold promises, earning consumer loyalty is one thing. Earning industry recognition is another. Magic […]