Trump’s Cannabis Rescheduling Move Alone Won’t Stabilize The Industry Without Insurance Reimbursement Reform (Op-Ed)
“A stable cannabis industry requires more than tax normalization. It requires integration into healthcare infrastructure that governs how therapeutic products are accessed, financed and sustained.” By Gennaro Luce and Matthew Myro Rothman, CannaLnx Momentum around federal cannabis reform has shifted. Following President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the rescheduling of cannabis, investors have interpreted the […]
Get Lit, Get Fit: Runners High Chicago Is Building a 4/20 Tradition With Purpose
What started in 2022 as a “highdea” is now a weekly run club and wellness circle—one that’s making cannabis culture look a lot more like consistency than couch-lock. On The 606, the city’s elevated trail that cuts a clean line through the neighborhoods, the energy before a run usually sounds the same—footsteps, laughter, the soft […]
Weir All on Weed: What Bob Weir Really Thought About Pot
From LSD-fueled beginnings to a misunderstood HuffPost quote, a High Times–style look at Bob Weir’s nuanced relationship with cannabis, the Grateful Dead, and the culture they helped shape. With singer, songwriter, guitarist, and concert legend Bob Weir’s passing into the next plane of existence on January 10, the last OG frontman of the legendary Grateful […]
Missouri Marijuana Officials File New Rules Targeting Bad Actors In Legal Industry
“What we are saying in the rule is if a year from now we look at your ownership and we see you have someone exercising a controlling influence that you know has done these things, then that is a violation.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Missouri cannabis regulators want more power to penalize bad actors […]
Police And Anti-Drug Groups Call On Key Congressional Leaders To Let Hemp THC Ban Take Effect Without Delay
A coalition of law enforcement and anti-drug groups is calling on congressional leaders to oppose efforts to delay the implementation of a law that’s set to recriminalize most hemp THC products within months—a policy change that industry stakeholders say would fundamentally upend the market that’s emerged since the crop and its derivatives were federally legalized. […]
Virginia Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Resentencing Bills As Push To Legalize Commercial Sales Also Nears Finish Line
Virginia House and Senate lawmakers have advanced a pair of companion bills, with amendments, that would provide a pathway to resentencing for people with prior marijuana convictions. Members of the Senate and House Courts of Justice Committees on Monday approved substitute versions of the opposite chambers’ reform legislation, making certain revisions that set the stage […]
Former Congressman And Alcohol Stakeholders Push For Hemp THC Regulations Over Prohibition As Federal Ban Looms
Hemp and alcohol industry stakeholders are on full alert amid a pending ban on hemp THC products—including increasingly popular cannabinoid beverages—and a former Democratic congressman who owns a major alcohol company is looking for solutions. At Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s (WSWA) recent Access LIVE 2026 event in Las Vegas, which brought together top […]
Why Jetty Extracts Didn’t Rush Expansion
For a decade, cannabis brands expanded like tech startups. They were fast and loud, maybe overestimated, perhaps a bit unsustainable. New states opened, investors flooded in, and expansion became the metric of legitimacy. Jetty Extracts didn’t follow that script. While many California operators rushed to plant flags across the country, Jetty stayed home. The brand […]
He Was Sentenced to 55 Years for Weed. Now He’s the Connector Behind Trump’s Cannabis Push.
Once a federal marijuana defendant facing a stacked sentence, Angelos now works the same levers that crushed him, arguing rescheduling could change who gets charged, how hard, and what happens next. When President Trump began seriously entertaining the idea of moving marijuana to Schedule III, Weldon Angelos was not watching from the sidelines. He was […]
Nebraska Medical Marijuana Advocates Press Ahead After Campaign Notary Convicted For Misconduct
“Voters went forward and voted, and it is time to start moving forward and doing something with this issue, rather than trying to stand in the way at every single opportunity.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana stood behind its 2024 campaign to legalize and regulate medical cannabis, a day after a […]