How could new attorney general impact cannabis rescheduling? (Newsletter: April 3, 2026)
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Hawaii Senators Push Congress To Federally Legalize Marijuana And Clear Past Convictions
Hawaii senators have approved a pair of resolutions calling on Congress to federally legalize marijuana, support state efforts to clear people’s conviction records and take steps to facilitate access to banking services for companies in the cannabis industry. “Even though states have made significant policy changes with respect to cannabis, the federal Controlled Substances Act […]
Pizza Movie Pushes the Stoner Comedy Into Stranger Territory
The old stoner-comedy blueprint is still here in Pizza Movie. It just gets pushed through panic, psychedelia and Gen Z chaos until it starts to feel new again. There was a time when the drug comedy had a pretty reliable shape. Someone gets high, something small becomes catastrophic, and the whole movie lives in the […]
Trump Fired Pam Bondi. What Changes For Marijuana Rescheduling?
Trump just pushed out the attorney general he ordered to expedite marijuana rescheduling and replaced her, for now, with former personal lawyer Todd Blanche. Industry sources say the Schedule III push is still moving, but for cannabis readers the bigger question remains the same: even if it happens, what exactly does rescheduling solve? Pam Bondi […]
Fifty Years After “Legalize It,” the Fight Isn’t Over
How Niambe McIntosh Is Defending Her Father’s Work The song opens patiently, almost sweetly, with a voice that has decided not to raise its voice because the truth does not need volume. Fifty years after Peter Tosh first pressed “Legalize It” to vinyl, the track still lands like a dare you cannot refuse, because the […]
Feds Finalize New Rule Allowing Some Hemp Products As Medicare Advantage Benefits
Federal officials have finalized a rule that will allow coverage of some hemp products as specialized, non-primarily health-related benefits through Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. In a filing set to be published in the Federal Register on Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is clarifying that certain cannabis products that are legal under […]
Big Finance Found A New Way To Go After Cannabis: By Policing Speech
In Transaction Denied, Rainey Reitman argues that cannabis was never merely underbanked. It was pushed to the margins by a financial system willing to punish businesses, writers and entire communities for getting too close to the plant. For years, the cannabis industry has been fed some version of the same story. The banking mess is […]
FBI Says Agents Can Invest And Work In Hemp Companies But Not Marijuana Industry, Newly Declassified Memo Shows
FBI agents received specific guidance prohibiting them investing in marijuana companies—but not necessarily those that make hemp or CBD products—according to a 2022 memo that the agency released last week for reasons that are unclear. The allowance for hemp investments and work contains an exception blocking involvement with companies whose packaging “promotes marijuana”—including any depiction […]
DC Mayor Proposes To Let Medical Marijuana And Alcohol Companies Partner On THC Drinks
The mayor of Washington, D.C. is proposing to allow medical marijuana companies to partner with local breweries and distilleries to produce cannabis-infused, alcohol-free drinks for sale in the nation’s capital. Under the partnership contemplated by the Medical Cannabis Beverage Product Amendment Act of 2026 proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), alcohol companies could apply for a […]
The UK’s ‘Cannabis Martyr’ Keeps Opening Weed Cafes. Britain Keeps Locking Him Up.
Gary Youds has spent nearly 20 years opening cannabis cafes in Liverpool, getting raided, getting jailed, and refusing to stop. Gary Youds is best known as the UK’s “cannabis martyr.” That’s because he has continually sacrificed himself for the cause of cannabis legalization. He is currently spending his sixth stint in jail for operating an […]