Brazil Has 1 Million Medical Cannabis Patients. Its Biggest Cannabis Fair Is Thinking Bigger
Brazil just passed one million medical cannabis patients. Latin America’s biggest cannabis fair lands in São Paulo November 20 to 22, and this year the conversation is about hemp, agriculture and industry, not just medicine. Brazil doesn’t have adult-use cannabis. It doesn’t even have a full domestic cultivation market yet. What it does have, as […]
Trump Calls Bill Maher a ‘Major Pothead’ and Says Weed Is ‘Very Bad’ for His Health
Just days after praising their latest White House dinner, Trump turned on the comedian over his cannabis use, adding another twist to his complicated relationship with marijuana. Donald Trump has a message for Bill Maher: put down the weed. In an unusually lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday, October 25, the U.S. president launched into […]
Cannabis Could End Up Looking Like Big Pharma If Federal Rescheduling Leaves Social Equity Operators Behind (Op-Ed)
“Rescheduling should not become another step toward building a lucrative market that leaves that promise behind.” By Sasha Nutgent, Housing Works Cannabis Co Federal cannabis policy is beginning to change, but the benefits are not reaching every cannabis operator equally. In April, the federal government moved qualifying state-licensed medical cannabis from Schedule I of the […]
Talarico wants to work with Trump on cannabis (Newsletter: October 26, 2026)
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Doubling The Amount Of THC In Marijuana Doesn’t Get You Twice As High, New Study Shows (Op-Ed)
“The high rises quickly at low doses, but extra THC soon adds less and less, which backs the advice to start low and go slow.” By Isabella Goodwin, Australian Catholic University and Amir Englund, King’s College London via The Conversation Cannabis products are getting more potent and easier to buy around the world. Yet little […]
The Underground MDMA Analogue Made From Clove Oil
An off-grid chemist swapped sassafras for clove oil. What came out is being used in ceremonies in British Columbia, and nobody has run a toxicology study on it. This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. Kelly Dragonfly has spent her life working at the edges of birth, death and altered […]
Missouri Doesn’t Need More Marijuana Business Licenses, State Study Says, But Questions Remain About Ownership Concentration
“Ownership-based analyses would provide a more comprehensive assessment of market structure by evaluating concentration across common ownership groups.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Missouri regulators say the state doesn’t need to issue more licenses to grow, manufacture or sell marijuana because the legal cannabis market is meeting consumer demand. But the statewide study behind that conclusion couldn’t […]
No, Marijuana Doesn’t Cause Users To Become Violent, Despite Alarmist Reports (Op-Ed)
“Ice cream sales rise and fall alongside drownings, yet nobody thinks ice cream causes drowning. Hot weather makes people eat more ice cream and swim more, linking the two. Cannabis and violence may be connected in a similarly roundabout way.” By Simon C Moore, Cardiff University via The Conversation In what looked like a return […]
Gene-Edited Cannabis Is Already Here. Who Gets to Own It?
F1 seed, triploids, genomic testing and gene editing are changing cannabis from the breeding tent to the corporate laboratory. The tools are shared. Access and control of the genetic library are not. Jorge Cervantes and his co-authors separate the promises from the proof. By Jorge Cervantes in collaboration with Dr. Oussama Badad, Dr. Gary Yates […]
New Hampshire GOP Governor And Democratic Challenger Clash On Marijuana At Debate
New Hampshire’s Republican governor and the Democratic candidate running to unseat her in next month’s elections highlighted their opposing views on marijuana legalization at a debate on Thursday. “I oppose the legalization of cannabis in this state,” Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) said. “When I think about children, they’re the top of my mind. The research […]