Massachusetts Voters Should Keep Marijuana Sales Legal, Retired Cops Say (Op-Ed)
“Police already face considerable demands on their time and resources, and renewed cannabis enforcement would add to that burden.” by Diane Goldstein and Karen Hawkes, Law Enforcement Action Partnership via CommonWealth Beacon Ten years ago, Massachusetts voters made a clear choice about how the state should approach marijuana. After decades of policy defined by prohibition, […]
More Alabama Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Are Set To Open This Week, Officials Announce
“We’ve also been doing some other educational work with the physicians…making sure that they’re comfortable with the patient registry and the different requirements under the law.” By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector Two medical cannabis dispensaries are expected to open next week, bringing the total to five statewide, Alabama officials announced Thursday. Justin Aday, general counsel […]
Uncle Sam Just Signed Off on 900 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. Now Comes the Fine Print.
The feds have registered their first medical cannabis dispensaries, more than 900 across seven states. For the nearly 7,000 businesses still waiting, the DEA just drew a line: buy and sell only within the system, starting November 29. A License Isn’t a Registration The November 29 Deadline For the first time, the federal government has […]
Iowa GOP Governor Candidate Has Family Members Who Benefit From Medical Marijuana, But He Opposes ‘Full Legalization’
The Republican candidate running to be Iowa’s next governor says members of his own family benefit from the use of medical cannabis and he supports expanding access to it—but he opposes broader legalization of recreational marijuana. “I think my stance on on marijuana is very simple. I believe in plant-based medicines 100 percent,” Zach Lahn […]
Black People Accounted For 83% Of Last Year’s Increase In U.S. Marijuana Arrests, Report Shows
It has long been known that despite similar marijuana usage rates across races, cannabis criminalization is enforced in a racially disproportionate manner in the U.S.—with people of color being arrested at much higher rates than white people are. Now, a new analysis shows that when marijuana arrests went up in 2025 compared to the prior […]
New York Governor Celebrates $4 Billion In Legal Marijuana Sales Since Market’s Launch
The governor of New York is celebrating the state’s crossing the $4 billion mark in legal marijuana sales since the launch of the regulated market. “When New York legalized adult-use cannabis, we made a promise to build an industry that is safe, fair and creates real opportunity for the communities hit hardest by decades of […]
Marijuana Users Trust Dispensary Staff More Than Doctors Or The Government For Cannabis Info, Federally Funded Study Shows
People who consume marijuana trust dispensary staff more than healthcare providers or government agencies as a source of information about cannabis, according to a new federally funded study. Researchers with the University of California, Johns Hopkins University and other institutions conducted an online survey of 1,023 U.S. residents over the age of 18 who used a […]
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 […]
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 […]