As the American cannabis industry increases drastically in both size and total retail sales, the inevitability of federal legalization seems to be almost set in stone with every extra billion dollars that the industry produces. Although a few stubborn career politicians stand in the way...
Despite cannabis turning into a multi-billion dollar industry that employs nearly 425,000 people and will likely be legal in half of the United States of America by the end of the 2024 election, the fact that the plant is still heavily illegal on the federal...
Despite the implementation of full-scale federal cannabis reform still being years in the future among the most optimistic estimates, cannabis’ botanical relatives of CBD and hemp have gained significant legality in the last four years. As it’s a plant that is both non-psychoactive and contains...
There’s been a string of robberies affecting Washington State cannabis dispensaries, culminating in three deaths over just four days in March. Those robberies have led to tremendous personal and financial losses, not to mention additional operating hurdles for legitimate cannabis business owners. As if it...
Chances are that psilocybin or magic mushrooms will be more widely legalized within several years. The progress they have made since 2020 has been extraordinary. The path from illegality to legality looks remarkably like the journey that cannabis has been on for the last several...
The delta COVID variant has swept the nation this year—but so has another delta. We’re talking, of course, about delta-8 THC, a milder form of THC that’s closely related to the standard delta-9 or “regular” THC. Because delta-8 is generally derived from hemp, it’s unregulated—and...
An important bill concerning cannabis and banking advanced out of committee yesterday, meaning the proposed legislation will go to the full U.S. House of Representatives for a vote. After days of debate and numerous attempted amendments by Republican lawmakers to delay the bill, HR 1595...