The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the true value of America’s hemp market—and the numbers are telling. Hemp grown for flower, for instance, was much more valuable than hemp grown for industrial purposes. On the other hand, production levels...

Kevin O’Brien Allen was caught selling $20 worth of cannabis to an undercover officer in 2012 and 2013. He was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2014, but it was later extended under the state’s “habitual offender status” to life in prison without any...

Cannabis policy reform could be coming to Kentucky with the filing of separate bills to legalize medical and adult-use cannabis. On Thursday, Democrats Sen. David Yates, Sen. Morgan McGarvey, and Rep. Rachel Roberts introduced identical bills in the Kentucky Senate...

On Wednesday, New York lawmakers passed a bill that authorizes temporary and conditional licenses for both the cultivation and processing of cannabis, a huge step in the state’s implementation of its new adult-use marijuana program. The bill, which now heads to the...

An Alabama Senate committee has approved a bill to decriminalize possession of small amounts of cannabis and expunge convictions for past cannabis-related offenses. The measure, Senate Bill 160, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday by a vote of...

Should Arkansas voters get the opportunity to decide on cannabis legalization at the ballot later this year, a new poll suggests the proposal just might have enough support to pass. The latest edition of the Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll found that...

There is no disputing that Snoop Dogg, one of the god (or dog) fathers of rap, continues to prove himself in the world of music while also making newsworthy waves in the cannabis industry—including overseas. For those on the American side of the world, Snoop recently...

A Missouri lawmaker introduced a comprehensive bill to legalize recreational cannabis on Tuesday. The measure, titled the Cannabis Freedom Act (HB 2704), was introduced in the Missouri House of Representatives by Representative Ron Hicks, a Republican from St....

House Bill 0106 was introduced to the Wyoming legislature to potentially decriminalize small amounts of cannabis and reduce possession fines, if passed. HB-0106 was filed by Representative Mark Baker on February 15, in addition to 11 co-sponsors, which includes House...

Lawmakers in Virginia on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow recreational marijuana sales to begin later this year, a significant change from the original start date. The legislation passed in the Virginia state Senate, where Democrats hold a slim majority, by a...

The British cannabis discussion, more than just about anywhere else, has long verged on the tragicomic. This latest development is no exception.  Julian Bennett, who wrote the Metropolitan police’s current drug strategy, is facing discharge after being accused of...

A new study conducted by Rutgers University in New Jersey compiles data on cannabis consumption in relation to gender, age, and race. On February 14, Rutgers New Jersey State Policy Lab released a public study that examined various cannabis consumption trends of state...

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson had designs on winning gold at last summer’s Tokyo Olympics until a positive drug test dashed those hopes. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will continue the pursuit of her own gold medal aspirations at the winter games in...

Ohio state Senate President Matt Huffman said last week that he will not act on a petition to legalize recreational cannabis and dared reform activists advancing the proposal to take the issue to voters in a statewide election. Huffman, one of the most powerful...

The latest cannabis news out of Michigan shows that even government agencies need a rebrand sometimes. Such is the case in Michigan, where the state’s governor Gretchen Whitmer announced last week that she has taken action “to consolidate the regulatory bodies within...

The entire cannabis conversation in Europe is still in very sticky legal territory, no matter the ongoing victories and the ones obviously on the way. This includes, at a regional, EU level, a definition of what CBD is (namely not a narcotic substance), but a...

A proposal in Washington to impose harsher penalties for robbing cannabis retailers was approved by lawmakers in the state Senate last week.  The legislation, Senate Bill 5927, would tack on a year to the prison sentence of an individual convicted of first or second...

Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar proposed new guidelines last week which further move the consumption of cannabis away from a criminal offense and propose essentially creating an administrative one, punishable with a maximum fine of 1,000 shekels (about $310)....

The Tennessee Valley Authority has walked back a threat made earlier this month to deny electricity service to cannabis operations, acknowledging in a statement on Thursday that the agency is required to provide power to all customers in its service area. “We want to...

Almost alone in a sea of naysayers (globally) right now, South Africa appears to be moving forwards, no holds barred, in creating a regulatory scheme for the burgeoning local cannabis industry. While this has been in the cards since 2019, it has just gotten a turbo...

Efforts to tweak Virginia’s cannabis laws have reached an impasse in the state’s general assembly, with a senior Republican lawmaker saying last week that the clock is ticking for legislators to get something done before the session ends. As reported by the Associated...