Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist assembly member from Queens who championed marijuana legalization in New York State, is now on track to become the city’s next mayor — and he’s never shied away from his personal connection to cannabis. Mamdani, 33, won the Democratic Party primary for the 2025 New York City mayoral race earlier […]
An Ohio judge has temporarily halted Gov. Mike DeWine’s attempt to impose a short-term statewide ban on “intoxicating” hemp products, ruling that the governor overstepped his authority by effectively rewriting state law. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Carl Aveni on Tuesday granted a 14-day restraining order preventing the enforcement of DeWine’s executive order, which sought […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has trimmed its growing docket of cases dealing with the federal ban on firearm possession by people who use marijuana, rejecting one petition on Tuesday but leaving several others in play that could soon determine the future of cannabis consumers’ Second Amendment rights. In a brief order, the court denied a […]
A survey with 132,000 participants was conducted through 23andme, the popular DNA tracing website, in order to see where drug dependency comes from. Turns out, they found a specific genome within a DNA strand that, if you have it, makes you more prone to becoming addicted. The study compared DNA of thousands of people in […]
Targets in Minnesota are quietly getting into the marijuana business. In 10 stores within the state (which is where Target is headquartered), some drinks infused with THC are going to appear on shelves. This is a huge step towards the mainstream for THC drinks, but comes at a difficult time. At the same moment this […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is acknowledging that “more people probably agreed” with last year’s marijuana legalization initiative than with his opposition to it—but insists he was “morally right” to intervene and prevent what he called the spread of “dangerous stuff” in his state. Speaking Saturday at an event hosted by the Pennsylvania Family Institute, […]
A new federally funded study has found that the chemical makeup of soil can significantly influence the bioactive compounds in cannabis, suggesting that farmers may be able to fine-tune cannabinoid and terpene production through soil management—not just plant genetics. Published in the Journal of Medicinally Active Plants, the research shows that “poor soil quality appears […]
An American basketball player could face the death penalty or a lengthy prison sentence in Indonesia after being arrested for possessing marijuana gummies that he says were used to treat his Crohn’s disease. Jarred Shaw, a 35-year-old Texan who helped lead Prawira Bandung to victory in the 2023 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL), was arrested in […]
Trump’s words hold lots of real world sway, so when he releases a video that pretty explicitly endorses CBD as a medical tool for older citizens, this is going to be taken seriously. Due to this, Stanford Medicine has kindly created a list of important things to consider when new to cannabis, even adorned with […]
No financial advice here, but with all the teasing going on in the Trump administration, people are jumping back on the weed stock bandwagon. We’ve seen this trend happen before, mainly in 2022 when there was an expectation that Biden would do some sort of legalization when in office. That never came to pass, and […]
