Now that all the anticipation and rumors are over, we’re getting some of veil lifted on the process that got us to Schedule III for marijuana. Apparently the discussions were vast, including a path that would lead marijuana into Schedule II instead of III. Jim Hagedorn, the CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro, was in the room […]
Teen marijuana use held steady in 2025 even as legalization continued to expand across the United States, according to new results from a long-running, federally funded survey that tracks substance use among adolescents. The latest findings from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey show no evidence that state-level cannabis legalization is fueling increased use among […]
President Trump has signed an executive order that reschedules marijuana into Schedule III from Schedule I. Schedule III drugs are labeled as having medical value and lower abuse potential. The two main effects of this order will be to allow cannabis businesses to receive federal tax deductions and to remove many research barriers. Importantly, the […]
Scientists searching for new ways to treat ovarian cancer have identified two familiar cannabis compounds as promising candidates, offering a potential new avenue against one of the deadliest gynecological malignancies. In laboratory experiments, researchers found that both THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis, and CBD, a non-intoxicating cannabinoid, were able to slow the growth of […]
The rumors keep coming in, with the newest saying that a decision will be made tomorrow, December 18th, about changing the scheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. It’s almost seeming certain at this point, so the reactions are flooding in. Some of them are very unhappy, including some voices from the GOP […]
Rumors are swelling that some big changes are coming soon to marijuana in the country. Trump is “very strongly” considering rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III, which would open it up to much more research capabilities and make it easier to get in half of the country in which it is still illegal. “…a lot of […]
A slightly misleading article was posted on NORML that states how many cannabis-related studies have been published in 2025 compared to the years before. The author begins by stating that more than 4,000 scientific papers were published in 2025, which is the 5th consecutive year that this has been the case. These numbers were found […]
For years, cannabis operators, investors and ancillary businesses have operated under the expectation that major federal reform was “just around the corner.” At MJBizCon 2025 in Las Vegas, that familiar anticipation finally felt different. A seismic shift had already occurred, and with President Donald Trump now weighing federal marijuana rescheduling after signing a ban on […]
A Michigan Court of Claims judge has declined to temporarily block a new 24 percent wholesale tax on marijuana, delivering an early setback to cannabis industry groups that argue the levy is unconstitutional and harmful to licensed businesses. In an opinion issued Monday, Judge Sima Patel denied a request for a preliminary injunction in the […]
What is scromiting? It’s a pretty scary sounding side effect of having too much THC in your system. A mashup of screaming and vomiting, the official title is Cannabinioid Hyperemesis Syndrome, or CHS for short. CHS is back in the news because of a new study that came out recently showing that cases of CHS […]
