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“Legal Authority” Cited as Federal Hemp Crackdown Expands
The White House’s new 2026 National Drug Control Strategy outlines a broader federal crackdown on intoxicating hemp products like delta-8 …
Weed Just Got Rescheduled… So Why Is It Still Illegal?
Despite years of growing support for loosening marijuana laws, there is still a major divide between federal and state rules …
Drug Czar Clarifies: Cannabis Is Still Illegal at the Federal Level
The administration’s new National Drug Control Strategy highlights concerns about high-potency cannabis products and alleges that criminal organizations and foreign-linked …
Medical Marijuana Users Get Unexpected Win in Federal Gun Rules Update
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is proposing changes to the federal gun purchase form (Form 4473) to …
Congress Moves to BLOCK Marijuana Rescheduling
A House Appropriations subcommittee has advanced a spending bill that would block federal funding from being used to reschedule marijuana …
Congress Just Redefined Hemp
The House has passed its version of the 2026 Farm Bill in a 224–200 vote, moving the debate over hemp …
Science Over Stigma: Today’s Historic Shift of Marijuana to Schedule III and What it Means for Tennessee
The federal government has officially finalized the reclassification of medical marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, a seismic shift …
Tennessee’s Bold New Move to Sideline The Medical Experts
Tennessee is reinforcing its status as one of the most restrictive states for professional and local autonomy with Senate Bill …
Legal Next Door, Handcuffed Here: The 800% Arrest Gap
A new report from the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) shows that while cannabis arrests in the U.S. have plummeted from …
Joe Rogan, RFK Jr., and the Push for Schedule III
On April 18, 2026, President Donald Trump used an executive order signing ceremony focused on psychedelic research to push his …
Rescheduling: Progress or Power Move?
President Trump’s decision to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi with his former lawyer, Todd Blanche, is unlikely to derail the …
Trump’s New Stance on Weed
In a notable policy shift, President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request asks Congress to protect state medical marijuana programs …
OP-ED: The DEA’s Credibility is Under Fire
Some argue that the DEA’s dark history undermines its authority to lead national drug policy, including the ongoing debate over …
The Bitter Irony of Peter Tosh’s “Legalize It” Legacy
Fifty years ago, Peter Tosh put a dare on vinyl called Legalize It, and the world is still struggling to …
CBD Pilot Launches Despite Lawsuit
On March 31, a U.S. District Court judge denied a motion by the group Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) to …
The Bold Strategy to Defy the White House
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is standing his ground on marijuana reform, even as he faces a primary challenge fueled by …
Why Marijuana Reform is a National Security Priority
Last month, at a House Small Business Committee hearing, advocates argued that rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III is a strategic …
Judge Rules Hemp Ban “Inherently Discriminatory”
An Ohio judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a state-level ban on intoxicating hemp products, centered on a …
White House Meetings to Finalize CBD Fate
The White House is holding four meetings this week with cannabis industry leaders and researchers to discuss a pending FDA …
Memphis’ Own Takes on the DOJ
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) is calling out the DOJ and DEA for dragging their feet on President Trump’s directive to …
Guilty by Technicality: How Trace THC is Ruining Law-Abiding Lives
The “residual high” scare is being exposed as a total myth, and the latest science is proving it with cold, …
30 Years of Data Proves the Prohibitionists Wrong
The DEA has officially acknowledged that youth cannabis use has significantly declined over the last three decades, directly challenging the …
Why Snoop Can’t Own “Smoke Weed Everyday”
Even the “Doggfather” isn’t immune to the federal government’s stubbornness. Snoop Dogg just hit a massive legal wall in his …
63% Ignored, Tennessee Chooses the Black Market Instead
The Tennessee House Criminal Justice Subcommittee officially killed the Freedom to Farm Act today, March 18, 2026, ending the last …
The Big Federal Backpedal
The feds are quietly backpedaling on marijuana reform while sharpening their knives for the hemp industry. A new Congressional report …
Total THC: The Secret White House Policy Review
The FDA is making a major move in the shadows while the clock runs out on the hemp industry. A …
The Hemp Divorce Trial
The House Committee on Agriculture has approved the 2026 Farm Bill, which currently declines to delay an upcoming federal ban …
How Legal Cannabis is Reshaping Anxiety Management
A study from the University of Colorado at Boulder, published in the International Journal of Research and Public Health, found …
Single Dose of Psilocybin Outperforms Months of Nicotine Patches
A recent study published by the American Medical Association (AMA) shows that a single high dose of psilocybin, when paired …
TN Legalization is Stuck in Reverse
Democratic lawmakers Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) and Sen. Heidi Campbell (D) are once again pushing the “Pot for Potholes Act” …
“I Was a Cop Who Enforced Marijuana Laws. Now I’m Speaking Out.”
Former cop Kyle Moore used to think marijuana arrests were just “part of the job”—until he started seeing the real-life …
The 3-Year Countdown to Legal Access in TN
Tennessee Republican leadership is signaling a small shift toward legalizing medical marijuana, primarily because the federal government is moving to …
The Science Behind “The Munchies”
It turns out the “munchies” aren’t just a stoner movie trope—it’s a real biological “hijacking” of the brain. New research …
The Founding Fathers’ Cider vs. Today’s Cannabis
During yesterday’s hearing, the Supreme Court continued to grapple with whether the federal government can disarm marijuana users under the …
How New Legislation Is Reclassifying 95% of the Market
The enactment of Section 781 of the 2026 Continuing Appropriations Act materially redefines “hemp,” effectively closing the “loophole” created by …
Is the Party Over for Hemp-Derived Drinks?
The hemp and alcohol industries are currently scrambling to stop a fast-approaching federal ban that threatens to wipe out the …
From Farm to Fired
Governor Tony Evers (D-WI) is pushing back against a looming federal ban on intoxicating hemp products, calling the 2026 restrictions …
Can the Cannabis Industry Survive the Tariff Wave?
The cannabis industry is grappling with a volatile “layered” tariff system following a new 10% global duty stacked on top …
The Recriminalization of Hemp
A heavy-hitting coalition of law enforcement and anti-drug groups, including CADCA and D.A.R.E., is pushing Congress to stop dragging its …
Why the NRA and Drug Reformers Are Joining Forces
The DOJ is currently fighting to keep a federal law that says if you use marijuana, you can’t legally own …
The Plot to Stall Marijuana Reform
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) is urging the Justice Department to take “about 20 years” to finish the marijuana rescheduling process, …
The Death Sentence for Recreational Hemp
The 2026 Farm Bill draft aims to stabilize industrial hemp by cutting red tape for fiber and grain farmers, reducing …
High-Tech Hallucinations
A recent study found that AI models can convincingly replicate the linguistic patterns of human psychedelic experiences. By comparing AI …
The Best $750M Missouri Ever Made
Missouri’s legal cannabis scene is hitting some massive milestones. In 2025 alone, the program pulled in a record $255.57 million, …
The Bondi Barrier
Despite a December 2025 executive order, marijuana remains a Schedule I substance, as the order merely directed Attorney General Pam …
WA Hospitals to Permit Medical Cannabis for Terminally Ill
The Washington State House of Representatives recently passed a bill (HB 2152) that would allow terminally ill patients to use …
High Hopes for Modern Dating
A recent survey shows that marijuana is increasingly viewed as a “green flag” in dating, with 75% of Americans—and even …
Legally Allowed to Lie: The Dirty Tactics of Anti-Cannabis Groups
There’s a shady effort underway to roll back marijuana legalization, and it’s not coming from local concerned citizens. Instead, out-of-state …
The 40 Day Silence on Marijuana
More than 40 days after President Trump ordered the Department of Justice to fast-track marijuana’s move to Schedule III, the …
Breaking the Hospital Cannabis Ban
In 2026, a surge of “Ryan’s Law” bills has reached legislatures in at least 13 states, including Arizona, New York, …
The ATF’s Major New Standard for Gun Ownership
The ATF is loosening federal restrictions that prevent drug users—including those who consume marijuana—from purchasing or owning firearms. Under the …
Congress Just Axed the Hemp Lifeline
Congressional leadership recently stripped a provision from the latest federal spending bill that would have delayed a looming ban on …
The Big Green Boost in Mississippi Tax Revenue This Year
Mississippi’s medical cannabis program is hitting its stride as it enters its fourth year. More people are signing up than …
The Race to Save the Hemp Industry from a 2026 Death Sentence
Bipartisan lawmakers in both the House and Senate have introduced the Hemp Planting Predictability Act, a legislative effort to delay …
The End of Schedule I: GOP Rep Says It’s Happening
Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, expressed confidence that the Department of Justice will follow through …
Medical Card Alert: One Wrong Move Could Cost You Your Rights
Florida Representative Dean Black has proposed a new bill that would make it illegal to have open containers of cannabis …
Don’t Get Fooled by Schedule III: Your Gummies Are Still Getting Banned
Tennessee’s legal hemp landscape is undergoing a radical transformation as regulatory authority shifts from the Department of Agriculture to the …
DC’s Deadly Double Standard
The Trump administration has relaxed federal dietary guidelines by stripping away specific daily limits on alcohol consumption and omitting previous …
From “Just Say No” to “Just Sign Here”
The DEA, the Department of War, and Discovery Education are pinky-promising that if you stay completely drug-free, you can land …
The Federal Weed Rescheduling Blockade is Officially Dead
Federal lawmakers have officially cleared the path for cannabis rescheduling by stripping a restrictive GOP provision from the 2026 fiscal …
Legalization’s Biggest Roadblock: A 25-Year-Old Law Under Fire
Following the Senate’s confirmation of Sara Carter Bailey as the new “drug czar” on January 6, 2026, Representative Dina Titus …
Bill Barr vs. Marijuana: Prohibitionists Prepare to Block Rescheduling
A leading marijuana prohibition group, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), has hired former Attorney General Bill Barr to challenge federal …
Trump’s Hemp Crackdown Faces Massive Backlash From Consumers
Most cannabis consumers strongly oppose the federal recriminalization of hemp-derived THC included in a spending bill President Trump signed in …
What Happens to Your Dreams When You Quit Weed?
Cannabis can influence sleep by altering the REM phase, where most vivid dreams occur. While it may help people with …
State-Legal Weed Still Hits Federal Wall
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized a rule barring companies that earn income from marijuana operations from participating …
You Can Be Sober and Still Get a Marijuana DUI
A new government-funded study finds that marijuana DUI laws in nearly 20 states may be punishing drivers who are not …
“Freedom to Farm”: Tennessee Lawmaker Pushes Homegrown Marijuana
A Tennessee lawmaker is proposing legislation that would allow residents to grow marijuana at home as the 2026 legislative session …
Conservative Nonprofit With MAGA Ties Applauds Marijuana Policy Change
A conservative agriculture nonprofit tied to a pro-Trump PAC is applauding President Donald Trump’s order directing the Justice Department to …
Marijuana Rescheduling Stalled by Justice Department
Marijuana remains federally illegal, even after President Trump’s executive order, largely because the Justice Department has refused to act. The …
Cannabis Downgrade Plan Triggers Capitol Hill Pushback
President Trump’s push to downgrade marijuana under federal law has sparked backlash from congressional Republicans, who are sounding alarms about …
Teen Cannabis Use Hits Historic Lows
Teen marijuana use has fallen to historic lows even as adult-use cannabis has been legalized in 24 states and the …
Cannabis Change is Coming—But Not in Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers from both parties are calling for updates to the state’s marijuana laws following President Trump’s move to reclassify …
Cannabis and Gun Rights Battle Continues at the Supreme Court
Attorneys general from 19 states and Washington, D.C., including many with legalized adult-use marijuana, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court …
Marijuana Gets Federal Boost, Recreational Still Prohibited
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the …
Marijuana Could Be Reclassified Under Trump Executive Order
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would move marijuana from a Schedule I to a …
The Seed Ban That Changes Everything
A new provision quietly added to the recent federal spending bill will, for the first time since 2018, restrict the …
States Take Cannabis Seriously—Alcohol, Not So Much
A new government-funded study points out a big inconsistency in how U.S. states handle marijuana versus alcohol. Researchers at the …
DEA and FDA Could Be Powerless Against Hemp THC
Federal agencies may lack the resources to enforce the upcoming hemp-derived THC ban, leaving it unclear whether banned products will …
SCOTUS May Decide the Future of Legal Cannabis
The Cato Institute, a leading libertarian think tank that promotes limited government and individual freedom, is urging the U.S. Supreme …
Flying with Marijuana: What You Need to Know from TSA
Traveling with marijuana on a plane is currently illegal under federal law. TSA security, which operates under federal jurisdiction, does …
High-Stakes Showdown Over Marijuana Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a private meeting on December 12 to consider whether to take up a case …
Joe Rogan Blasts Congress Over Hemp Ban
Joe Rogan slammed Congress for recriminalizing consumable hemp products, warning that strict THC limits could hurt patients who rely on …
McConnell’s Sneak Attack Will Wipe Out the Hemp Industry
Senator Mitch McConnell quietly added a provision to the federal spending bill that would ban most hemp products by capping …
Rep. Titus Calls Out DOJ Over Marijuana Crackdown
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, is calling out the Justice Department over a sudden change …
The Drug War Is Back — and Your Weed Could Land You Behind Bars
The Trump administration is signaling a return to heavy-handed drug war tactics, directing U.S. attorneys to pursue federal charges even …
Colorado Calls Out DeSantis on His Marijuana Misinformation
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is attacking a 2026 marijuana legalization initiative, claiming it fuels the black market and benefits “big …
Architect of Hemp Law Says THC Access Was Intentional, Not a Loophole
Steve Bevan, one of the architects of the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp, says it’s wrong to call the …
Industry Stakeholders Warn of Economic Devastation From Hemp Ban
President Trump signed a government funding bill on Nov. 12 that, while ending the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history, …
Federal Ban Threatens Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs
Congress passed a government funding bill that includes a surprise provision banning nearly all hemp-derived consumer products, limiting THC to …
BREAKING: Hemp Legal No More—Trump Signs Ban on THC Products
President Donald Trump has signed a new spending bill that includes a sweeping reversal of his own 2018 Farm Bill, …
Alcohol Giants Team Up to Suppress Intoxicating Hemp Products
Major alcohol industry associations, including the American Distilled Spirits Alliance, Beer Institute, and Wine Institute, are pushing Congress to temporarily …
Gallup Poll Shows Sharp Decline in GOP Cannabis Support
Support for federally legalizing cannabis among Republicans has dropped sharply under President Donald Trump, falling from 55% in 2023 to …
States That Still Criminalize Cannabis Lead the Nation in Arrests
In 2024, marijuana-related arrests far outpaced those for other drugs in states where cannabis possession and use remain illegal. In …
The Truth Behind the DEA’s Fear-Based Marijuana Campaign
The DEA continues to spread misleading information about marijuana, recently highlighting an anti-drug ad campaign from the nonprofit Make America …
Proposed Federal Ban Could Destroy Industry
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is threatening to block government spending legislation if Congress moves forward with a plan to ban …
Retail Cannabis Helps Cut Heavy Drinking
New research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that greater access to cannabis retailers is linked to …
Consumers Losing Options as Alcohol Industry Pushes Biased Rules
Over the past quarter, major liquor companies like Bacardi and Moet Hennessy have stepped up lobbying efforts in Washington to …
Reefer Madness vs. Reality
Marijuana has been part of American life for decades, despite politicians repeatedly painting it as a societal menace. On college …
Why Cannabis Tolerance Isn’t Always a Bad Thing
Cannabis gets a bad reputation for building tolerance. A lot of people start using it and love the effects, only …
