Marijuana Industry News

Huge Study Finds Very Worrying Results for Medical Marijuana Patients

In a blow to the medical cannabis establishment, a team of psychiatrists performed a detailed analysis on 15 years of cannabis research — and found not only that medical marijuana doesn't seem to help people with acute pain or insomnia…

Trump reschedules marijuana to Schedule III, promising tax relief but raising new legal and industry concerns

Trump seeks to cut restrictions on marijuana through planned order

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Jacob Bogage, Dan Diamond, David Ovalle President Donald Trump is expected to push the government to dramatically loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, reducing oversight of the plant and its…

Jim Dey | Legal marijuana? Critics asking people to re-think the issue

What happens when counter-culture meets counter-counter-culture? Everyone will know more next year if Massachusetts voters are allowed to cast their 2026 ballots on a most unlikely question —whether to repeal that state's law legalizing…

Opinion | The Medical Case Against Rescheduling Weed

Your editorial “ Potheads Head for the ER ” (Dec. 10) rightly alerts readers to two of the emerging harms of medicalized and commercialized marijuana. Adolescent emergency-department visits for psychiatric problems rose sharply at…

Asian Currencies Consolidate Ahead of Major U.S. Data

0050 GMT — Asian currencies consolidate against the dollar in early Asian trade ahead of this week's major U.S. economic data including the employment report. The “data will highlight the temporary impact of the partial U.S.

Commission approves framework for social cannabis use sites

BOSTON — The Cannabis Control Commission unanimously approved regulations governing sites where people could consume marijuana products in social settings but it may take a while for sites to be established. The rules outline how marijuana…

Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI

On the topic of states rights, Donald Trump doesn't exactly follow the party line. During his first term, he couched himself in populist, small-government rhetoric — even as he attacked individual states that dared to defend migrants and…

DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds as part of its brazen agenda last year to defeat two ballot amendments he staunchly opposed, a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay…

World of drug mule 'brokers' luring glamorous influencers into hell-hole jails

With promises of lavish lives, flashy materialistic items and boastful social media posts, young and glamorous women are being recruited as drug mules for criminal organisations at an alarming rate. After a string of British women being lured into…

A Hanukkah Attack

They were gathering on the first night of Hanukkah. In Sydney, Australia, shooters targeted a Jewish gathering on the beach and killed at least 11 people, officials said. At least one gunman is dead and another is in custody. The authorities called…

SHERIFF COUNTRY: Season 1, Episode 9: Crucible, Part 1 TV Show Trailer [CBS]

CBS ‘ Sheriff Country: Season 1, Episode 9: Crucible, Part 1 TV show trailer has been released. Sheriff Country stars Morena Baccarin, Matt Lauria, W. Earl Brown, Michele Weaver, and Christopher Gorham. Sheriff Country is produced by CBS…

Maine hospitals see increase in rare but serious condition linked to heavy cannabis use

Maine hospitals see increase in rare but serious condition linked to heavy cannabis use Data from MaineHealth shows a steady increase in patients with cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. TODAY ON TOTAL MAINE... SEVERE SYMPTOMS... 'THEY LOOK REALLY…

Virginia Hemp Businesses Consider How To Pivot With Federal Ban Looming

“It's a bad situation for a lot of hemp growers and processors and retailers.” By Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury Richmond-based Bingo Beer legally joined a nationally-growing market for hemp-derived THC products earlier this…

What Is Chukwuebuka Godrick's Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Everything You Need to Know

One of the great international development stories in recent years is the rise of Chukwuebuka “Chu” Godrick. Allocated to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2023 via the NFL's International Player Pathway program, he stepped into one of the…