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The Week in Weed: September 2024 # 4

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we’re taking a deep dive into the world of intoxicating hemp. We’ll check in on the latest attempts to...more

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The Week in Weed: May 2024 # 5

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have updates on two stories from last week: the hemp loophole in the Farm Bill and the legalization...more

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The Week in Weed: March 2024 # 4

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Janet Yellen expressing support for the SAFE Banking Act. Germany legalizes cannabis, but not a...more

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Legalizing LSD? FDA Says Mm-hmm to MM120

If you know either of us, you know neither of us would pass up a chance to say, “I told you so.” As we looked ahead to 2024 in January, we speculated that psychedelics could be legalized as a prescription medicine. Now, not...more

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Veep Urges DEA to Reschedule Marijuana “As Quickly as Possible”

In case you missed it, Fat Joe visited the White House late last week to discuss federal marijuana policy. 2024, man. During a roundtable discussion with Mr. Joe (?), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and several individuals who...more

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The Week in Weed: February 2024 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Texas’ attorney general opposing local decriminalization laws. We note the Pennsylvania governor’s...more

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The Week in Weed: January 2023 # 3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we turn our attention to Europe, where we have an update on the German legalization situation. Closer to...more

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The Week in Weed: January 2024 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we note that HHS released the full text of its report on cannabis rescheduling. ...more

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The Year in Weed: 2023 Edition

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Welcome back to The Year In Weed, The Blunt Truth’s annual roundup of cannabis-related stories. As usual, I’ll adopt Dave Barry’s Year in Review (sadly, no longer available for free) format and look at stories month by...more

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The Week in Weed: July 2023 #3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see that cannabis may be coming to North Carolina, despite the actions of lawmakers. We note that...more

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Will the U.S. Supreme Court Make Marijuana Legal?

What if we told you the United States Supreme Court would legalize medical marijuana? That the unlikely hero of the story was Clarence Thomas? And that he would work with the most liberal justices to make it happen. Sometimes...more

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Standardizing Cannabis Lab Testing Nationally

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As the legal cannabis market continues to expand, and potential federal legalization and inevitable interstate commerce loom on the horizon, it is imperative that federal agencies address the discrepancies among state testing...more

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With Positive Momentum Comes Setbacks in the Medical Cannabis Environment in Mississippi

As the world turns in the new and exciting world of legal medical cannabis in Mississippi, momentum and progress coexist alongside impediments. The Good - Yesterday, the Mississippi Department of Health made two...more

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Mississippi is Latest State to Legalize Medical Cannabis with Passage of Medical Cannabis Act

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On February 2, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act into law, making the Magnolia state the thirty-seventh in the U.S. to legalize medical cannabis. The Act comes on the heels of a...more

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