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Study Demonstrates Why Banks Are One Of The Biggest Winners Of Legalization

Written by Johnny Green on October 22, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

The banking industry and the cannabis industry have a complicated relationship due to prohibition laws. Cannabis businesses have more options for financial services than they have in the past, however,...

Study Finds That Cannabis Edibles Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain

Written by Frank Schuler on October 22, 2024. Posted in Science.

Anyone who has experienced lower back pain knows that it is far from a fun thing to have to endure. Lower back pain can be caused by a number of different factors, from living a sedentary lifestyle...

Will Cannabis Rescheduling In The U.S. Impact The International Cannabis Industry?

Written by Johnny Green on May 6, 2024. Posted in Policy.

News broke yesterday in the United States regarding the cannabis plant’s status at the federal level. After decades of outright cannabis prohibition at the national level in the U.S., the DEA...

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Federal Cannabis Reform Inches Closer In The United States

Written by Hazel Norman on January 15, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Historically, the United States has led the charge in prohibiting cannabis in all of its forms. Starting in the 1930s, the United States prohibited cannabis, even for medical purposes, and imposed its...

Cannabis Seizures At U.S./Mexico Border Fall To Historic Lows

Written by Frank Schuler on January 9, 2023. Posted in Policy.

By many measures the border shared by the United States and Mexico has served as ground-zero for the war on cannabis. It’s no secret that for many years cannabis, among other things, was smuggled...

Which Country Is More Likely To Legalize In 2023 – The U.S. Or Germany?

Written by Johnny Green on January 8, 2023. Posted in Policy.

When it comes to the ongoing fight to end global cannabis prohibition, there’s a saying that I often use – the bigger the nation’s economy, the bigger the domino. Don’t get me...

What Were The Top U.S. Cannabis Policy Stories In 2022?

Written by Frank Schuler on January 4, 2023. Posted in Policy.

The United States has historically led the charge when it comes to global cannabis prohibition, so any time cannabis policies are reformed in the U.S. it’s good news for the rest of the world,...

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Cannabis Seizures Decrease 98% At California/Mexico Ports Of Entry

Written by Hazel Norman on December 11, 2022. Posted in Policy.

Historically, one of the most active parts of the world for illegal cannabis activity was along the border shared between the United States and Mexico. For many years cannabis cultivated in Mexico,...

U.S. Congress Passes Historic Cannabis Bill

Written by Johnny Green on November 21, 2022. Posted in Policy, Science.

In many ways the United States has historically served as ground zero for the war on cannabis. The U.S. is not the only country to prohibit cannabis at the national level, however, decades ago it largely...