Texas Hemp Operators Cry Foul Over New Health Department Proposed Rules [FEATURE]
Texas hemp businesses face hefty new licensing fees and restrictive testing mandates, sparking outrage over proposed health department regulations.
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New state-imposed restrictions on hemp products and legal marijuana have sparked a response from cannabis advocates. (Cathryn Murray/Creative Commons)
Ohio Cannabis Advocates Begin Push to Undo Intoxicating Hemp Products Ban and Regressive Changes to Marijuana Law [FEATURE]
Cannabis advocates have begun moving to undo restrictions on hemp products and legal marijuana imposed by state lawmakers and the governor.
Psilocybin mushrooms. Bills to allow their therapeutic use are moving in Massachusetts. (Pixabay)
OH Hemp, Weed Crackdown; MA Psilocybin Bills Advance (12/29/25)
Ohio tightens the screws on cannabis, while Bay State lawmakers lean toward loosening up on magic mushrooms.
Industrial hemp is coming to Central Asia after Kazakhstan legalized its cultivation. (Pixabay)
US Attacks Another Venezuelan "Drug Boat," CA Gov Signs Bill to Expedite Marijuana, Psychedelic Research, More... (10/15/2025)
The State Department has revoked the visas of dozens of Mexican politicians and government officials over cartel ties, Kazakhstan legalizes industrial hemp, and more.
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte faces justice at The Hague. (Creative Commons)
CA Governor Signs Pot Tax Rollback, ICC Prosecutors Formally File for Duterte Charges, More... (9/24/25)
The State Department adds Barrio 18 to its list of foreign "narco-terrorist" organizations, Singapore prepares to hang a Malaysian over less than two ounces of heroin, and more.
President Trump tells a whopper about the number of drug OD deaths. (Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons)
Trump Wildly Exaggerates OD Deaths, CA Bill to Kill New Pot Taxes Goes to Governor, More... (9/15/25)
Rhode Island regulators open the licensing period for legal weed sellers, a Massachusetts therapeutic psychedelic bill advances, and more.
Missouri activists Eapen Thampy and Deb Nash hand in initiative petitions in Jefferson City. (Missourians for a Single Market)
MO Inits Would Regulate Marijuana and Hemp Like Alchohol, NYT Says Venezuelan Drug Boat Had Turned Back Before US Sunk It, More... (9/12/25)
Nebraska's governor signs emergency medical marijuana regulations after forcing cultivation cap, the US attack on the Venezuelan drug boat is now raising even more questions, and more.
Vice-President JD Vance. Sen. Rand Paul has called him out for callous remarks about killing suspected drug smugglers. (senate.gov)
Rand Pauls Rips JP Vance Over Drug Boat Attack Comments, Swiss Take Another Step Toward Legal Weed Market, More... (9/10/25)
Santa Cruz County is moving to join California's ever-growing ranks of localities that allow for marijuana consumption lounges, Nebraska medical marijuana regulators tighten up commercial grow rules in a bid to appease the Republican governor, and more.
President Trump bragged Tuesday about using the US military to blow alleged drug boats out of the water. (Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons)
US Military Kills Eleven in Attack on Alleged Venezuelan Drug Ship, OR Marijuana Lounge Initiative Advances, More... (9/3/25)
The US is now blowing alleged drug traffickers out of the water in an act of dubious legality, Nebraska regulators promulgate emergency medical marijuana rules, and more.
Venezuela and its leader, Nicolas Maduro, are in the crosshairs of Trump's anti-cartel efforts. (DEA.gov)
Trump Deploys More US Navy Ships in Cartel Fight, Colombia Takes First Step Toward Legalizing Weed, More... (8/29/25)
Delaware's governor vetoes a bill that would have easing zoning restrictions on pot shops, the Anchorage, Alaska, Assembly tables a pot social consumption ordinance, and more.