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PolicyCongress now has to decide what to do about weed and gun rights
A month after the Supreme Court ruled the government can't strip a marijuana user's Second Amendment rights on assumption alone, lawmakers got a menu of options for fixing the law it exposed — and picking one won't be simple.
3mo ago · 4 min read
PolicyThe DEA hearing wraps tomorrow and nobody gets a mic for closing arguments
Three weeks of testimony in an Arlington courtroom end July 15 — but instead of a dramatic finish, both sides just file paperwork and wait for a judge to read it.
3mo ago · 5 min read
PolicyA former Homeland Security chief just told Congress to let the hemp THC ban stand
Chad Wolf, who ran DHS under Trump's first term, is lobbying lawmakers to not touch the scheduled recriminalization — framing it as a national security issue, not a hemp industry one.
3mo ago · 4 min read
PolicyVirginia may have accidentally decriminalized weed for a year — nobody planned this
A budget-bill drafting mix-up briefly left Virginia's cannabis penalties in legal limbo, and state police, lawmakers, and prosecutors spent the week arguing over what the law actually says.
3mo ago · 5 min read
PolicyCalifornia Just Destroyed $104 Million in Illegal Cannabis — and Kern County Took the Biggest Hit
A three-month sweep across ten counties eradicated nearly 90,000 plants and netted 17 firearms, as the state's enforcement task force keeps widening its reach.
3mo ago · 4 min read
PolicyWeek two of the DEA hearing: the testimony that isn't happening
As the rescheduling hearing heads toward its July 15 deadline, the loudest complaint is about who wasn't invited to speak.
3mo ago · 5 min read
PolicyThe DEA hearing is underway — and it's taking July 4th off
Two weeks of testimony started Monday at DEA headquarters. The docket pauses for Independence Day, then resumes with the record that decides adult-use's tax fate.
3mo ago · 6 min read
PolicyGeorgia just rewrote its medical marijuana rules — no more THC cap, vaping's in
SB 220 took effect July 1, swapping a 5% potency ceiling for a possession limit and adding four new qualifying conditions.
3mo ago · 4 min read
PolicyRescheduling is moving — here’s what actually changes for your shop
Past the headlines: the tax, banking, and research knock-on effects that hit dispensaries and brands first.
3mo ago · 6 min read
PolicyMassachusetts could become the first state to repeal legalization — and it’s now on the ballot
Anti-legalization advocates turned in enough signatures to put a recreational-cannabis repeal in front of voters this November.
3mo ago · 5 min read
PolicyThe rescheduling fight isn’t over — the hearing that decides adult-use starts Monday
Medical and FDA-approved products already moved to Schedule III. The June 29 DEA hearing decides whether the rest of the market follows.
3mo ago · 6 min read
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