DEA Administrative Law Judge John Mulrooney has ordered witness testimony to begin in the matter of marijuana’s federal classification as a Schedule I controlled substance on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Barring a stay in the proceedings, witness...
ONE PLANT, a documentary about hemp’s potential to address a wide range of pressing global challenges, reached its fundraising goal on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, and will now move into final production phases, according to Jordan Berger of Sunflower Films....
A trio of Black cannabis entrepreneurs and social equity advocates warned newcomers to the marijuana trade during a panel at MJBizCon in Las Vegas that the capital fundraising landscape is a harsh one, and that many in such scenarios wind up relying on money from...
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has unveiled a new version of the U.S. Farm Bill that would shut down an out-of-control market for intoxicating hemp products by banning non-industrial uses of hemp. Provisions in the 1,400-page draft measure could finally close a...
President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he will have the chance to advance major drug policy reforms he’s championed such as promoting access to psychedelics...
More than 830 financial institutions have filed paperwork with the US government acknowledging their relationships with licensed cannabis businesses, according to quarterly data from the US Treasury Department. That figure is a slight uptick over last year’s...
