Feb 14, 2025 | National
Counties with a high volume of marijuana retailers have reduced levels of opioid-related deaths and do not experience increases in either traffic-related fatalities or suicide, according to data published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol...
Feb 12, 2025 | National
As the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term wind down, the cannabis industry is holding its breath. Was Trump’s campaign-trail support for legalization just another empty promise, or is there hope for meaningful reform? The answer, as always with Trump,...
Feb 12, 2025 | National
President Trump has nominated Terrance C. Cole to serve as the next administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, replacing acting director Derek Maltz. Cole, a longtime DEA veteran who currently serves as Virginia’s secretary of Public Safety and Homeland...
Feb 8, 2025 | National
Chronic pain patients are more likely to respond favorably to cannabis than they are to prescription analgesics, according to data published in the journal Pain. Researchers affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh assessed outcomes in 440...
Feb 8, 2025 | National
The global hemp industry has vast potential despite its current fragmented state, according to a new paper that looks at the status of the industry, offering key insights for investors, stakeholders, and policymakers aiming to harness the crop’s transformative...
Feb 5, 2025 | National
Elon Musk, chair of the Trump administration’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), says it’s a “great idea” to mandate drug testing of federal employees as he pushes to make massive cuts to government agencies and spending. In an X post on...
