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A new study claims cannabis can be measured like alcohol using weekly limits and risk tiers. This feature dismantles that framework, exposing how alcohol math distorts cannabis science, ignores human biology, and fuels modern prohibition under the guise of public health. Numbers may comfort regulators, but they do not reflect reality.
Texas regulators are moving to eliminate smokable cannabis without passing a law. After lawmakers failed to ban THC products, state agencies rewrote testing standards and imposed crushing fees that push legal cannabis out of reach. The result is prohibition by process, driven by selective morality, political pressure, and regulatory maneuvering.
As 2025 closes, cannabis reform headlines promised progress while delivering performance. Pot Culture Magazine looks back without celebration, without hype, and without illusions. This year did not resolve prohibition or fix power. It revealed who controls the narrative, who benefits from delay, and why cannabis culture keeps surviving without permission.
This week’s Reefer Report Card cuts through the hype around cannabis “rescheduling,” exposing how a label change left federal prohibition fully intact. Arrest authority, workplace punishment, and immigration penalties remain untouched. Headlines claimed progress. Reality delivered none. A week defined by performance over policy, and reform that never arrived.
Federal officials claim cannabis is moving forward, but Schedule III changes nothing that matters. This investigation breaks down what rescheduling actually does, what it deliberately avoids, and why prohibition logic remains intact. Arrests continue. Markets remain conflicted. Reform language replaces reform action. The system shifts labels while preserving control.
Hospitals increasingly diagnose Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome without testing the cannabis products involved. This investigation examines how cartridges, edibles, and other cannabis materials are excluded from medical evaluation, despite known contamination risks, leaving patients with diagnoses based on symptoms and self reported use rather than verified evidence.
