For the Culture By The Culture
The MORE Act is back in Congress, aiming to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, expunge federal convictions, and create a fair federal framework. With public support at record highs and billions wasted on prohibition, this bill could finally align federal law with reality and set the stage for true reform across all 50 states.
Google’s Canadian pilot program allowing cannabis ads exposes the deep hypocrisy in U.S. policy. While alcohol and gambling flood media, cannabis remains censored, costing legal businesses billions and reinforcing stigma. This shift could signal the start of global change.
This week’s Reefer Report Card breaks down the chaos: Trump’s rescheduling talk stalls, Connecticut raids implode smoke shops, a Massachusetts sheriff faces federal extortion charges, Florida patients remain locked out of hotels, and a landmark court ruling restores gun rights to medical marijuana patients. Progress is rare, but this legal victory delivers a sharp reminder of what real reform looks like.
A group of licensed dispensaries is suing New York State after regulators admitted they approved stores using the wrong buffer zone measurements. Over 150 cannabis businesses, most of them social equity operators, now face relocation or shutdown. The Office of Cannabis Management’s zoning blunder has triggered legal chaos, broken trust, and exposed the fragility of New York’s so called cannabis reform.
The latest Reefer Report Card grades a week of cannabis chaos: DEA raids licensed shops in Nevada and Wisconsin, Massachusetts regulators flunk an audit, New York zoning chaos wrecks dispensaries, and Michigan police bust a $10 million grow. Federal promises of rescheduling remain empty, leaving the war on weed alive and regrouping
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is under fire after a scathing state audit uncovered over $1.7 million in uncollected fees, weak enforcement, and systemic mismanagement. From missing millions to delayed oversight and a major mold contamination scare, the findings expose a cannabis regulator in chaos as Massachusetts lawmakers weigh sweeping structural reforms to restore trust and accountability.
