Category: Cannabis Industry

House GOP’s Rescheduling Block is the Last Gasp of a Dying Drug War

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House GOP’s Rescheduling Block is the Last Gasp of a Dying Drug War. On Sept. 11, 2025, the House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill blocking DOJ funds from rescheduling cannabis. It is a prohibition theater dressed as governance, protecting alcohol, pharma, and law enforcement donors while ignoring science and public opinion. Two-thirds of Americans back legalization, yet Congress clings to 1971. This is the last gasp of a dying drug war.

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Texas Governor’s Executive Order on Hemp THC is Power, Not Protection

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Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA 56 hands Texas alcohol regulators control over hemp THC, framing it as “protection” while consolidating power. The $5 billion hemp market now faces child-resistant packaging rules, ID checks, and compliance costs that favor big players. This is not about kids or health; it is about control, consolidation, and outlaw culture under fire.

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The Cannabis Kingdom: Thailand’s Wild Ride From Prohibition to Power

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Thailand has lived a century of cannabis politics in less than a decade. From medical legalization in 2018 to decriminalization in 2022, a crackdown in 2025, and now the Cannabis King himself taking power as Prime Minister, the story is wild, contradictory, and global. Outlaw culture has found its throne in Southeast Asia.

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Reefer Report Card: The Week in Weed, Rated September 6, 2025 – Vol. 13

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This week’s Reefer Report Card tracks chaos in Texas, Ohio, and Nebraska, plus international heat checks. Texas failed to ban hemp but criminalized vapes, Ohio towns blocked shops despite legalization, and Nebraska strangled access before patients got medicine. Switzerland moves toward retail while Thailand’s new prime minister brings cannabis reform back into focus.

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Your THC Percentages Don’t Mean Shit

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Chasing the highest THC number is a scam. Inflated lab results, marketing hype, and consumer obsession turned cannabis into a scoreboard. Here’s why THC percentages don’t mean what you think, and how to choose better flower, find honest growers, and trust your own high instead of the label.

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House Revives MORE Act to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition

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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.

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