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This week’s Reefer Report Card exposes the hemp industry's battle for survival in the face of a proposed federal THC ban that threatens the entire hemp market. From state-level chaos to Congress playing politics with small farmers and patients, the hemp economy struggles to breathe. No real wins, just industry confusion and political games.
From Florida’s ballot grind to Thailand’s backpedal and Germany’s retreat, the world talked reform while tightening control. Pot Culture Magazine’s Reefer Report Card Vol. 22 grades the week in weed — a reality check on promises, policies, and politics that keep legalization crawling instead of sprinting. Global momentum stalled, but the culture keeps moving.
Politicians whisper “maybe,” the markets jump, and the cannabis community cheers for a win that never comes. The Great Cannabis Con Job exposes the bait-and-switch of rescheduling talk, revealing how it stalls real reform, distracts from federal prohibition, and leaves prisoners behind. This is not progress; it is political theater dressed as change
This week’s Reefer Report Card exposes Congress’s hollow promises to vets, New York’s zoning mess, a $10M Michigan grow raid, and DEA raids while rescheduling stalls. We grade the chaos, call out the hypocrisy, and show why cannabis reform still spins in circles.
Mike Tyson just launched a full-court press on the federal weed system. Joined by athletes and artists, he’s demanding President Trump reschedule cannabis, release prisoners, and stop treating legal operators like criminals. The DEA is stalling. Congress is hiding. The champ is not. This is the culture punching back, one haymaker at a time.
Church and cannabis are joining forces in a growing number of spiritual communities across the U.S., testing the limits of religious freedom and federal weed laws. From Elevationists in Colorado to sacred smoke ceremonies in Michigan, Pot Culture investigates the rising spiritual movement to make cannabis a sacrament.