For the Culture By The Culture
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.
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.
This week’s Reefer Report Card exposes a system under strain as federal hemp policy whiplashes, New York’s cannabis regulator unravels, and Massachusetts stirs panic over THC potency. Patients and workers absorb the fallout while international reform stalls under bureaucratic drag. Cannabis holds steady. Governance does not.
This week’s Reefer Report Card breaks down media fearmongering, small-town sabotage, and corruption in Boston. From The Guardian’s paranoia push to Southampton’s zoning war against legal weed, plus the ongoing federal court win for patients, it’s a reminder that reform is still a fight on every front.
Hawaii’s looming caregiver cannabis cultivation ban is set to impact thousands of patients. Learn what’s happening, how it affects access to medicine, and how you can take action.
