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The Brain Argument Doesn’t Hold. A New Study Finds Recreational Cannabis Users Think Just Like Everyone Else.

An international study of 122 people found no meaningful cognitive difference between recreational cannabis users and abstainers —…

Maya Torres· May 29

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Trimming Is What Built California’s Legal Weed. The People Who Do It Are Still on Their Own.

Ana Bacigalupo left Buenos Aires to trim cannabis in California and found herself in the middle of nowhere,…

Maya Torres· May 27

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They’d Tried Everything Else. Then They Tried Cannabis.

A new JAMA study of first-time older cannabis consumers finds they weren't looking for a high — they…

Maya Torres· May 15

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After 14 Years of Trying, Idaho’s Medical Cannabis Campaign Just Turned In 150,000 Signatures. The Counting Starts Now.

Idaho patients have submitted more than 150,000 signatures to put medical cannabis on the November ballot — the…

Maya Torres· May 8

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Treasury and IRS Signal Major Tax Relief Is Coming for Medical Cannabis Businesses

The Treasury Department and IRS announced in a joint press release that they 'expect DOJ's action to have…

Maya Torres· May 5

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The Psychedelics Boom Is Here. Black and Latino Communities — Who Paid for the Drug War — Are Being Left Out Again.

As Trump's executive order accelerates psychedelic research and Big Pharma pours billions into the space, Black, Latino, and…

Maya Torres· May 1

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The DEA Just Opened a Portal for Cannabis Dispensaries to Register Federally. Most Have No Idea What to Do Next.

Days after DOJ rescheduled medical cannabis to Schedule III, the DEA launched a federal registration portal for state-licensed…

Maya Torres· Apr 30

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How Republicans Shifted Federal Cannabis Policy in 2025

Republicans have shifted cannabis policy focus to worker protections and hemp regulation, leaving Democrats without a unified federal…

Maya Torres· Apr 22

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Oregon Makes It Illegal to Block Dying Patients From Their Medical Cannabis. Other States Are Moving the Same Way.

There is a particular cruelty in telling someone who is dying that they can’t have the medicine that…

Maya Torres· Apr 17