Apr 9, 2026 | Press Releases
The U.S. government is backing a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to remove marijuana from the most restrictive global drug scheduling category—though it’s opposing separate cannabis reform proposals, including one to clarify that CBD is not under...
Apr 9, 2026 | Press Releases
America’s next president will face an unprecedented array of challenges, chief among them an economy in ruins and an ugly social divide. Having served in government for nearly three decades, including as Senate majority leader, I know that there’s no silver bullet...
Apr 9, 2026 | Press Releases
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will not hear a case challenging the constitutionality of federal marijuana prohibition. A coalition of medical cannabis advocates, including former NFL player Marvin Washington, young patient Alexis Bortell and...
Apr 9, 2026 | Press Releases
The number of financial institutions servicing the marijuana industry declined again over the last fiscal quarter, new federal data shows, though there seem to be multiple factors behind that trend. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reported last week...
Apr 9, 2026 | Press Releases
Halloween got a little less spooky for hemp growers after the signing of HR 8337, which extends the 2014 Farm Bill industrial hemp pilot program until September 30, 2021. Previously, the pilot program was set to expire at the end of October. Several states are still...
Apr 9, 2026 | Press Releases
Southern Oregon wildfires this week have plowed through small towns, leveled hundreds of homes and businesses and now threatens part of the state’s prized – and lucrative – outdoor cannabis crop. Statewide, an estimated 20 percent of state-licensed marijuana...
