Former Hightimes Chairman Pleads Guilty to Criminal Conspiracy
LOS ANGELES – The founder and chairman of Hightimes Holding Corp. could face a statutory maximum of five years in federal prison after pleading...
DEA Judge Hits Pause on Cannabis Rescheduling
WASHINGTON – Cannabis rescheduling is up in the air again after the administrative law judge assigned to hear arguments for and against the proposal...
Don’t Bet Your Future on a Political Mirage
Donald Trump’s reelection has left the cannabis industry facing familiar questions about its future under a federal landscape that repeatedly has dangled reform without...
Empowered Women: Breawna Lewis
Breawna Lewis is a budtender at the iconic Cookies Melrose dispensary in the heart of Los Angeles, where her passion for cannabis and its...
New Study Reveals Female Cannabis Consumer Motivations for 2025
LONDON – Cannabis marketers who see 50 percent of the population as a homogeneous customer base are destined to disappoint more than they satisfy,...
Unease at Eaze: Company to Shut Down after 10 Years
SAN FRANCISCO – Once known as “the Uber of Weed” and valued at $700 million, delivery-service-cum-multistate-dispensary-operator Eaze is winding down operations and will close...
IRS Attorney: There Is No End Run Around 280E
DENVER – Cannabis companies underpaying or withholding taxes based on presumed nullification of Internal Revenue Code Section 280E after rescheduling are setting themselves up...
Cannabis on the Ballot Expected to Draw Millions of Voters
WASHINGTON D.C. – Roughly 81 million eligible voters failed to participate in the 2020 election, but with hot-button issues like cannabis and abortion on...
Cherokee Tribe Draws Thousands Opening Weekend with First Adult-Use Dispensary in North Carolina
CHEROKEE, NC – About 4,000 North Carolinians took advantage of their first opportunity to obtain legal weed over the weekend after a dispensary on...
Fed Researchers: Rescheduling Won’t Improve Banking Access
WASHINGTON – Moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) would do little to improve banking access for...
