With about 40 states expected to allow some form of legalization by the end of December, 2020 is poised to be a breakout year for cannabis.
At this point in the national discourse, the end of cannabis prohibition is now seen as an inevitability instead of a possibility. Many have started to compare cannabis legalization to repeal of the 18th Amendment and the re-legalization of alcohol. But how similar are they really? The answer may surprise you.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the latest states to have their plans approved under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program.
Delaware, Nebraska and Texas all scored a guernsey, adding to the original state plans approved late last year – those for Louisiana, New Jersey and Ohio.
As well as states, a number of Indian tribes have also had their plans approved:
Cannabis education has seen remarkable momentum over the past 10 years.
In 2010, only a handful of U.S. states had medical cannabis programs. No adult-use legislation was passed anywhere in the country (or the world). Mainstream images of cannabis were mostly outdated stoner stereotypes in movies and television.
Much of America still viewed cannabis from a place of fear—a plant to be demonized, avoided and eradicated.
Cannabis legalization still isn’t guaranteed in 2020. Most of the discussions are at the state level. Democratic presidential candidates support federal legalization except for Joe Biden. Although Republicans don’t support legalization, they want more cannabis research. Cannabis has support from celebrities as well. Now Congress wants to push a few of the cannabis reform proposals for hearing.
The US legal cannabis industry is finding new legitimacy with each passing year, but cannabis is still far from federally legal in the US.
Things certainly did not go as expected for cannabis stock investors in 2019. Following a first quarter that yielded incredible returns, pot stocks spent the remaining nine months of the year retracing their steps. A combination of high tax rates on weed in the U.S., supply issues in Canada, and a persistent black market pushed most cannabis stocks into steep losses last year.
There are more than 100 cannabinoids in cannabis, and all of them can affect our brains and bodies. Here's what science does — and doesn't — know about cannabinoids and the brain.
When we think cannabis, most of us think of the chemical THC — although CBD is quickly rising in popularity, too. Both cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol, to give them their full names, are cannabinoids — chemical compounds found in marijuana. But while they are the most famous, they are far from the only cannabinoids.
The United States government has approved guidelines submitted by the Texas Department of Agriculture to allow Texans to grow hemp in the state, agriculture commissioner Sid Miller said Monday.
The state submitted the rules to the United States Department of Agriculture in December.
Washington’s legal cannabis industry employs over 10,000 people, yet only a small fraction of those workers are members of unions. But that could soon change if state lawmakers pass a bill that would place strict employment standards on legal pot businesses and heavily incentivize owners to sign contracts with unions.
