It should come as no surprise that, as the Republican Party gets nuttier and nuttier, the things Republicans say about weed become ever more outlandish.

the legal status of weed seems to have little aggregate effect on usage rates in either direction. It might actually make teens less prone to use it

“Not throwing people in jail for possessing weed” is a core principle, but beyond that, everything about cannabis is open to deb

research focused not on flower production ... rather on the production of the various components of cannabis, including cannabinoids like THC. Those components are the real product

One thing that often gets lost in all the debate over highly problematic hemp-derived THC products is that the people who make and sell them have every reason to oppose cannabis legalization.

...Newsom’s office announced a crackdown on companies that are peddling products containing THC isolates derived from hemp...

If people are drinking less, that’s good, and if they’re replacing their alcohol intake with weed, it’s not necessarily bad

The movement to legalize cannabis began in earnest in the ’60s and ’70s, and California was at the epicenter of it

ously, we should all feel bad for the MedMen employees who are now out of jobs after the once-seemingly-high-flying company finally declared bankruptcy ...But that aside...

The politics of cannabis sometimes seem complicated because, almost uniquely in this sad political era, both support for and opposition to laws reforming cannabis...

Blood-alcohol tests often aren't really conclusive when it comes to determining whether a person is too impaired to drive. Many people who are over the legal limit are probably perfectly fine to drive...

Navigating the partisan politics of cannabis can be challenging because there are Republicans and Democrats on both sides of most reform initiatives. That makes cannabis politics almost unique...