When President Donald Trump announced that he would sign an executive order moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, he didn’t frame it as a cultural breakthrough or a political victory. He framed it as medicine. There were no weed jokes, no talk of freedom, no nods to cannabis culture. Instead, Trump spoke about
Cannabis is on the verge of being reclassified under federal law. Some see the shift as long overdue recognition of medical reality. Others worry it could deepen federal control over a plant that remains illegal nationwide. President Trump announced during a press conference today that he has ordered marijuana removed from the most restrictive category
TL;DR: The fight is already on: House and Senate Republicans are urging Trump to abandon rescheduling, using public health, youth-safety and cartel rhetoric while targeting the 280E tax break as a key issue. Authority and leverage are part of the story: Opponents argue Trump can’t “just do it” by executive order, but reversing an administrative
“I stopped smoking and realized I didn’t like my friends.” The line allegedly belongs to the late Guru of Gang Starr. In our new podcast, House of Haze, ICE-T brings it back as a gut check for anyone who built a circle around consumption. https://youtube.com/watch?v=GwV1en2EBGw&start=1040&feature=oembed Ice-T isn’t anti-cannabis. He respects the plant, the culture,
How a Legal Loophole Rewired America’s Cannabis Industry and Why Its Collapse Will Change Cannabis Forever For six years, the American hemp industry breathed life into people who had spent years waiting for true relief, and it carried a sense of possibility that felt almost impossible, sparking policy debates and cultural clashes along the way.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order addressing federal cannabis policy at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, according to multiple reports citing the president’s schedule and White House officials. Sources say the order is expected to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. If that
“Anyone in jail for anything to do with cannabis should be set free.” Ice-T does not blink when he says it. He does not reach for qualifiers. He keeps talking. “It’s legal in enough places,” he adds. “That’s like having somebody in jail for alcohol after Prohibition.” We are on House of Haze, a High
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds that investigators say were used to influence last year’s ballot fights over abortion and recreational cannabis, according to a months-long investigation by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times. The money, originally allocated for healthcare, child welfare and opioid recovery programs, was
Chile’s presidential election ended with José Antonio Kast, leader of the Republican Party, pulling in 58% of the vote against 41% for ruling-coalition candidate Jeanette Jara. But the ballot count delivered more than a political upset… At Table 101 of the Presidente Pedro Aguirre Cerda School in San Antonio, poll workers opened an envelope and
This article originally appeared in High Times Magazine’s 50th Anniversary Print Issue. Order yours here and get it delivered to your door. The roads are quieter now in the Emerald Triangle. On stretches of State Route 299, the sight of logging trucks has returned. Humboldt County’s timber economy once defined the region—until environmental restrictions, overharvesting,
