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DEA Exposed: The Bombshell GAO Report Freezing Cannabis Rescheduling
The GAO Just Confirmed Nobody Wrote the Rulebook Last month the Government Accountability Office published a 31-page report with a title so dull it could cure insomnia: “Drug Scheduling: While DEA Decisions Have Aligned with Recent HHS Recommendations, Both Need Comprehensive Policies.” I read it the way other people read thrillers. Buried in the […]
The Ultimate Top 10 Weed Strains: 2026 Data & Rankings
The Ten Strains America Keeps Picking: A List of Lists Every cannabis publication has a “best strains” list, and every list is somebody’s opinion. So I did something less glamorous: I collected seven of them, took only the top ten from each, and counted. This isn’t my list. It’s what the other lists agree on, […]
Best Cookies Autoflower: Auto Girl Scout Cookies vs Auto Gorilla Cookies
Cookies genetics have become some of the most influential in modern cannabis breeding, producing countless crosses that combine high THC potential, heavy resin production and distinctive dessert-style flavours. Two of the most popular autoflowering takes on the Cookies family are Auto Girl Scout Cookies and Auto Gorilla Cookies. Both are bred by Ash Green of […]
The Endocannabinoid Decline: Science Explains Why Your Aging Brain Needs Cannabis
Your Brain Is Running Low on Its Own Weed, and That’s a Problem A study highlighted by Futurism last week led with a provocative headline: the older you get, the more weed you should smoke. Predictably, that framing got people talking. But the actual science underneath it points somewhere more interesting than the clickbait suggests, […]
Marijuana, Psychosis, and IQ: Debunking Psychology Today’s Cannabis Claims
Psychology Today’s Cannabis Hit Piece Isn’t Rigorous, It’s Recycled Reefer Madness Samantha Stein, Psy.D., a psychologist in private practice in San Francisco, published a piece on Psychology Today called “The Hazards of Marijuana.” It’s got a respectable outlet’s name on it, a doctorate behind the byline, and a handful of real citations. It also opens […]
The High-THC Panic: Why Strong Weed Is No Reason for Cannabis Prohibition
Strong Weed Is No Reason for Prohibition There’s a new study out of JAMA Psychiatry that’s got prohibitionists reaching for their old talking points again, and I want to get ahead of it before the reefer madness reboot gains steam. The study, led by National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow, found that the […]
Debunking the CDC’s 1% Cannabis Overdose Myth: Fentanyl & The Real Data
The CDC’s ‘1 Percent’ Cannabis Overdose Stat: What the Data Actually Shows Mid Hudson News ran a piece last week headlined “CDC study links marijuana uses to health risks,” reporting that “marijuana was listed as a cause of death in 1 percent of the 209,166 overdose deaths reviewed over the past five years.” That single […]
Cannabis Testing Is Broken Across State Lines. State-Run Testing Is the Real Fix
State regulators are spending unnecessary time and money trying to police a private testing model that fails to protect consumers. From Maryland’s newly launched CSQ CLEAR audit pilot to New York’s shutdown of Lexachrom Analytical Laboratory, Michigan’s historic license revocations of Viridis Laboratories, and New Jersey putting out RFPs to audit its testing ecosystem, regulators […]
Maryland Targets Cannabis Lab Shopping with Multi-Lab Audit Program
Maryland regulators are taking direct aim at potency manipulation with a new state audit program designed to identify inflated THC numbers and enforce label accuracy. Starting this October, the Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) is launching a cross-testing pilot alongside Cannabis Safety & Quality (CSQ), an accredited third-party standards and certification body for the cannabis and […]
What the West Got Wrong About Drug Decriminalization: Lessons From Portugal and Oregon
What the West Got Wrong About Drugs Twenty-five years ago, Portugal did something that should have gotten its health minister laughed out of every G7 summit: it decided that a person caught with a small amount of heroin was a patient, not a criminal. This year marks the quarter-century anniversary of that decision, and the […]