Venezuela, Drugs and Oil: How Washington’s Policy Has Changed
Washington has removed Venezuela from the group of countries deemed to have “failed demonstrably” in their anti-drug obligations while maintaining it on the broader list of major drug-transit and producing countries, citing growing cooperation with Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government. At the same time, U.S. oil companies and policymakers are rapidly deepening their involvement in Venezuela’s…
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The Piece That Outlasts the Session
Flower gets smoked and disappears, but the right piece stays behind, becoming part of the room, the ritual, and eventually, the memories. There is something unusual about the object at the center of a smoking ritual. The thing purchased for consumption is temporary by design. Flower gets ground, packed, lit, pulled through water, and eventually…
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Ecuador’s Hemp Market Is Growing Fast—and It’s Not Just About Cultivation
Ecuador’s hemp sector is projected to approach or surpass $20 million in 2026 as companies move beyond raw biomass into chocolates, cosmetics, supplements, veterinary products and other finished goods. With more than 700 companies operating across the supply chain, the industry is now looking to capture more value domestically while expanding finished-product exports into international…
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The FDA Wants to Talk Psychedelic Therapy. The Movement Has Bigger Questions.
A federal docket on the therapeutic use of psychedelics is open through October 5. Four groups that built this movement from the ground up on what they’d tell the government, what they’re fighting in court, and how much of their work the docket doesn’t cover. The Food and Drug Administration held a public hearing on…
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An Eighth of Weed Costs $15 in Washington and $52 in Kentucky. The Reason Isn’t What You Think.
An eighth costs $15.31 in Washington and $51.63 in Kentucky. Thirteen months of register data across 36 states points at one variable, and it isn’t whether the state calls itself medical or recreational. Trans-High Market Quotations is live, and this is the first full read of it: thirteen months of retail flower prices, August 2025…
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New Jersey Is Kicking THC Drinks Out of Liquor Stores. High Tide Has a Plan.
New Jersey’s THC beverage market is heading into the most consequential stretch of its short life. A federal change to the definition of hemp takes effect in November 2026, and the state has set November 13 as the last day licensed liquor stores can sell hemp-derived THC drinks. After that date, any beverage carrying a…
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One of the ‘Mormon Wives’ Chooses Cannabis: Here’s What the Church Actually Says
Mormon Wives star Mikayla Matthews says medical cannabis was “literally life-changing” for her nerve pain and sleep, bringing weed into a show already built around the tensions between modern Utah life and Mormon expectations. But the Church’s position is more nuanced than a simple prohibition. Mikayla Matthews, one of the stars of Hulu’s The Secret…
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Chain vs. Indy: Which Dispensaries Do People Prefer?
Chains reorder every two weeks and earn twice the discounts. Independents stock the same breadth of product and win on everything that isn’t a spreadsheet. Dispensaries generally fall into one of two camps: part of a multi-state chain, or an independent operator. Those independents might own several stores within one state (a single-state operator), or…
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Twenty Brazilian Cannabis Patient Associations Are Meeting Inside a Free Arts Fair in Fortaleza
Twenty patient associations from across northeastern Brazil are meeting in Fortaleza this month, inside a free three-day arts fair. The agenda item that matters: how to keep supplying patients when every step of the chain, from seed to prescription, sits on unstable ground. Brazil’s medical cannabis system doesn’t look much like anything in the United…
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In 1968 I Faced 70 Years for Giving Away Joints. Fifty-Five Years Later, I Paid $32.16 at the Counter.
In 1968, a few joints I gave away left me facing the possibility of decades in prison. More than half a century later, I walked into a legal dispensary and paid for cannabis at the counter. My attorney peered at me from behind his imposing oak desk that night in January 1968 and told me…
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