Arizona Republicans want to kill legal weed sales. Trump’s rescheduling move just made that a lot harder. In the strange new politics of cannabis in 2026, the movement to roll back legalized marijuana in Arizona is running into a major federal curveball. The same GOP coalition pushing a ballot initiative to dismantle the state’s adult-use… Keep Reading
In 2025, cannabis policy did not move in a straight line toward legalization. It got stranger. A bunch of governments went after the edges of the cannabis universe. Not the plant, not the users, not the actual harms. They went after the accessories, the imagery, the loopholes, the chemistry, the entire culture. Some of these… Keep Reading
President Donald Trump has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to move quickly on finalizing marijuana’s potential reclassification under federal law, following an executive order signed earlier this month. According to The Marijuana Herald, which cited two sources close to the president, Trump privately instructed Bondi to complete the rescheduling process by the end of January.… Keep Reading
Trump is reportedly weighing a directive that would push federal agencies to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III, but the White House says no final decision has been made. If it happens, Schedule III would bring meaningful 280E tax relief to state-legal operators and ease some research barriers, yet it would still leave… Keep Reading
A quiet move by the U.S. Department of Justice in late September appears to have reopened the door for federal prosecutors to pursue low-level cannabis cases again. The document itself is not public, but a Justice Department press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wyoming states that DOJ rescinded earlier guidance on simple marijuana… Keep Reading
Michigan lawmakers are moving ahead with a plan to impose a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana, a move the cannabis industry warns could “decimate” the state’s market and drive consumers back underground. The bill, passed 78–21 by the House last week, is part of a larger road funding deal expected to generate as much as… Keep Reading
South Africa continues to move forward on the complex but promising road to marijuana regulation, facing adversities and legal gaps that involve private cannabis clubs, among others. Since the historic 2018 Constitutional Court ruling that decriminalized private cannabis use and cultivation, the country’s legal situation has been riddled with uncertainty, particularly for entrepreneurs and users.… Keep Reading
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), under the Biden administration, will move to reclassify cannabis under Schedule III, meaning its medical benefits will be recognized by the federal government, the Associated Press first reported today. By all accounts, it’s a historic move by the DEA and the federal government as the plant was wrongly classified… Keep Reading
Cherokee folks just legalized cannabis in part of North Carolina, a huge move for indigenous people. The post Cherokee Group Officially Legalizes Cannabis first appeared on High Times. Read More Author: Jack Giroux / High Times Keep Reading
