With over 55 million cannabis fans in America, 2025 was a year of big wins and stinging losses. From headway in the hash world and LA’s indoor farms to High Times’ resurgence and landmark findings in the scientific world, the ganja news came like a firehose in 2025, and here’s a distillation of the top… Keep Reading
In a year when food insecurity continues to rise across California, two cannabis community heavyweights, Hash House and QC Farms, have stepped forward to deliver something truly meaningful: thousands of Thanksgiving meals for local families in need. What began as a challenge among friends has evolved into one of the season’s most impactful grassroots charity… Keep Reading
Trump’s shutdown deal quietly recriminalizes most hemp-derived THC products next year, capping them at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container and banning synthetics. From Texas to Minnesota, governors, brewers and farmers are already signaling they’ll regulate on their own terms instead of treating Washington’s new limit as the last word. TL;DR: Trump’s new law… Keep Reading
The first “Bug Bounty” in cannabis. Earlier this year, a breach known as The Great Cannabis Hack exposed the personal data of more than 380,000 cannabis consumers across North America. The attack, first reported by Forbes cybersecurity writer Davey Winder, targeted several third-party software vendors that power online ordering and loyalty platforms for dispensaries. According… Keep Reading
The cannabis industry has spent the past year battling lawmakers, attorneys general and FDA ambiguity over intoxicating hemp beverages. Then something unexpected happened. Not from cannabis. From alcohol. And not in a united front. A split. A civil war. Earlier this month, several of the most powerful alcohol trade lobbies in the country asked Congress… Keep Reading
Every year, the Super Bowl tries to show us what we think we look like. Flags, fireworks, familiar faces. But this year, America looks different. Bad Bunny is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. A Puerto Rican artist, singing in Spanish, with a catalog that smells like krippy kush and coastal heat. When the country… Keep Reading
Our editor-in-chief, Javier Hasse, is officially in the running for Cannabis Journalist of the Year at the 2025 Emjays Awards. Again. Javier already won the honor last year, and this new nomination puts him back in the spotlight alongside some of the best writers in the game. The Emjays are where cannabis media, marketing, and… Keep Reading
We reached out to Northern California cultivators as they prepped for one of their busiest months of the year in October and the massive 2025 fall harvest. As October begins, farmers are already deep in the home stretch. They’ve been checking resin quality, monitoring the weather, watching for pests, and hoping none of those factors… Keep Reading
The year 2025 marks a somber milestone: the centenary of international cannabis prohibition. What began in Geneva in 1925, when global powers agreed to classify “Indian hemp” as a narcotic under the International Opium Convention, has since shaped a century of misguided policy, criminalization, and cultural stigma. “This is not a moment for celebration,” says… Keep Reading
In the U.S., the legal cannabis industry rakes in billions of dollars a year, expected to hit $45 billion by 2025. Meanwhile, the plant is already legal for adult use in 24 states and for medical use in 40. For many, that means booming businesses, shiny dispensaries, and a culture gone mainstream. For others, though,… Keep Reading
