California’s beleaguered pot industry was given another piece of bad news Thursday afternoon: The state cannabis tax rate will increase from 15% to 19% on July 1, the highest allowed by state law.The 26% change, devised by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is ironically being made precisely because the state’s legal industry is floundering while the illicit market thrives. Read […]
Medical cannabis shows potential to fight cancer, largest-ever study finds
Medical cannabis shows potential to fight cancer, largest-ever study findsAnalysis aims to solidify agreement on cannabis’s potential as a cancer treatment, lead author of research saysHannah Harris GreenFri 18 Apr 2025 08.00 EDTShareThe largest ever study investigating medical cannabis as a treatment for cancer, published this week in Frontiers in Oncology, found overwhelming scientific support for cannabis’s […]
US House Reps File Bill to Legalize Cannabis, Deliver 280E Relief, Permit Interstate Commerce
Despite 11 U.S. House Republicans backing legislation that intends to permanently punish cannabis businesses in the federal tax code, a trio of bipartisan representatives introduced a bill on April 17 that would do just the opposite and then some. U.S. Reps. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, Max Miller, R-Ohio, and Dina Titus, D-Nev., filed the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) […]
Cannabis terpenes shown to prevent pain in new study
It’s common knowledge that many use cannabis and natural products to treat pain symptoms, especially as the nation reckons with the deadly consequences of the opioid epidemic. But what if aromatic compounds in cannabis could treat chronic pain alone, without the side effects of THC?These aromatic compounds, called terpenes, give cannabis strains their distinct taste […]