Veterans Are Already Using Cannabis. Silly Nice Built THE FIELD MANUAL to Give Them Better Information. or millions of Americans who have worn the uniform, conversations about cannabis can become complicated remarkably quickly. There is personal experience. There is federal law. There are state laws that can change the answer simply by crossing a border. There are Department of Veterans Affairs policies, prescription medications, questions about firearms, emerging scientific research and decades of cannabis claims ranging from carefully documented to wildly overstated. And somewhere in the middle of all of that is the individual veteran trying to figure out what is actually true. stupiddope.com/2026/09/veter…

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nuEra Champaign adds medical cannabis to the menu Today, September 10, 2026, nuEra’s Champaign dispensary added medical cannabis to the menu for the first time. The Champaign cannabis shop at the corner of First and Green first opened in 2021 as a recreational-use only dispensary, but new state regulations have expanded access for medical cannabis patients, allowing any Illinois dispensary to register as a medical cannabis dispensary. #Cannabis smilepolitely.com/splog/nuer…

A Magazine From 1969 Made the Case the DEA Is Making Now. It Also Named the People Who Would Spend 57 Years Stalling. Five years before High Times existed, a fifty-cent magazine out of a Buffalo dorm room made the exact argument the DEA just made in federal court. It also named, in 1969, the people who would spend the next half century saying we need more research first. #Cannabis hightimes.com/culture/mariju…

How has public opinion influenced marijuana policy? The Wilder School professor’s new book, ‘We’ed (for) the People,’ covers more than a century of cannabis criminalization and legalization. When Christina Mancini was a child, her grandmother warned her to stay away from “dope.” In school, she was taught to avoid drugs through D.A.R.E., as the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program was known. #Cannabis Legalization Now news.vcu.edu/article/how-has…

Cannabis Strategic Ventures, Inc. (OTC: NUGS) Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Adport, a Mobile Out-of-Home Advertising Technology Business If completed, the all-stock Adport deal would transform NUGS from an inactive shell into a mobile out-of-home ad-tech operator. #Cannabis stocktitan.net/news/NUGS/can…

6 pounds of cannabis seized during Albany traffic stop ALBANY, N.Y.– On August 28, an Albany man was arrested after a traffic stop on the New York State Thruway in Albany. According to troopers, the driver 38-year-old Ashraf Abdallah was transporting a large amount of cannabis. #Cannabis news10.com/news/crime/6-poun…

Massachusetts marijuana sales top $10B as regulators prepare for social consumption Adult-use cannabis sales in Massachusetts rose past the $10 billion mark in September, a major financial milestone for an industry that formed only a decade ago when voters legalized marijuana via a ballot initiative in 2016. The first adult-use dispensaries in the state opened in 2018. The sales milestone reflects a demand for recreational cannabis that has steadily grown in the last 10 years. Marijuana retailers had their biggest single month ever this past June — which saw $156 million in total sales. The industry now averages around a billion dollars in sales each year. #Cannabis nepm.org/regional-news/2026-…

PoliticsAddressing Cannabis Safety Issues Is A Strength, Not A Weakness, For The Legalization Movement (Op-Ed) For much of the modern cannabis movement, raising concerns about safety has been politically complicated. Advocates have spent decades fighting exaggerated claims about cannabis harms, and opponents have been eager to turn every adverse event, regulatory failure or unanswered scientific question into an argument for prohibition. That history created an understandable reflex: When someone raises a cannabis safety concern, defend cannabis. It also helps explain why cannabis policy debates often center on two opposing narratives. One side presents cannabis as uniquely dangerous and promotes prohibition or restriction as the answer. The other minimizes legitimate concerns out of fear of giving opponents ammunition. Historically, medical cannabis policy has advanced by addressing public concerns. We have developed product-safety standards, improved patient and professional education, challenged government misinformation with evidence—including forcing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to remove the “gateway drug” theory and other unsupported assertions from its materials—and fought to remove research barriers. #Cannabis marijuanamoment.net/addressi…

Swiss Study: Regulating Cannabis ‘Promotes Safer Consumption’ Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are currently operating in multiple jurisdictions in Switzerland, including Zurich, Basel, Lausanne, Geneva, and in the cantons of St Gallen and Basel-Country. The pilot trials allow adults to participate in limited recreational cannabis commerce (production, retail, and purchasing) so researchers, regulators, and lawmakers can gather information to better inform national laws and industry regulations. The nation’s first pilot trial was launched in January 2023 in Basel, Switzerland. The SCRIPT pilot trial, which operates in the Swiss cities of Bern, Biel, and Lucerne, launched sales in the spring of 2024. The SCRIPT trial launch involved a staggered rollout, with an initial group of participants being able to start making purchases immediately, followed by a second group being able to start making purchases six months later. The trial was originally slated to run for 18 months after the second group began making purchases, but was later extended until October 2028. #Cannabis internationalcbc.com/swiss-s…

Illegal market still popular during legal cannabis cultivation trial, ministers say The illegal cannabis market is still playing a role during the first months of the trial to only sell legally cultivated cannabis. Researchers are currently not seeing any significant differences between municipalities that are participating in the trial and the ones that are not, the first report since the start of the cannabis trial has stated. They do not want to draw any definitive conclusions as of yet. The illegal cannabis market is still playing a role during the first months of the trial to only sell legally cultivated cannabis. Researchers are currently not seeing any significant differences between municipalities that are participating in the trial and the ones that are not, the first report since the start of the cannabis trial has stated. They do not want to draw any definitive conclusions as of yet. In questionnaires, cannabis users stated that they often buy their cannabis from outside the coffeeshops due to price, or because they can then buy more per purchase. Municipalities participating in the trial saw prices drop quicker than other areas; however, the price of hashish rose faster than in the other municipalities. #Cannabis Legalization nltimes.nl/2026/09/09/illega…

Can South Africa challenge Canada for global cannabis export dominance? Canadian companies still dominate global cannabis exports, but a new challenger is emerging: South Africa, where producers are confident they can compete on quality and standards and not just price. In a challenge to licensed cannabis producers in Canada, long the global export leader, a growing share of cannabis exports is coming from companies in South Africa. Firms in South Africa enjoy lower production costs, but they’re also meeting European Union standards for pest control as well as EU-GMP requirements. With European markets increasingly interested in GMP-compliant product that’s also non-irradiated, South African cannabis producers are mounting a direct threat to Canadian LPs, operators #Cannabis mjbizdaily.com/news/can-sout…

Missing in America The Emerald Triangle holds a mystery: The missing persons case of Ollie Letrell Cader There’s a mystery tucked away behind the Redwood Curtain. A decades-long mystery. “He’s thought to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest, still open missing person cases from the area,” Carrie Cader told “Dateline.” The “he” in question is Carrie’s grandfather, Ollie Letrell Cader. And he is among hundreds of people missing from what’s known as the Emerald Triangle, an area made up of three counties in Northern California: Mendocino to the south, Humboldt to the north and Trinity to the east. nbcnews.com/dateline/missing…

Maine cannabis enforcement slow to address local complaints "The projects that I do around here, building stone walls, taking care of my yard, that's what I do,” Ray said. “That's my medicine." But when a light breeze blows over Raymond, a certain odor from just across his fence creeps into his oasis. His neighbor is a medical marijuana caregiver, and is licensed with the state. His outdoor operation can be seen from Richardson’s property. Richardson says the marijuana odor and spraying of pesticides heavily affects his health, and feels he must stay inside. His doctor has even wrote a note to the town asking for emergency action because the growth is so significant. #Cannabis Legalization wgme.com/news/i-team/cannabi…

Virginia: With 9 months until legal marijuana sales, a lottery drawing may determine who can set up shop in Richmond Lottery players buy their ticket in the hopes of a large financial windfall, and the state will be offering up a huge prize early next year: The right to one of 350 new marijuana dispensaries that will be allowed across Virginia. With legal sales set to start on July 1, 2027, the state’s Cannabis Control Authority is putting the final touches on how those licenses will be awarded. In Richmond, the guaranteed winners will be the medical marijuana dispensaries that are already operating. #Cannabis richmonder.org/with-9-months…

France's BIC sees high potential in US pot smokers Paris (France)– BIC, the French specialist in disposable pens, razors and lighters, has a plan to spark up its profits in the United States -- turn on more marijuana smokers. With a recent revival of the iconic "Flick my Bic" advertising slogan from the 1970s, the company wants to introduce its pocket lighters to the growing numbers of American cannabis users. #Cannabis Legalization france24.com/en/live-news/20…