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Jan 08
Press Release – Students For Sensible Drug Policy: Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) has filed its post-trial brief in a groundbreaking Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrative court case that could shape the future of public health, scientific research on psychedelics, and the drug scheduling process as a whole. 

BREAKING: NONPROFIT REPRESENTING PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCHERS FILES POST-TRIAL BRIEF FOLLOWING HISTORIC HEARING TO KEEP SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LEGAL   Setting a Powerful Precedent: Research Harm Takes Center Stage for the First Time in DEA Scheduling Case   [Arlington, VA, January 7th, 2025] – Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) has filed its post-trial brief in a groundbreaking Drug Enforcement […]

Jan 08
Agrify Closes Sale of its Cultivation Business

Press Release TROY, Mich., Jan. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Agrify Corporation (Nasdaq:  AGFY) (“Agrify” or the “Company”), a leading provider of branded innovative solutions for the cannabis and hemp industries, today announced the Company has signed an agreement for and closed the sale of its cultivation business to CP Acquisitions, LLC (“CP”), an entity […]

Jan 08
Cannabiz Africa Report: South Africa – 50 Shades of ‘Grey Zone’: Cannabis Cowboys Drive the Rapid Rise of an Unregulated Retail Sector Worth Billions

25 December 2024 The ‘grey zone’ domestic cannabis retail market has exploded in 2024 has left regulators trailing in the dust. Although the sale of cannabis illegal unless it’s prescribed under Section 21 of the Medicines Act, thousands of ‘informal’ traders have brazenly opened shop across South Africa’s, selling cannabis flower and a host of […]

Jan 08
Media Report: Argentina tightens hemp and cannabis rules to boost compliance and industry integrity

Hemp Today (Paywall) Argentina’s Regulatory Agency for the Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Industry (ARICCAME) has approved a regulation that establishes provisions for dealing with violations of the nation’s regulatory framework for hemp and medical marijuana. The provisions, in a recently passed Sanctioning Procedure Regulation, are effective immediately. They address non-compliance with licensing conditions and reporting […]

Jan 08
Déjà Vu: Congress Extends Farm Bill for 1 Year January 06 2025, Author Stephen L. Bartlett

As expected, before the end of session, Congress authorized another 1-year extension of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the “2018 Farm Bill”), which had already been extended for one year beyond its initial expiration date of September 30, 2023. On December 21, 2024, Congress enacted the American Relief Act, 2025, which, among other things, extended […]

Jan 08
Jennifer Lopez’s Ex Casper Smart Cited for Growing Marijuana in L.A. Home 2 Days Before Christmas: Report

Jennifer Lopez‘s ex Casper Smart got a lovely present right before Christmas: a citation for growing marijuana after police raided his Los Angeles home on December 23. According to TMZ, cops received a tip that the dancer, 37, had a cannabis operation at his California abode. Police obtained a search warrant and served it before 9 a.m. local time […]