New US seed ban risks driving cannabis genetics underground, growers warn

But if the ban goes through, she noted, "it's going to be a handful of the really large companies that have those right licenses. All those genetics, the good wine will go underground, and you're just going to get Ernest and Julio Gallo, rather than all the varietals that we can get at our local wine store. And so it's going to really impact the consumer experience."…

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/06/cannabis-seed-ban-growers-warn

 

Pot policy report calls for federal leadership to protect public : Shots - Health News : NPR

More Americans now use pot on a daily basis than alcohol. A sweeping new report says the federal government needs to better understand the risks to the public and get involved…

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/27/g-s1-25243/weed-cannabis-marijuana-legal-risks

Cannabis use falls among US teenagers but rises among everyone else – study

Recent CDC data found that cannabis use decreased among high schoolers, from 23% using it in 2013 to 17% in 2023. 

It is possible that state-level legalization has curtailed teen cannabis use, because recreational dispensaries are strictly forbidden from selling to anyone under 21, and are often required to scan IDs to make sure they are authentic, unlike many bars and liquor stores...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/07/cannabis-use-survey-teenagers

Republican resist Joe Biden's plan to reschedule marijuana

"I actually think that it's harmful that we have political leaders who are suggesting, despite the evidence again in the year 2024, that marijuana should be to continue to be classified alongside drugs like fentanyl," Packer said. 

"I think that through other examples of substances like alcohol or tobacco or coffee or sugar, we can acknowledge that even when substances have some type of public health risk, the way that we can actually best mitigate that risk is to regulate that activity."…

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4802823-republicans-biden-marijuana-rescheduling/

How Marijuana Completely Changes Your Sleep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PnXsPsdncE