Cannabis and Driving Impairment Laws
How different jurisdictions handle stoned driving, why THC blood limits are scientifically messy, and what the...
Cannabis and Homeowners Associations
How HOAs, condo boards, and co-ops can restrict cannabis use even where state law permits it.
Cannabis and Unemployment Benefits
How cannabis use, failed drug tests, and state legalization interact with eligibility for unemployment insuran...
Cannabis on Tribal Lands (United States)
Tribal nations have their own cannabis laws that exist alongside — and sometimes in tension with — federal and...
Child-Resistant Packaging for Cannabis
How child-resistant packaging rules apply to cannabis products in the US and Canada, why they exist, and what...
Excise Tax on Cannabis
How governments tax cannabis at the wholesale or retail level, why rates vary so wildly, and what it means for...
FDA Regulation of Cannabis-Derived Products
How the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approaches cannabis, CBD, and hemp-derived consumer products under f...
Federal Cannabis Banking Restrictions (United States)
Why state-legal cannabis businesses still struggle to get bank accounts, loans, and credit card processing und...
Federal Cannabis Law in the United States
Cannabis remains a Schedule I controlled substance under U.S. federal law, despite widespread state legalizati...
Federal Employment Drug Testing Rules
How U.S. federal drug testing rules treat cannabis for federal employees, contractors, and safety-sensitive wo...
Federal Immigration Consequences of Cannabis
Why cannabis use, work, or possession can still derail green cards and visas even in states where it is fully...
Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
The Supreme Court case that ruled federal cannabis prohibition applies even to homegrown medical marijuana und...
HUD Housing and Cannabis Use
Why federally subsidized housing residents can be evicted for cannabis use even in states where it's legal.
INCB Cannabis Reports
The International Narcotics Control Board's annual assessments shape — and often constrain — how countries ref...
Off-Duty Cannabis Use Protections
A growing patchwork of U.S. state laws shields some workers from being fired or refused jobs for legal off-the...
Per Se DUI Thresholds for THC
How U.S. states set blood-THC limits for driving, why those numbers are scientifically contested, and what the...
Rhode Island Medical Cannabis Qualifying Conditions
The conditions that qualify a Rhode Island patient for a medical marijuana card, the legal basis, and how the...
Robinson v. California (1962)
The Supreme Court case that held states cannot criminalize the mere status of being a drug addict under the Ei...
Safety-Sensitive Position Carve-Outs
How state cannabis employment protections exclude workers in jobs where impairment could cause serious harm to...
Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code
The federal tax provision that bars cannabis businesses from deducting ordinary expenses, often producing crus...
TTB and Cannabis-Infused Beverages
How the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau treats THC, CBD, and hemp-derived ingredients in beverag...
United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
The 2001 Supreme Court decision that rejected a medical necessity defense to federal cannabis distribution cha...
Workplace Cannabis Testing Rights
An overview of employee and employer rights around cannabis drug testing in the United States, with major stat...