[Canniseur: Texas is probably the worst state in the U.S. when it comes to cannabis. Yet, millions of Texans consume cannabis. The state misses out in so many ways by refusing to legalize or at least have a real medical cannabis program. What they have now is a joke....

[Editor's Note: Technology has gotten advanced, making it extremely difficult to get illegal cannabis (or any other illegal shipment) into the country. They measured the density of the shipment!] The 614-pound shipment was one of the largest marijuana busts in the...

(Photo courtesy of SXSW) [Canniseur: Texas has the harshest cannabis laws in the country. Not only are the laws harsh, but if you're driving into the state from the west, chances are good that you'll get stopped for a shakedown. In Texas, you can get pulled over for...

[Canniseur: Criminals believe; "Since cannabis is legal, why not just grow and sell our illegal weed under the radar." Bathtub gin makers thought that too after alcohol prohibition ended in the 1930s. They were wrong then and illegal growers are wrong now.] LOS...

[Canniseur: Great idea to legalize adult use cannabis. Terrible idea to run adult cannabis sales through state stores. The states that sell alcohol at retail are subject to all sorts of bureaucratic malfeasance. Too many complexities. Too little variety. States should...

[Canniseur: Manafort's sentence turns the stomach for those of us who try to believe in democracy. Such flagrant abuse of power stinks to high hell.] Repeatedly defraud financial institutions and the government? Get 47 months in prison. Illegally possess marijuana in...

[Canniseur: The New Mexico senate still must pass it, so it's not a done deal. But, another state may be going to adult use. They seem to be doing this for the right reasons too.] New Mexico’s House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize marijuana for adult use...

[Canniseur: While we're not happy about closing 50 dispensaries, the state is doing the right thing by allowing the dispensaries that have licenses to continue to purchase from caregiver/growers. The move to a regulated industry hasn't gone easily for Michigan, mostly...