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October 21, 2026

91% of Veterans Back Medical Marijuana Research

Veterans are speaking clearly on this one — and lawmakers should listen. A new survey from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), published October 15, found 91% of veterans support research into marijuana’s medicinal uses, and 88% support that research being conducted through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) itself. The survey included […]

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October 21, 2026

Teen Cannabis Use Fell. Adult Use Rose.

Every time cannabis reform comes up in Kentucky, somebody warns that it will put weed in kids’ hands. The federal government’s own new survey says the opposite is happening. According to the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), run by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) with more than […]

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October 21, 2026

Kentucky Medical Cannabis Passes Halfway Mark

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program is now more than halfway built out. Governor Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that 46 of the 80 approved medical cannabis businesses are now up and operating — 13 cultivators, 2 safety compliance facilities, 5 processors, and 26 dispensaries. “We moved quickly to bring relief to Kentuckians, and we’ve always put the […]

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October 20, 2026

Kentucky Made 2,718 Cannabis Arrests in 2025

A new national report puts a hard number on what Kentuckians already know: we are still arresting people for a plant that 24 states have legalized — and we arrested 2,718 of them in 2025 alone. The Marijuana Policy Project’s 2026 Cannabis Arrest Report, built on data from the FBI’s Crime Explorer, found that 2,176 […]

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October 20, 2026

Feds Stall Cannabis Rescheduling — Again

Washington has hit pause on cannabis reform — again. DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek C. Julius has halted the federal hearing on moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. The reason? He needs to decide whether a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report should be admitted as evidence in the case. That report […]

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October 18, 2026

Ohio sells legal weed. Kentucky still arrests for it.

Drive north across the river and you can walk into a licensed store and buy cannabis — legally, taxed, regulated, with a receipt. Drive back south, and the same plant can still put you in handcuffs. In November 2023, Ohio voters approved Issue 2 with a 57% majority, making Ohio the 24th state to legalize […]

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October 17, 2026

Grab Your $10 KCFC Stash Can — All Proceeds Fund the Fight

Big news for your shelf, your bag, and the cause. The KCFC stash can is here — a black tin stamped with the KCFC sticker, packed with special gifts inside. Ten bucks. And every single dollar goes straight to the fight: putting cannabis decriminalization on the Kentucky ballot. That’s 21 and up, one ounce, cultivate, […]

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October 16, 2026

Tennessee Lawmakers Reject the ‘Dangerous Drug’ Myth

Just south of us, Tennessee held a committee hearing on medical cannabis legislation — and state police showed up with the same scare tactics Kentucky heard for decades. Their claim: marijuana is a “dangerous drug” associated with violent crime. The lawmakers’ response: they weren’t having it. Bipartisan Tennessee legislators pushed back on those claims right […]

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October 16, 2026

Massachusetts Fights to Keep Cannabis Legal

In Massachusetts, 62 state lawmakers — Democrats and Republicans, including House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka — are urging voters to reject Question 8 on the November ballot, a measure that would repeal the state’s regulated recreational cannabis sales and home cultivation rights. Their case is simple: legalization worked. Adult-use sales have […]

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October 15, 2026

Iowa’s Next Governor? “Don’t Jail People for Using Cannabis”

An Iowa candidate for governor just said the quiet part out loud — and it’s exactly what Kentucky needs to hear. In a debate this week, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand (currently Iowa’s state auditor) argued that legalizing cannabis would make life easier for law enforcement, not harder. “Every time I talk to police officers, […]

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