Independent reporting on cannabis, psychedelics & culture
Anne Brensley called the fallout over lieutenant gov’s race the “largest electoral fraud scandal” in Mass history. It’s not even the biggest one this…
May 18, 2026 · 4 min read
KeepCannabisLegal.com features a "claims vs. facts" section and ways "to fight back"
May 10, 2026 · 1 min read
Anti-marijuana forces nationwide likely to now focus all their time and effort on closing dispensaries in Massachusetts
May 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Attorneys representing three cannabis industry stakeholders argued before the Supreme Judicial Court that the prohibitionist initiative is too broad, misleading
May 4, 2026 · 1 min read
Three operators are suing the attorney general and secretary of state to kill the prohibitionist ballot initiative. Here’s what stands out.
April 5, 2026 · 5 min read
“It is deceptive, it is destructive, and it will do nothing except shift total market control to street dealers.”
April 1, 2026 · 3 min read
"We’re talking about dismantling a market designed to create opportunities for people most hurt by the war on drugs."
March 26, 2026 · 4 min read
The Committee to Protect Cannabis Regulation met on Tuesday in Framingham. Talking Joints Memo Editor Chris Faraone reported from the scene.
March 25, 2026 · 1 min read
“Repealing the regulated system will not stop cannabis use—it will simply push it back into the illicit market, where none of those safeguards exist.”
March 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Just 20% of respondents in the recent poll expressed support for the prohibitionist measure
March 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Initiative backed by the same dark money group trying to close Mass dispensaries fails to make ballot in Vacationland
February 5, 2026 · 2 min read
How anti-cannabis crusaders weaponized the opioid crisis to trick voters—and why state regulators let them get away with it
January 27, 2026 · 3 min readAdjust how this site appears on this device.