Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Bill To Let Patients Use Medical Marijuana
Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a bill to allow qualifying patients to access medical marijuana at health facilities. In one of the latest examples of states pursuing what’s known as “Ryan’s law”—a reference to a young medical cannabis patient in California who passed away—the Hawaii House Health Committee and Human Services & Homelessness Committee held a…
Perimenopause, Meet Weed: A Symptom-by-Symptom Guide
Perimenopause isn’t just a chapter; it’s a plot twist with attitude. One minute you’re serene and hydrated, the next you’re channeling Kathy Bates in Fried Green Tomatoes, screaming “Towanda!” as your hormones emotionally T-bone a parked car. Hot flashes, mood swings, sleep battles, libido dips, anxiety spikes—it’s a full-body revolution every woman faces, yet almost…
Ohio Governor Tells Cannabis Advocates To Stop ‘Whining’ Over Legalization
The governor of Ohio has a message for critics of a law rolling back the state’s marijuana market and criminalizing intoxicating hemp products: Stop “whining.” As a campaign behind a referendum to block certain provisions of the cannabis roll-back law gets to work, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) was asked about the issue and what it…
Trump Was ‘Poorly Advised’ On Marijuana Rescheduling, GOP Senator Says
A GOP senator says President Donald Trump was “poorly advised” on marijuana rescheduling—and while he’s raised the issue with the president directly, the two ultimately “disagreed” on the issue. Asked about the Trump administration’s position that moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) would promote research into the…
FDA faces deadline for cannabis guidance this week (Newsletter: February
Bondi could face marijuana questions; PA legalization push; Government-run dispensary opens; Poll: Cannabis consumers back Trump’s rescheduling move Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Free to read (but…
Here’s Why Many Cops Support Trump’s Marijuana Rescheduling Move (Op-Ed)
“Every hour an officer spends on a simple marijuana case is an hour not spent investigating violent crime, stopping human trafficking, or getting fentanyl off the streets.” By Gary Wiegert, former St. Louis police sergeant via Missouri Independent I dedicated decades of my life to helping keep St. Louis safe. As a former cop, I…
Ohio Cannabis Industry Divided Over Referendum To Block Marijuana And
“The referendum effort is about putting profits from unregulated intoxicating hemp and gas station weed sales above people.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans for Cannabis Choice can start collecting signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to block a law that will change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products. But…
THC Beverages and the Billion-Dollar Panic: Why Alcohol Companies Are
THC Beverages and the Billion-Dollar Panic: Why Alcohol Companies Are Funding Your Favorite Prohibitionist Source: PsyPost Let me hit you with a statistic that probably won’t surprise you, but should piss you off: cannabis beverages are making people drink less alcohol. And the alcohol industry is absolutely losing their shit over it. A recent study…
CBD Amplifies the Effects of THC Claims New Medical Study
CBD increases the effects of THC claims new study For years, cannabis enthusiasts and medical professionals alike have subscribed to a simple narrative: THC gets you high, while CBD chills you out. This conventional wisdom has shaped everything from product development to dosing recommendations. But what if we’ve had it all wrong? A recent study…
Florida Lawmakers Approve Bill To Punish Medical Marijuana Patients For
“We are trying to make sure that we establish—like we did with alcohol—a taboo. It’s wrong. It has to stop.” By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix Citing statistics showing that impaired drivers contribute to more than 30 percent of fatalities on Florida roads, Jacksonville Republican Rep. Dean Black introduced legislation Thursday that would ban medical marijuana…
The Super Bowl Goes to Pot (Quietly)
Every February, America performs the same ceremony: it gathers around televisions large enough to qualify as furniture and consumes foods best described as “architecturally ambitious.” The Super Bowl is not merely a sporting event; it is a national eating contest with intermittent football. This year’s game carries a subplot that would once have caused handwringing…
Greening the Gridiron: What We Actually Know About Cannabis and
As cannabis policies evolve in professional football, researchers are investigating whether cannabinoids might offer neuroprotection against repetitive head trauma—but the science is still early. Super Bowl week celebrates football’s spectacle, but it also brings renewed attention to the sport’s most sobering concern: what repetitive head impacts do to players’ brains over time. As the NFL…
Cannabis Culture Can’t Afford to Keep Fighting Itself
Cannabis has never been a single experience. It was never one molecule, one effect, one intention, or one lane. It has always been plural—used for healing, ritual, relief, escape, communion, and survival, sometimes all at once. The plant made room for contradiction long before regulators tried to flatten it into categories that could fit on…
Arkansas Supreme Court Ruling Could Let Lawmakers Roll Back Medical
“The thing that bothers me the most is they applied it retroactively, not prospectively. They upended 115 years of work by the people of the state of Arkansas on these initiatives.” By Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate Emily Williams struggled to find medication that alleviated chemotherapy side effects like nausea and loss of appetite following her…
[Video] Corporate Weed Has a Problem
A 15-minute film follows one season of sun-grown cannabis in Maine and a partnership built to survive outside the corporate model. In King’s Field, the story begins with a simple problem. King Bishop cannot grow enough cannabis to keep his shop stocked. The solution does not arrive through expansion capital or industrial infrastructure. It arrives…
Marijuana Advocates Hope Trump’s Attorney General Will Give A Rescheduling
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to appear before a key House committee next week—and advocates are holding out hope that lawmakers will press her to provide an update on the Justice Department’s progress in fulfilling President Donald Trump’s executive order to finalize the pending federal marijuana rescheduling process. It’s been nearly two months…
Pennsylvania House Lawmakers Slam Senate Over Marijuana Legalization Inaction As
Pennsylvania House Democratic lawmakers are calling on the GOP-controlled Senate to come to the table and pass a bill to legalize marijuana, as proposed by the governor once again as part of his budget latest request. At a press conference on Wednesday, three Democratic members of the House who have championed adult-use legalization stressed the…
Virginia Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals Following
Virginia lawmakers have approved a bill to allow qualifying patients to access medical marijuana in hospitals—but only after the federal government finalizes a pending proposal to reschedule cannabis. The Senate Education and Health Committee voted 14-0 on Thursday to advance the legislation from Sen. Barbara Favola (D), days after it advanced through a subcommittee. The…
A New Government-Run Marijuana Store Just Opened In Minnesota
The first government-run marijuana retailer in Minnesota has officially opened its doors, marking another milestone in the state’s adult-use cannabis program. The city of Anoka announced last week that it had completed constructions of the facility. Now the shop is operational, with a “historic” soft launch on Thursday, Mayor Erik Skogquist said. “Our residents want…
Fewer Cannabis-Related School Disciplinary Incidents Following Legalization
Rates of school disciplinary incidents involving cannabis fell in Massachusetts following the adoption of regulated marijuana access, according to state-specific data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Investigators affiliated with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health assessed trends in cannabis-related disciplinary incidents in Massachusetts…
Who Killed the U
How speculative finance and distorted incentives hollowed out American weed. On a sunny afternoon in Santa Monica in the spring of 2018, I sat on a hotel patio with the owners of two up-and-coming cannabis businesses: one a popular low-cost brand and the other a NorCal farming co-op. I had an all-cash offer from investors…
Marijuana Consumers Overwhelmingly Back Trump’s Rescheduling Order, Poll Shows As
President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the attorney general to finalize the marijuana rescheduling process is overwhelmingly popular among cannabis consumers, according to a new poll. The survey from the cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD asked people who use marijuana to share their perspective on the order, which was signed in December but has yet to…
FDA Faces Deadline To Publish Cannabinoid Lists And Define Hemp
In about nine months, federal hemp laws are scheduled to significantly change in a way that industry stakeholders say would effectively upend the market by re-criminalizing most consumable cannabinoid products. But in the interim, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing a deadline next week to help inform future hemp policy. As part of…
Wisconsin medical cannabis bill advances in Senate (Newsletter: February 6,
DEA 4/20 PSA contest; CO gov on cannabis & guns; KY medical marijuana gummies; FL & MS cannabis bills approved; Anti-legalization group’s conference Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment…
Mississippi House Approves Bill To To Allow Medical Marijuana Use
The Mississippi House of Representatives has approved a bill to allow terminally ill patients to access medical marijuana in hospitals, nursing facilities and hospice centers. About a week after advancing out of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee, the full chamber passed the legislation from Rep. Kevin Felsher (R) in a 117-1 vote…
Jim Belushi on Weed, His Latest Movies and the Mess
Now 71, Chicago-born Jim Belushi is having a moment with roles in two current films – Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water, in which he plays counterculture legend Ken Kesey, and the pop musical, Song Sung Blue, co-starring Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman. Before Belushi moved to Oregon and launched his cannabis company Belushi’s Farm…
Colorado Governor Is ‘Pushing Back’ Against His Own State’s Position
The governor of Colorado says his state should not have joined a lawsuit supporting the federal ban on gun ownership by people who use marijuana that’s now before the U.S. Supreme Court—and he personally opposes the state attorney general’s “legal position on this.” It took some by surprise when Colorado’s top prosecutor, as well as…
Why Did Cannabis Users Do So Well During COVID Compared
Stoners Died Less from Covid According to Report When the world screeched to a halt in early 2020, many of us found ourselves locked down, stressed out, and reaching for comfort wherever we could find it. For a growing number of people, that comfort came in the form of a joint, bong, or edible. As…
Kentucky Governor Announces Medical Marijuana Gummies Are Now Available, While
Kentucky’s governor is calling on lawmakers to let more patients legally access medical marijuana, and he’s announcing that cannabis gummies are now available for purchase in the state’s licensed dispensaries. Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said at a briefing on Thursday that his administration sent a letter urging legislative leadership to pass a bill adding ALS,…
Scientists And Advocates Slam Anti-Marijuana Group For Blocking Their Participation
The prohibitionist group Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) is facing criticism over its decision to deny multiple drug policy reform experts entry to a summit it is hosting in Washington, D.C. this week where the organization will lay out its 2026 priorities and agenda. Despite billing the 2026 SAM Good Drug Policy Summit as an…
Wisconsin Senators Approve GOP-Led Medical Marijuana Bill As Democrats Push
Wisconsin senators have approved a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state as other legislators push for broader adult-use legalization. The Senate Health Committee on Thursday advanced the medical cannabis legislation from Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R) and Sen. Patrick Testin (R) in a 4-1 vote. This comes months after the panel held an…
Another Florida Committee Approves Bill To Slash Medical Marijuana Fee
Another Florida committee has approved a bill to significantly reduce the fee for military veterans to obtain medical marijuana registry identification cards, slashing the cost to one-fifth of the current amount. About a week after moving through the House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee, members of the House Health Care Budget Subcommittee followed suit and…
Maryland Lawmakers Take Up Bill To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients’
Maryland lawmakers are taking up a bill to protect the gun rights of medical marijuana patients in the state. Members of the House Judiciary Committee discussed the legislation from Del. Robin Grammer (R) on Wednesday. The delegate has sponsored multiple versions of the cannabis and gun rights measure over recent sessions, but they have not…
DEA Promotes Anti-Marijuana PSA Contest Inviting Students To Warn Peers
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is teaming up with an anti-marijuana group to promote a public service announcement contest pegged to 4/20, inviting high school students to submit videos about why the use of cannabis “is harmful for the developing brain, mental health, and your life!” “The contest is an opportunity for high schools to…
Florida cannabis ballot hearing canceled at Supreme Court (Newsletter: February
Trump signs bill to block DC marijuana sales; VA cannabis votes; OK AG on gov’s anti-marijuana plan; ME prohibitionist measure misses deadline Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible……
Rhode Island Bars And Restaurants Push Back On Proposal To
“Putting hemp THC-derived beverages on premise at a restaurant or bar is actually the safest way to consume these products.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current Rhode Island hospitality and liquor industry representatives voiced their opposition to a proposed ban on restaurants and bars serving intoxicating THC beverages during a virtual public hearing with state…