The holidays feel like a time of year tailor made for creating wonderful sensory memories. Be it the comforting aroma of freshly baked gingerbread men wafting over the kitchen or the taste of a stiff eggnog, our various end-of-year celebrations and traditions are often packed with plenty of signature flavors and smells. Though cannabis may…
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“Law enforcement officers, first responders and veterans carry real trauma, and too many run out of options.” By Jack Gorsline, Psychedelic State(s) of America In a historic move on Friday, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health voted to advance two pivotal pieces of legislation regarding psilocybin, marking a significant shift in the state’s approach…
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Inside Trump’s marijuana meeting; State AGs tell SCOTUS: Keep cannabis user gun ban; Fed study: Teen marijuana use “stable”; Cannabis & holidays 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……
The head of the major gardening supply company Scotts Miracle-Gro says President Donald Trump called a proposal to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II—rather than Schedule III, as he ultimately directed last week—a “half-assed” move amid “hardcore arguing” in discussions about the reform. Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO Jim Hagedorn—whose Hawthorne Gardening Company unit provides…
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Attorneys general for 19 states and Washington, D.C. are siding with the federal government in a U.S. Supreme Court case that could decide the fate of a law preventing marijuana users from buying or possessing firearms. In an amicus brief for the case U.S. v. Hemani that was submitted to the court on Friday, the…
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Another holiday season has arrived—and, with it, another round of public service announcements from regulators in states that have legalized marijuana that are aimed at advising people about how to comply with the law and stay safe amid the merriment. This has become something of a trend over recent years, with states increasingly using the…
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How a nationwide DEA dragnet in 1989 turned garden shops into crime scenes, and taught the War on Drugs to police an idea. The first light of dawn had barely bled over the strip mall when the shutters screeched open. A dozen black-clad agents spilled out of unmarked vans. They smashed glass, padlocked doors, and…
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The ink was barely dry on President Trump’s cannabis rescheduling order when the same question started bouncing around boardrooms, Discords, and trader timelines: Does this mean cannabis can finally uplist to the NYSE or Nasdaq? Short answer: no. Longer answer: also no, and maybe stop treating Wall Street like it’s the finish line. Schedule III…
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Every You down in You-ville liked Dankmas a lot, But the Greench, who lived north of You-ville, did NOT! The Greench hated Dankmas! The whole Dankmas season! Now, please don’t ask why. There were plenty of reasons. It could be his head wasn’t screwed on quite right. It could be, perhaps, that his wallet was…
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A Democratic senator has filed a bill aimed at laying the groundwork for federal marijuana legalization. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced the legislation—titled the Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult-Use Regulated Environment Act (PREPARE) Act—on Thursday. The measure would direct the attorney general to create a commission charged with making recommendations on a regulatory…
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