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Ohio Campaign To Block Marijuana And Hemp Restrictions Fails To

“Marijuana will be re-criminalized in Ohio, businesses will close, workers will lose their jobs, and consumers will be denied their right to products they should be able to purchase.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Opponents of Ohio Republican lawmakers’ attempt to ban intoxicating hemp products and change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law failed…

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AEW’s Marina Shafir Hits Hard, Smokes Weed, and Would Rather

The AEW star gets candid about loss, love, life on the road, and the role cannabis has played in helping her stay grounded through it all. There’s nothing subtle about Marina Shafir. I learned this last week after sitting down with the former mixed martial artist turned wrestling icon, who cheerfully sparked one up while…

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Virginia Lawmakers Who Sponsored Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Celebrate Its

“Less than a year from now, you’ll be able to legally buy cannabis products for adult use, recreational, throughout Virginia.” By Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury Five years after Virginia legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana but failed to create a way for people to legally buy it, state lawmakers last week approved legislation establishing…

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High Marijuana Taxes Don’t Effectively Deter Use, Study Shows, Contrary

There’s no meaningful evidence that imposing higher taxes on marijuana would steer people away from using it—contrary to a claim recently made by the The New York Times editorial board—according to a new scientific analysis of cannabis consumption and tax data. In fact, raising the cost of cannabis sold at state-licensed retailers could lead people…

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NORML Op-Ed: Excessive Taxes on Cannabis Fuels the Unregulated Market

From Michigan to Maine, state governments are raising taxes on marijuana products. The New York Times is cheering them on, opining in a recent editorial that artificially raising the prices of legal cannabis through higher taxes and fees will dissuade adults from consuming it.  Here’s why they are wrong. Excessive taxation doesn’t discourage consumers from obtaining cannabis, but it…

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Virginia’s Cannabis Sales Legalization Bill Gives An Unfair Head Start

“Catching a market in motion is fundamentally harder than entering one that has not started yet.” By Max Jackson, Cannabis Wise Guys Imagine a race track. Five cars are already on it—tuned, tested, crewed and running laps at two hundred miles an hour. They have been on this track for years. Now imagine telling a…

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DEA’s New ‘Drug Quiz’ Admits That Youth Marijuana Use Is

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is acknowledging that, even as more states have legalized marijuana, youth cannabis use has “declined” over the past several decades. As part of an online quiz on DEA’s “Just Think Twice” platform, the agency asked about a variety of drug trends, including questions about substance use disorder, drug overdose deaths,…

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New congressional cannabis rescheduling report (Newsletter: March 18, 2026)

Tom Angell is the editor of Marijuana Moment. A 25-year veteran in the cannabis and drug law reform movement, he covers the policy and politics of marijuana, psychedelics and other substances. He previously reported for Forbes, Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and was given the Hunter S. Thompson Media Award by NORML and has been named Journalist…

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Cannabis is more morally acceptable than gambling, Americans say in

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Congressional Researchers Give Update On Marijuana Rescheduling And Upcoming Hemp

Congressional researchers are giving an update on the status of the federal-state marijuana law conflict, detailing the limitations of a pending rescheduling action, laying out options for lawmakers to address the issue and noting changes to hemp policy that are set to take effect later this year. Notably, the new report removes language from an…

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