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Virginia House And Senate Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Sales Legalization Bills

The march toward legalizing recreational marijuana sales in Virginia continues on, with the full House of Delegates and a Senate committee advancing a pair of companion bills to create a regulated adult-use cannabis market in the Commonwealth. The House on Tuesday passed a Senate-approved cannabis sales bill on second reading, teeing it up for final…

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Washington Senators Approve Bill To Let Terminally Ill Patients Use

A Washington State Senate committee has approved a House-passed bill to allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes and hospices. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Kloba (D), cleared the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Monday after having previously been passed by the full House…

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Get Lit, Get Fit: Runners High Chicago Is Building a

What started in 2022 as a “highdea” is now a weekly run club and wellness circle—one that’s making cannabis culture look a lot more like consistency than couch-lock. On The 606, the city’s elevated trail that cuts a clean line through the neighborhoods, the energy before a run usually sounds the same—footsteps, laughter, the soft…

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Wisconsin Governor Pushes To Stop Federal Hemp THC Ban, Saying

The governor of Wisconsin is calling on congressional lawmakers to urgently take action to block a federal hemp THC ban that threatens to wipe out much of the state’s cannabis market—an issue he says is “intensified” by the fact that the state has yet to legalize marijuana for medical or adult use. In a letter…

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Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Bill To Expand Psychedelics Pilot Program In

Connecticut lawmakers have approved a bill to expand a pilot program in the state that’s meant to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA. Members of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health on Tuesday favorably reported the psychedelics measure, which would build upon an existing psychedelic-assisted therapy program involving military…

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Trump’s Cannabis Rescheduling Move Alone Won’t Stabilize The Industry Without

“A stable cannabis industry requires more than tax normalization. It requires integration into healthcare infrastructure that governs how therapeutic products are accessed, financed and sustained.” By Gennaro Luce and Matthew Myro Rothman, CannaLnx Momentum around federal cannabis reform has shifted. Following President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the rescheduling of cannabis, investors have interpreted the…

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NORML Defends Cannabis Consumers’ Constitutional Rights

Should one’s status as a cannabis consumer prohibit them from ever legally owning a firearm? That was the question before the US Supreme Court yesterday in United States v. Hemani.  Lawyers for the federal government say ‘yes.’ NORML says ‘no.’ NORML was among several advocacy groups that filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging Justices to strike down…

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Weir All on Weed: What Bob Weir Really Thought About

From LSD-fueled beginnings to a misunderstood HuffPost quote, a High Times–style look at Bob Weir’s nuanced relationship with cannabis, the Grateful Dead, and the culture they helped shape. With singer, songwriter, guitarist, and concert legend Bob Weir’s passing into the next plane of existence on January 10, the last OG frontman of the legendary Grateful…

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Massachusetts Ballot Measure To Roll Back Marijuana Legalization Is Opposed

Massachusetts voters will have a chance to vote on a ballot initiative in November that would roll back the state’s adult-use marijuana law—and a new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of residents do not want to see that happen. The Bay State Poll from the University of Hampshire’s States of Opinion Project asked Massachusetts…

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Supreme Court talks cannabis rescheduling in gun rights hearing (Newsletter:

Hemp THC ban pro & con arguments to Congress; MD medical marijuana employment protections; VA cannabis resentencing votes 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… BREAKING: Journalism is often…

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