A new Republican-led congressional bill would stop the implementation of a federal hemp THC product ban that was included in spending legislation signed by President Donald Trump last week. The bill, filed on Thursday by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and three bipartisan cosponsors, would strike a section of the recently enacted appropriations package that hemp…
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The solventless game is nothing new, but it keeps growing and evolving so often that it can make it a bit difficult to keep up. In this article we will detail a few recent trends and innovations that are shaping the face of solventless cannabis production in 2025. Hash has been produced for thousands of…
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NORML Fall ’25 Intern Alexa Pereyra As both a special education teacher in the Bronx and a law student at Pace University, I have seen firsthand how young people, especially those from marginalized communities, are often punished rather than supported. Too many times I have watched bright, creative students get pulled into the criminal justice…
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A Massachusetts campaign seeking to put an initiative on the 2026 ballot to roll back the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law is “confident” they turned in enough signatures this week to qualify—and they’re also pushing back against allegations that some of its petitioners violated election laws by peddling misleading claims about the measure. Wendy Wakeman,…
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MA double marijuana possession limit; TX Ag head opposes fed hemp ban; Conservative group to SCOTUS: Take cannabis case 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… Hold on, just…
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Massachusetts fights to keep legal weed while Florida battles to win it. For years, the story of cannabis reform sounded linear. Voters legalize, regulators build a system, the market matures, everyone moves on. But that story is starting to glitch. In Massachusetts, opponents are trying to yank the plug on a $1.6 billion adult-use market…
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While federal lawmakers are busy advancing a nationwide ban on most hemp-derived THC products, New Orleans just did something very New Orleans. It opened a THC cocktail bar on Frenchmen Street. Tucked above Bamboula’s in the Faubourg Marigny Music District, Mélange by Cali Sober at Bamboula’s is billing itself as the city’s first non-alcoholic, functional…
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A top conservative advocacy organization is backing a coalition of marijuana businesses that are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging the constitutionality of federal cannabis prohibition. In an amicus brief filed with the court on Wednesday, the Koch-founded Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) implored justices to hear the case and…
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For the last century or so, the vast majority of governments has approached the fight against drug trafficking with force, whether police or military. However, after decades of relying on this method, a question arises: is it effective? The question may be simple, but the answer is complex. And if we take the recent events…
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The commission also adopted new rules for hemp products. By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Currant Only 38 percent of pre-applicants for a cannabis retail license reserved for those adversely affected by the war on drugs have qualified to submit a formal application, the Cannabis Control Commission announced Friday afternoon. Of 94 requests to be considered…
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