Cannabis Policy & Legalization
Global cannabis legislation, decriminalization efforts, and legal battles shaping the industry.
Original publication: November 1994. WOMEN, POT AND PRISON JULIE STEWART, PRESIDENT, FAMM Ruth Helgesen, at 53 years old, imagined that her golden years would be spent living peacefully with her male companion, Glenn, in their simple home in the isolated woods of northern Minnesota. Together they rebuilt their house and lived off the land. Until…
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Wine loosens the tongue; weed sets you free. After a few puffs, many people feel more relaxed, more introspective, or —even the toughest, prickliest types— start to open up emotionally. The right setting, next to the right person, can lead to deep, loving, and sometimes wild conversations. Smoking weed as a couple often helps you…
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It was Bill Hicks, who, in a moment of unrelenting truth-telling, said something that combined two of my favorite things in life: music and drugs. Check it out … I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don’t believe drugs have done good things for us, do…
Remembering Brent Hinds: Weed, Chaos and the Beauty of Mastodon Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is expanding the list of drugs that military service members will be tested for to include the psychedelic compound psilocin, one of the two main components of psilocybin mushrooms. In a memo obtained by Marijuana Moment, a DOD employee performing the duties of the deputy under secretary of defense…
Military To Start Testing Service Members For The Psychedelic Psilocin, Read More »
There’s more friction and finger-pointing in the Pennsylvania legislature over the push to legalize marijuana for adult use, with a GOP senator who’s sponsoring a reform bill insisting that the House must make the first move and a Democratic representative pushing back on that suggestion. Sen. Dan Laughlin (R), who serves as chair of the…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – LONDON and NEUMÜNSTER, Germany, Aug. 28, 2025 – Tilray Medical, a division of Tilray Brands Inc. and a global leader in medicinal cannabis, empowering the therapeutic alliance between patients and health care practitioners to make informed individualized health decisions, transforming health care, announced three new EU-GMP certified medical cannabis strain offerings for…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Aug. 27, 2025 – Agrify Corp., a leading provider of branded innovative solutions for the cannabis and hemp industries, announced the acquisition of a portfolio of brand intellectual properties, including RYTHM, Dogwalkers, Beboe and others, from Green Thumb Industries for US$50 million paid for via a convertible note.Concurrently, the…
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In California’s wine valley, a cannabis company just got caught running 16 diesel generators to keep its operation alive. Not as backup power. Not during emergencies. As the main engine of the business. On August 15, Central Coast Agriculture Inc. agreed to pay $620,000 to settle an environmental protection lawsuit with the Santa Barbara County…
Diesel in Wine Country, Smog in Lompoc: Cannabis Can’t Be Read More »
President Donald Trump recently said his administration is “looking at” moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. For some in the industry, that shift promises relief: the end of the 280E tax stranglehold, new opportunities for research, and a symbolic acknowledgment that marijuana has medical value. But Schedule III would not end prohibition. People…
Petition Demands Trump Go Beyond Schedule III and Deschedule Marijuana: Read More »
“If Trump makes the move to reschedule cannabis…he will be bringing Washington in line with the American people.” By Roger Stone In America today, no issue better demonstrates the yawning gulf between the will of the people and the paralysis of their government than cannabis policy. Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe cannabis should be legal…
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