Culture & Society
Cannabis in global culture, lifestyle, music, art, and its impact on social movements
Ohio’s new law is already in effect. South Carolina’s Senate went with a narrow regulate-it-don’t-ban-it model. Texas is about to wipe smokable hemp off shelves while squeezing the rest with tougher rules and steeper fees. Same plant, same loophole, three very different state responses. The hemp fight did not move in one direction this month.…
Ohio, Texas And South Carolina Are All Tightening Hemp Rules, Read More »
“The Missouri Constitution contains clear language for how these funds are to be distributed.” By Rebecca Rivas and Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent About $95 million in Missouri marijuana-tax revenue that voters set aside for veterans services, public defenders and drug-addiction treatment programs sat unspent at the end of the last fiscal year. And budget projections…
Almost $100 Million In Missouri Marijuana Revenue Earmarked For Veterans Read More »
Utah’s governor has signed a bill to promote clinical trials into the efficacy of psychedelic-assisted therapy for military veterans with serious mental health conditions. Lawmakers passed the the legislation from Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost (D) and Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore earlier this month, sending it to Gov. Spencer Cox (R), who signed it into law without comment…
Utah Governor Signs Bill To Support Clinical Trials On Psychedelics Read More »
Patients enrolled in select federal health insurance programs could have up to $500 of hemp-derived products covered each year beginning as early as April 1, according to new details about the cannabis initiative that’s being implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The CBD-focused plan will also allow a certain amount of…
Feds Detail Plan To Cover Up To $500 In Hemp Read More »
Colorado regulators are touting another successful year of nearly perfect marijuana business compliance with state laws prohibiting the sale of cannabis to underage youth—with 99 percent of retailers checking IDs to verify the age of covert investigators. The state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) said in a newsletter sent on Thursday that investigators conducted 469 underage…
99% Of Colorado Marijuana Retailers Properly Checked IDs To Prevent Read More »
The head of the Conservative Party of Canada says using marijuana should be a “personal choice”—even though he voted against the bill that legalized cannabis nationwide in his country that entitled adults to freedom from the threat of criminalization for consuming it. In an interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that was released on…
Canadian Conservative Leader Tells Joe Rogan Marijuana Should Be A Read More »
IN gov on marijuana; MA psychedelics votes; NY medical cannabis bill; WNBA offers to end marijuana testing; OH hemp restrictions 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… Free to…
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Compromise was needed “to make sure that we had the votes to keep this out of the hands of children… That’s the number one thing.” By Adrian Ashford, South Carolina Daily Gazette Legislation limiting South Carolina sales of intoxicating hemp products to adults over 21 passed the Senate on Thursday in a compromise that took…
South Carolina Senate Approves Bill To Keep Hemp THC Drinks Read More »
“The department’s scoring criteria and the scorers’ determinations were based on the subjective valuations of the scorers. This fundamental flaw infected the entire scoring process.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent A Missouri appeals court has delivered a sweeping rebuke of the state’s marijuana licensing process, ordering regulators to award Hippos LLC 13 facility licenses after…
Missouri Court Orders Officials To Award Marijuana Business Licenses Amid Read More »
The security guard glances at our IDs, then at us, then back at our IDs. I am 67. Diana is 64. We are not the typical pair walking into a cannabis dispensary on a weekday afternoon. We come carrying a folding table, boxes of product, and the determination of women who are not done building.…
Women Over 60 Are Finding Their Place in Cannabis Read More »
