Culture & Society
Cannabis in global culture, lifestyle, music, art, and its impact on social movements
It’s High Time That Insurance Companies Cover The Cost of Marijuana With cannabis legal in 40 states, including the District of Columbia alongside several territories, millions of Americans – and growing – are relying on the plant to treat numerous ailments. Cannabis is used for treating several conditions, such as chronic pain, epilepsy,…
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A top Republican Wisconsin lawmaker says President Donald Trump made the “wrong” choice to order the rescheduling of marijuana—which he called a “dangerous drug”—but he says the upside is that research barriers may be lifted in a way that demonstrates medical cannabis can be effectively used in a limited way as an alternative to prescription…
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Rescheduling could ease marijuana advertising ban; Anti-cannabis group’s plans; MA possession limit increase; NY market report 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… Your good deed for the day:…
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A political committee funded by major marijuana businesses has contributed an additional $1.05 million to President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC in the months leading up to his rescheduling order, FEC filings show. The American Rights and Reform PAC—which initially launched in 2023 under a different name, Legalize America, and lists an executive at…
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has finalized quotas for legal production of controlled substances in 2026—further raising the amount of certain psychedelics that can be made for research purposes in the new year. In a notice published in the Federal Register on Monday, DEA increased its quotas for psilocybin, psilocyn and DMT compared to what…
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A GOP senator says his opposition to marijuana reform—and his conviction that cannabis is a “gateway drug”—hasn’t changed even after President Donald Trump signed a rescheduling order. Asked about the president’s directive to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) told Marijuana Moment that…
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says the marijuana rescheduling appeal process “remains pending” despite President Donald Trump’s recent executive order directing the attorney general to finish the job “in the most expeditious manner.” DEA and reform proponents on Monday submitted a joint status report on an interlocutory appeal that concerns allegations of agency bias and…
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The attorney general of Florida and several business and anti-marijuana groups are telling the state Supreme Court to block a cannabis legalization initiative, calling it “fatally flawed” and unconstitutional as advocates work against the clock to qualify the measure for the November ballot. In a series of briefs submitted to the court on Friday, Attorney…
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Medical Choose vaping and edibles to help heal. Published on January 5, 2026 When the weather begins to change, it’s common for cold symptoms to start to pop up. It usually starts with a bit of congestion and little sneezing before blossoming into a full-blown mess of running or stuffy noses, high fevers, headaches and…
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Bipartisan House and Senate leaders have rejected a provision that would’ve blocked the Justice Department from rescheduling marijuana—while maintaining a longstanding rider protecting state medical cannabis programs from federal interference. While a GOP-controlled House committee advanced a version of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations legislation over the summer that would’ve prevented DOJ…
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