Culture & Society
Cannabis in global culture, lifestyle, music, art, and its impact on social movements
The governor of Ohio has a message for critics of a law rolling back the state’s marijuana market and criminalizing intoxicating hemp products: Stop “whining.” As a campaign behind a referendum to block certain provisions of the cannabis roll-back law gets to work, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) was asked about the issue and what it…
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A GOP senator says President Donald Trump was “poorly advised” on marijuana rescheduling—and while he’s raised the issue with the president directly, the two ultimately “disagreed” on the issue. Asked about the Trump administration’s position that moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) would promote research into the…
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Bondi could face marijuana questions; PA legalization push; Government-run dispensary opens; Poll: Cannabis consumers back Trump’s rescheduling move 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 read (but…
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“Every hour an officer spends on a simple marijuana case is an hour not spent investigating violent crime, stopping human trafficking, or getting fentanyl off the streets.” By Gary Wiegert, former St. Louis police sergeant via Missouri Independent I dedicated decades of my life to helping keep St. Louis safe. As a former cop, I…
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“The referendum effort is about putting profits from unregulated intoxicating hemp and gas station weed sales above people.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans for Cannabis Choice can start collecting signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to block a law that will change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products. But…
Ohio Cannabis Industry Divided Over Referendum To Block Marijuana And Read More »
THC Beverages and the Billion-Dollar Panic: Why Alcohol Companies Are Funding Your Favorite Prohibitionist Source: PsyPost Let me hit you with a statistic that probably won’t surprise you, but should piss you off: cannabis beverages are making people drink less alcohol. And the alcohol industry is absolutely losing their shit over it. A recent study…
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CBD increases the effects of THC claims new study For years, cannabis enthusiasts and medical professionals alike have subscribed to a simple narrative: THC gets you high, while CBD chills you out. This conventional wisdom has shaped everything from product development to dosing recommendations. But what if we’ve had it all wrong? A recent study…
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“We are trying to make sure that we establish—like we did with alcohol—a taboo. It’s wrong. It has to stop.” By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix Citing statistics showing that impaired drivers contribute to more than 30 percent of fatalities on Florida roads, Jacksonville Republican Rep. Dean Black introduced legislation Thursday that would ban medical marijuana…
Florida Lawmakers Approve Bill To Punish Medical Marijuana Patients For Read More »
Every February, America performs the same ceremony: it gathers around televisions large enough to qualify as furniture and consumes foods best described as “architecturally ambitious.” The Super Bowl is not merely a sporting event; it is a national eating contest with intermittent football. This year’s game carries a subplot that would once have caused handwringing…
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As cannabis policies evolve in professional football, researchers are investigating whether cannabinoids might offer neuroprotection against repetitive head trauma—but the science is still early. Super Bowl week celebrates football’s spectacle, but it also brings renewed attention to the sport’s most sobering concern: what repetitive head impacts do to players’ brains over time. As the NFL…
Greening the Gridiron: What We Actually Know About Cannabis and Read More »
