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Jeff Freeman’s earliest memory of cannabis isn’t one of smoking a joint or walking into a dispensary. It’s of walking in on his older cousins in his grandmother’s Seattle home, bagging up a quarter pound. “They were cool, had money, had girls, and Jordans to match every outfit,” he remembers. “It was strange because I…
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South Africa continues to move forward on the complex but promising road to marijuana regulation, facing adversities and legal gaps that involve private cannabis clubs, among others. Since the historic 2018 Constitutional Court ruling that decriminalized private cannabis use and cultivation, the country’s legal situation has been riddled with uncertainty, particularly for entrepreneurs and users.…
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Marijuana users have “superior performance across multiple cognitive domains,” according to a new large-scale study funded by the U.S. federal government, with the effects of cannabis on cognition “presented concurrently across a range of brain systems.” The research, published this month as a preprint by Nature Portfolio, analyzed brain imaging and cognitive data from 37,929 participants…
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President Donald Trump publicly addressed cannabis rescheduling for the first time since taking office 203 days ago, telling reporters during a White House press conference on Aug. 11 that “We’re only looking at that. That’s early.”Trump was referring to a proposal to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act,…
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“Mississippi has an opportunity to lead the South and the nation in pioneering a new path toward evidence-based, life-saving care.” By Rep. Sam J. Creekmore IV, Chairman, Mississippi House Public Health and Human Services Committee On August 28 at 10:00 a.m., the Mississippi Legislature will hold a joint House and Senate hearing at the Capitol…
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President Donald Trump says his administration is “looking at” a proposal to reschedule marijuana and will “make a determination over the next few weeks.” Asked about recent reporting that the administration is considering the Biden administration-initiated plan to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Trump said during…
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More than 200 days into his term, President Donald Trump has yet to make good on his campaign promise to “unlock the medical uses” of cannabis to a Schedule III drug. Furthermore, he has yet even publicly address the issue of rescheduling.Instead, the president’s stance on how the plant should be scheduled appears to be…
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A new political committee that shares the same treasurer as President Donald Trump’s own super PAC is pushing the president to follow through on rescheduling marijuana, releasing an ad that highlights his previous endorsement of the reform on the campaign trail. The 30-second spot comes from the America First Agriculture Action Inc., a PAC that…
Trump Should Reschedule Marijuana, Says Ad From New Political Committee Read More »
Rand Paul works on hemp “compromise”; TX medical marijuana expansion; Congressional report on easing Schedule I research; MDMA for depression 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…
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Amid a series of legal challenges, the Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case on the federal government’s ban on users of marijuana and other illegal drugs from owning firearms and uphold the prohibition, saying it is consistent with the 2nd Amendment. To that end, the DOJ solicitor general…
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