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California Officials Award $30 Million In Marijuana Revenue To Support

California officials have awarded nearly $30 million in grants for marijuana-focused academic research projects. The government-funded studies will focus on issues such as cannabis use by older people, the effects of THC beverages, the therapeutic potential of novel cannabinoids, how compounds like terpenes affect product flavoring, tribal participation in the legal market and the environmental…

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Marijuana Saw Some Big Moments In 2025—From Trump’s Rescheduling Order

As 2025 comes to a close, the cannabis world is reflecting on the sometimes dizzying series of political, legal and cultural shifts that took place this year—and looking ahead to further developments that advocates and industry stakeholders will be navigating in the new year. Top of mind, of course, is President Donald Trump’s executive order…

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The Cannabis Justice Crisis Still Haunting 2025: Parker Coleman’s 60-Year

In 2025, cannabis is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Everywhere in the sense that you can buy it legally in glittery storefronts, order it for delivery like pizza, see it advertised on billboards, hear politicians brag about the tax revenue, and watch corporate executives talk about “innovation” with the same straight face Big…

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Even the Feds Say Teen Marijuana Use Is Declining

For years, critics of cannabis reform have leaned on the same warning: legal weed will lead to more teens using marijuana. The data keeps telling a different story. According to newly released, federally funded survey data compiled by researchers at the University of Michigan, teen marijuana use has continued its long-term decline and now sits…

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Supreme Court Should Uphold Gun Ban For Marijuana Users, 19

Attorneys general for 19 states and Washington, D.C. are siding with the federal government in a U.S. Supreme Court case that could decide the fate of a law preventing marijuana users from buying or possessing firearms. In an amicus brief for the case U.S. v. Hemani that was submitted to the court on Friday, the…

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State Marijuana Regulators Share Tips On How To Stay Safe

Another holiday season has arrived—and, with it, another round of public service announcements from regulators in states that have legalized marijuana that are aimed at advising people about how to comply with the law and stay safe amid the merriment. This has become something of a trend over recent years, with states increasingly using the…

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Rescheduling Is A Bread Sandwich: Same Law, Better PR

A federal number changed. Prohibition did not. This is a nothing burger.A new number, same prohibition For a moment, it sounded historic. Cannabis was “rescheduled.” A president signed an executive order. Headlines declared a federal shift. Markets reacted. Politicians took victory laps. Then the dust settled. What remains looks a lot like what people used…

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Marijuana Rescheduling Should Be Followed By Banking Access, Sentencing Reform

President Donald Trump’s marijuana rescheduling executive order represents progress, bipartisan lawmakers say. But with that policy change now moving forward, some key House and Senate members are previewing their priorities for future reform—from giving cannabis businesses access to the banking system to legalizing marijuana altogether. The order Trump signed on Thursday directs the attorney general…

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Massachusetts Campaign To Scale Back Marijuana Legalization Has Enough Signatures

Massachusetts officials have announced that the campaign behind an initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana legalization law collected enough valid signatures to send the measure to lawmakers for consideration before it potentially gets put in front of voters to decide next on year’s ballot. As of Thursday, the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Elections Division…

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Trump signs cannabis rescheduling order (Newsletter: December 19, 2025)

GOP lawmakers mount anti-marijuana effort; Senate amendment on hospital visits & cannabis; VA marijuana resentencing bill; MI psychedelics 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…

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