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Trump cannabis order could touch banking & CBD Medicare coverage

GOP lawmaker slams rescheduling; Poll: Voters back legalization; Marijuana in public housing; ME gov candidate: don’t sign recriminalization petition 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… Before you dig…

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Why are States Trying to Repeal Legal Cannabis Programs in

The Legalization Backlash: Why Your State Might Repeal Legal Cannabis in 2026 Just when you thought the cannabis legalization train was unstoppable, reality is about to slap you in the face. According to a recent Vice article, several states are considering repealing their legal cannabis markets in 2026. That’s right—not just pausing expansion, not just…

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Trump Reschedules Marijuana. But, Wait… There’s A Catch

Cannabis is now in the middle of a rare federal pivot. President Trump has signed an executive order directing the federal government to move marijuana toward reclassification under federal law. Some see the shift as long overdue recognition of medical reality. Others worry it could deepen federal control over a plant that remains illegal nationwide.…

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Lawmakers, State Officials, Advocates And Industry React To Trump’s Marijuana

President Donald Trump’s historic move to direct the reclassification of marijuana on Thursday has elicited a wave of positive feedback from top lawmakers, state officials, advocates and industry stakeholders—reflecting the uniquely bipartisan way cannabis reform has bridge political divides during an especially divisive time. While several Democratic lawmakers have made clear that simply moving cannabis…

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Cannabis banking issues debated in Senate committee (Newsletter: December 17,

Bill targets online marijuana ads; Senator attends hemp biz opening; GOP lawmaker: Cannabis a “gateway drug”; Prohibitionist filing in SCOTUS gun case 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……

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Bipartisan Senators Discuss Marijuana Industry Banking Issues As Trump ‘Strongly’

As President Donald Trump affirms that his administration is “very strongly” considering a proposal to reschedule marijuana, bipartisan senators raised the issue during a hearing with a former state cannabis regulator who testified about the unique challenges federal prohibition imposes on state regulators. While attention within the cannabis community is largely focused on a potentially…

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Trump’s Schedule III Executive Order: A Loss Dressed Up as

Trump’s Schedule III Executive Order: A Loss Dressed Up as a Win So Trump is allegedly about to sign an executive order rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III, and we’re supposed to celebrate this as some kind of victory for cannabis reform. Let me be crystal clear: this isn’t a win for anyone except Big Pharma…

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Marijuana Isn’t ‘Chill’ And Is Actually More Dangerous Than Alcohol,

A coalition of anti-marijuana organizations is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to side with the federal government by upholding the constitutionality of a federal ban on gun ownership by people who use cannabis—which they claim is associated with violence and psychosis. In an amicus brief submitted to justices on Monday for a marijuana and firearms…

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Trump talks cannabis rescheduling at signing ceremony (Newsletter: December 16,

SCOTUS rejects marijuana case; DOJ: Cannabis users are “greater danger” than alcohol users; Dems push legalization; Senate marijuana banking testimony 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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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Marijuana Companies’ Case Challenging Federal Prohibition

The U.S. Supreme Court is declining to take up a case challenging the constitutionality of federal marijuana prohibition—an issue that even one of the bench’s more conservative members, Justice Clarance Thomas, had previously argued must be resolved amid the state legalization movement. The case, Canna Provisions v. Bondi, was on the agenda for a closed-door…

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