Delaware’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have overruled local zoning authority on marijuana and made it easier for cannabis businesses to set up shop—and the sponsor of the legislation says the governor “lied” to him about a deal to get it enacted into law. Gov. Matt Meyer (D) had made it clear in interviews…
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Court win for marijuana users’ gun rights; Military starts psychedelic drug testing; PA legalization dispute; Study: CBD improves cognitive decline 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…
Trump advisor pushes cannabis rescheduling as step toward legalization (Newsletter: Read More »
Under the advisement of the nation’s top prohibitionist, nine Republican U.S. House lawmakers sent the Trump administration a letter on Aug. 28 urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to kill a cannabis rescheduling proposal.The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and orchestrated in part by Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) President and CEO Kevin…
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As the Trump administration considers rescheduling marijuana, Congressional Democrats have filed a bill to federally legalize cannabis by descheduling it altogether. In addition to removing the drug from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the new legislation also contains a variety of provisions meant to promote equity and address the collateral consequences of prohibition. On Friday,…
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Original publication: November 1994. WOMEN, POT AND PRISON JULIE STEWART, PRESIDENT, FAMM Ruth Helgesen, at 53 years old, imagined that her golden years would be spent living peacefully with her male companion, Glenn, in their simple home in the isolated woods of northern Minnesota. Together they rebuilt their house and lived off the land. Until…
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is expanding the list of drugs that military service members will be tested for to include the psychedelic compound psilocin, one of the two main components of psilocybin mushrooms. In a memo obtained by Marijuana Moment, a DOD employee performing the duties of the deputy under secretary of defense…
Military To Start Testing Service Members For The Psychedelic Psilocin, Read More »
There’s more friction and finger-pointing in the Pennsylvania legislature over the push to legalize marijuana for adult use, with a GOP senator who’s sponsoring a reform bill insisting that the House must make the first move and a Democratic representative pushing back on that suggestion. Sen. Dan Laughlin (R), who serves as chair of the…
Bipartisan Pennsylvania Lawmakers Argue Over Strategy To Pass Marijuana Legalization Read More »
President Donald Trump recently said his administration is “looking at” moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. For some in the industry, that shift promises relief: the end of the 280E tax stranglehold, new opportunities for research, and a symbolic acknowledgment that marijuana has medical value. But Schedule III would not end prohibition. People…
Petition Demands Trump Go Beyond Schedule III and Deschedule Marijuana: Read More »
A federal appeals court has ruled that the government must prove that people who use marijuana “pose a risk of future danger” if it wants to justify applying a law banning cannabis consumers from owning firearms. In its opinion on Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit sided with a federal district…
Federal Appeals Court Says Government Must Prove Marijuana Users ‘Pose Read More »
CBD has shown “promising” results to reduce inflammation and cognitive decline associated with aging, according to a recent government-funded study. Researchers at University of Lethbridge and McGill University investigated the effects of non-intoxicating cannabidiol on aging mice, testing to see how long-term administration of CBD would impact memory, motor control functions and coordination that are…
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