New Hampshire lawmakers on Wednesday took up a pair of bipartisan bills to legalize the regulated use of psilocybin for medical purposes. At a hearing before the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee, members heard public testimony on the proposals: HB 1809 from Rep. Buzz Scherr (D) and HB 1796 from Rep. Michael…
New Hampshire Lawmakers Take Up Bipartisan Bills To Legalize Psilocybin Read More »
It is in your food. It’s in your body. It’s in almost everything you live with, and everything you interact with, and well, it’s just not healthy. Plastic. It’s the thing that’s become so ubiquitous that most people don’t even think about it, even though it’s estimated that we are ingesting about 250 grams of…
Grandma Jazz: Inside the World’s First Plastic-Free Dispensary Read More »
Fed official: Teen marijuana access down as more states legalize; NJ psilocybin bill to gov; IN legalization poll; Cannabis existential threat op-ed 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……
Federal hemp THC ban would be delayed for two years Read More »
A bipartisan bill would push the federal hemp THC ban to 2028, buying time for farmers, brewers, and lawmakers to replace prohibition with regulation. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is moving to slow down the federal hemp THC ban that Congress quietly enacted during last year’s government shutdown, giving the industry more time to adjust…
Hemp’s Death Sentence Gets a Stay of Execution Read More »
Joe Rogan seemed stunned to hear Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tell him on a new episode of his podcast that certain marijuana businesses joined hands with the alcohol industry to lobby in favor of a federal ban on most hemp THC products. During a wide-ranging interview on the Joe Rogan Experience that aired on Tuesday,…
Joe Rogan Surprised After GOP Senator Says Marijuana And Alcohol Read More »
It’s been eight years since Canada legalized marijuana nationwide, and a new poll shows that support for the reform is increasing over time. Relatively few Canadians want to legalize other drugs, however. Roughly two-thirds of Canadian adults (65 percent) now say they agree with cannabis being legal, according to the survey from Research Co. That’s…
Canadian Support For Marijuana Legalization Is Increasing, New Poll Shows Read More »
Ohio’s attorney general has rejected activists’ referendum petition to block parts of a restrictive marijuana and hemp law from going into effect, saying its summary is “misleading” and must be revised in order to proceed. “Upon review of the summary, we identified omissions and misstatements that, as a whole, would mislead a potential signer as…
Ohio Attorney General Rejects Cannabis Referendum Petition, Saying It’s ‘Misleading’ Read More »
From pleasure and connection to harm reduction and policy failure, a look at what decades of drug enforcement got wrong about human behavior. The conversation around drugs has long been framed by cost. Policymakers calculate the billions lost every year to productivity gaps, hospitalizations, law enforcement and incarceration. The U.S. alone spends an estimated $193 billion…
The War on Drugs Failed Because It Never Understood Why Read More »
Editor’s Note (January 2026): Following the passing of Bob Weir at age 78, we’re resurfacing this archival High Times piece, first published in 2019, as a tribute to his life, curiosity, and lasting influence on music, culture, and consciousness. Weir was never just a guitarist or songwriter. He was a seeker. A listener. Someone deeply…
What It Was Like Doing Mushrooms With Grateful Dead’s Bob Read More »
Youth marijuana use is stable amid the state legalization movement, despite prohibitionist claims to the contrary. Beyond that, more students are actually saying it’s harder to access cannabis and that they disapprove of occasional use. During a webinar on Wednesday, federal officials discussed the results of the latest Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey—which is supported…
Federal Health Official Says Teens Are Finding It Harder To Read More »
