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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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Ohio Governor Approves Recriminalizing Some Marijuana Products

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed legislation (SB 56) into law amending and repealing key provisions of the state’s voter-approved adult-use legalization law. The Republican-spearheaded bill make numerous changes to Ohio’s hemp and marijuana laws. Among the more significant changes, it criminalizes possessing marijuana products obtained from out-of-state, including products legally purchased at licensed dispensaries in neighboring…

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New Jersey Bill To Legalize Psilocybin Therapy Clears Another Assembly

New Jersey lawmakers have approved a bill to legalize therapeutic access to psilocybin for adults with qualifying health conditions. Weeks after the Assembly Health Committee advanced the legislation—sponsored by Assemblymembers Herb Conaway (D), Clinton Calabrese (D) and Anthony Verrelli (D)—the Assembly Appropriations Committee signed off on it on Thursday. The Health panel last year amended…

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Trump’s Marijuana Order Doesn’t Change Drug Testing For Safety-Sensitive Workers,

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is advising that all safety-sensitive workers must still comply with federal drug testing requirements, even as the president directs the attorney general to complete a cannabis rescheduling process. However, the department didn’t quite specify what would change if marijuana is ultimately moved from Schedule I to Schedule III of…

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Wait, What Actually Happens When The US Finally Does Reschedule

What Happens When The US Finally Reclassifies Marijuana?   Since US President Trump just signed a historic executive order instructing federal agencies to finally move cannabis out of the harshest Schedule I category and move it into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, there have been endless speculations about what may happen next for…

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The eCBome Is Bigger Than Cannabis — And Most People

For a long time now, the conversation around medical cannabis has revolved around two familiar names: THC and CBD. These two compounds opened the door for millions of people to understand that cannabis could be medicine, not just a recreational substance. They helped legitimize an entire field that had lived in the shadows for decades.…

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Kansas Attorney General And Law Enforcement Sued Over Raids On

“Store owners have had varying amounts of legal products seized with no recourse to recover the products or the potential profits from those products.” By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector A McPherson County lawsuit filed by a Kansas business owner challenges “unconstitutionally vague” enforcement operations leading to seizure of cash and hemp-derived products at direction of…

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The Truth About the Gateway Drug Myth

Research simply does not support the theory that marijuana is a gateway drug (Shutterstock) For decades, the “gateway drug” theory has shaped cannabis policy and public opinion, claiming that marijuana use inevitably leads to harder drugs. But recent research reveals a far more nuanced picture than this simple cause-and-effect narrative suggests. Understanding the Gateway Theory…

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Think Democrats Can’t Look Anymore Incompetent Right Now?—Trump Says ‘Hold

Breaking News: Did Trump Really Sign An Executive Order To Reclassify Weed?   As if it couldn’t get any worse for Democrats, President Trump said, “Hold my beer…”   On December 18, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that directly reclassifies cannabis at the federal level as a less dangerous drug.  …

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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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