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Supreme Court sets meeting on cannabis case (Newsletter: November 26,

Congress: marijuana banking on “back burner”; FL legalization sigs; NY gov signs cannabis bill; MA prohibition measure; Hemp & marijuana cooperation 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…

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Corporate Smackdown: How WWE Punished Its Rebels

There’s an argument to be made that people in counter-culture are actually the normal ones—the ones who “keep it real” in a world obsessed with conformity. Naturally, when something real gets too loud or too loved, the corporate world finds a way to cash in on it—both for profit and, sometimes, for sport.420 SlamsNew Era,…

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As More Americans Choose Marijuana Over Alcohol, Mainstream Media Notices

For the cannabis community, a Thanksgiving “cousin walk”—an annual outing where younger adults take a break and share a joint before the holiday feast—has been around for years. But if you get your news from some in the mainstream media, you might assume it’s a new trend. That the stoner tradition is finally reaching the…

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Florida Marijuana Campaign Is ‘Confident’ Legalization Measure Will Make Ballot,

A Florida campaign says it’s collected more than one million signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s 2026 ballot—and so it’s voluntarily declining to appeal a legal case in which a judge recently allowed state officials to invalidate about 200,000 petitions over a largely procedural issue. In a notice sent to Florida’s…

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Federal Cannabis Policy: A Masterclass in Government Dysfunction

Let me paint you a picture of where we are right now with federal cannabis policy: it’s a complete shitshow. And I don’t use that term lightly. We’re living in a moment where the federal government has managed to create the most confusing, contradictory, and dysfunctional cannabis policy in the 90-year history of prohibition. That’s…

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Supreme Court Schedules Closed-Door Meeting To Discuss Marijuana Companies’ Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a closed-door meeting to discuss a case challenging the constitutionality of federal marijuana prohibition. After receiving briefs in support for taking up the case involving Massachusetts-based cannabis businesses, justices set a date for a conference on December 12. The court is being asked to settle the question of whether…

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New York Governor Signs Bill Expanding State Medical Marijuana Program—With

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has signed a bill into law updating the state’s medical marijuana program, with revised rules that grant reciprocity to out-of-state residents, streamline the patient certification process, allow adults 18 and older to grow their own cannabis plants for therapeutic use and more. The legislation from Assembly Majority Leader Crystal…

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Marijuana Banking Bill Is ‘On The Back Burner,’ As Congressional

As the year comes to a close, it seems there’s little talk within Congress about moving a cannabis industry banking access bill—with multiple key House and Senate lawmakers telling Marijuana Moment they haven’t heard anything about a plan to advance the modest reform anytime soon. Of course, after a historically long government shutdown and other…

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Marijuana And Hemp Businesses Are Already Working Together, And It’s

“The ‘Commission’ meetings are unlocking a united vision of an industry built on safety, fairness, accountability and consistency.” By Adam Rosenberg, National Cannabis Industry Association and Eric Berlin, Dentons The recent government funding deal, which narrowed the definition of hemp, sent shockwaves through parts of the hemp market and exposed how fragile the current patchwork…

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Massachusetts Marijuana Industry Rallies To Stop Signature Certification For Measure

An association of Massachusetts marijuana businesses is urging voters to tell local officials about any cases of misleading signature gathering tactics and “fraudulent messaging” by a campaign seeking to put an initiative on the ballot next year that would roll back the state’s adult-use legalization law. The prohibitionist campaign, called the Coalition for a Healthy…

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