“Millions of Americans in red states are about to lose access to cannabis, and I intend to ensure that they know it.” By Adam Terry, Cantrip This is the moment—2026 is our last, best chance to actually legalize cannabis in America Last week, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pulled off something that many of us in…
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“Respondents have now sent the demanded…letter to Smart & Safe and submitted the initiative petition to the Attorney General.” By Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix Weeks after a pro-marijuana group sued the DeSantis administration in the Florida Supreme Court for allegedly slow-walking the process to put an amendment on the ballot, Florida election officials announced that…
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Police in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin made well over 100,000 marijuana-related arrests in 2024, according to data provided by the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer. The overwhelming majority of those arrested were charged with low-level marijuana possession — not cultivation, trafficking, or sales. Texas led the nation in marijuana-related arrests.…
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The Justice Department is declining the opportunity to file a brief on whether the U.S. Supreme Court should take up a case from marijuana businesses that are challenging the constitutionality of federal prohibition. In a filing submitted to the court on Monday, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, who was appointed by President Donald Trump,…
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State-legal marijuana exception in new fed rule; RFK “still uses psychedelics”; Roger Stone talks Trump & hemp ban; VA legalization plan 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…
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Trump’s shutdown deal quietly recriminalizes most hemp-derived THC products next year, capping them at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container and banning synthetics. From Texas to Minnesota, governors, brewers and farmers are already signaling they’ll regulate on their own terms instead of treating Washington’s new limit as the last word. TL;DR: Trump’s new law…
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Senator Cory Booker walked into a cannabis conference in Washington, D.C. and went straight for the jugular. Justice, he told the room, starts with descheduling. Booker appeared at the Cannabis Capital & Policy Summit, a one-day event in the nation’s capital produced by IgniteIt in partnership with the U.S. Cannabis Roundtable. The crowd was packed…
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The United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming says his office will “rigorously prosecute” minor marijuana possession violations on federal lands following a reported change in federal guidance. According to a November 13th memo issued by US Attorney Darrin Smith, the Justice Department has “rescinded previous guidance .. [that] directed US Attorneys not to…
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“We have a year to either figure it out or we have a year to just like, crush it and fight for the plant and hope that we can change this with legislation.” By Brandon Kingdollar, NC Newsline For Hannah DeLange, the most rewarding part of managing Redhead Hemp’s Durham location has been “creating a…
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GOP political operative Roger Stone says President Donald Trump was effectively “forced” by Republican lawmakers to sign a spending bill that included a ban on hemp products containing THC. Stone—who blasted GOP legislators in a blog post last week over the inclusion of the hemp provisions in an appropriations package Trump signed into law—says he…
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