As bicameral lawmakers work to reach a deal on provisions for federal spending legislation, including how to settle an increasingly contentious debate about hemp products, competing interests are making their voices heard on how they think Congress should handle the issue. To that end, a GOP senator is hoping to replace a proposed ban on…
GOP Senator Pushes To Study—Rather Than Ban—Hemp Products, As State Read More »
You smoke weed in front of the cops, get free munchies, and a ride home. Not a dream, no. It’s the new Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) program, as part of the Maryland Highway Safety Office’s Zero Deaths DUI Conference, held in partnership with Cannabis Green Lab. And it’s happening on Sunday, October 26, from…
Maryland Police Want To Watch You Smoke Weed: Free Munchies Read More »
Texas officials have formally adopted new rules to implement a law significantly expanding the state’s medical marijuana program. About two months after the Department of Public Safety (DPS) posted the proposed rules—after which point a 30-day public comment period was completed—the regulations were finalized and published in the Texas Register on Friday. This specific set…
Texas Officials Adopt Rules To Expand Number Of Medical Marijuana Read More »
The High Times Cannabis Cup has come a long way since its scrappy beginnings in 1988. Born in Amsterdam’s smoky coffeeshops and now blossoming into a global competition judged by everyday fans, the Cup’s history is as colorful as cannabis culture itself. As High Times gears up for its New York Cannabis Cup in 2025,…
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More Americans now use marijuana than smoke cigarettes amid shifting perceptions of harm of the two substances, according to a new study. Researchers at the State University of New York (SUNY) and the University of Kentucky provided what they called the “most comprehensive” analysis of trends in adults who use only cannabis, only tobacco or…
More Americans Now Use Marijuana Than Smoke Cigarettes, New Study Read More »
Nearly one in five middle-aged adults acknowledge consuming cannabis, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Investigators affiliated with Columbia University in New York analyzed results from the Health and Retirement Survey — a nationwide survey of older adults. Researchers reported that 19 percent of adults aged 50 to 64, and…
Older Adults Increasingly Identify as Cannabis Consumers Older Adults Increasingly Read More »
The governor of Kentucky is touting a milestone of registering more than 15,000 medical marijuana patients as the state’s program is set to launch—and he says officials are expected to have approved licenses for all four types of cannabis businesses to supply the market by next week. During a briefing on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear…
Kentucky Governor Touts Surge In Medical Marijuana Patient And Business Read More »
Whiskey company cites marijuana in scaling back biz; OH psychedelics grant; Study: Cannabis tied to reduced alcohol liver disease 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… Hold on, just…
SCOTUS cannabis & guns case gets delay request (Newsletter: October Read More »
Written by Shaleen Title and Damian Fagon Federal cannabis bills are not coming to save us. It’s October 2025, and the corporate-led strategy that has dominated the movement is dead. The same bills get introduced over and over, and like zombies, we deliver the same recycled responses, fight the same identical fights, and make no…
Time for a Cannabis Reboot: Local Roots, Fair Markets, Real Read More »
Colombian President Gustavo Petro opened a controversial new front line by proposing to U.S. President Donald Trump more than just a trade adjustment: he asked that “the export of cannabis be legalized like any other good, given its exclusion from the UN list of dangerous substances,” through a post on X. Las guerras que Colombia…
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