Medical Cannabis & Research
Medical applications, clinical trials, patient stories, and breakthroughs in cannabis research.
For decades, both Democrats and Republicans have skirted around marijuana reform, but only one party has stood firmly for full legalization since day one: the Libertarian Party. Advocacy Through the DecadesThe Libertarian Party and the Future of Cannabis Freedom Founded in 1971, the Libertarian Party emerged in direct contrast to President Nixon’s newly declared War on…
Libertarians and the Long Road to Cannabis Legalization Read More »
High Times reporter John Veit traces South Africa’s turbulent cannabis landscape with activists Myrtle Clarke and Trenton Birch, highlighting the human cost of contradictory laws, police chaos, and an export-first legalization model that sidelines legacy growers. Blending personal tragedy with policy analysis, it shows how private clubs, medicalization, and ingenuity persist in a legal gray…
Legal Weed Didn’t Fix South Africa’s Cannabis Problem Read More »
By December 2025, medical cannabis prescriptions in Germany had increased by more than 3,300% compared with March 2024, the final month before cannabis was removed from the country’s narcotics law and reclassified as a non-narcotic medication. The shift simplified prescribing, opened the door wider for telemedical care and helped normalize cannabis as a regulated treatment.…
Germany’s Medical Cannabis ‘Problem’ Is That It Worked Read More »
New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill to create a psilocybin therapy pilot program and allocate $6 million in funding to support the effort. Following its advancement through several House and Senate committees, both full chambers of the legislature approved the psychedelic measure on Monday, sending it to Gov. Phil Murphy (D). “Studies conducted by…
New Jersey Legislature Passes Bill To Create Psilocybin Therapy Pilot Read More »
“These initiatives represent the first-ever large-scale coordinated attack on adult-use markets… This is not a drill. It is the moment to come together to defeat the prohibitionists.” By Adam Smith, Marijuana Policy Project 2025 felt like a year of waiting in cannabis, but 2026 may be something else entirely. Get ready for a major pushback…
Legal Marijuana Access Faces An Existential Threat In 2026, And Read More »
In case anyone still doubted that hip-hop is one of cannabis’ most powerful cultural platforms, a new academic study has finally put hard numbers behind what the culture has been saying for decades. According to research published in the journal Substance Use & Misuse, more than 37% of hip-hop and rap music videos produced in…
37% of U.S. Hip-Hop and Rap Videos Show Weed, Study Read More »
The Self-Sufficient Stoner’s Guide: Growing Your Year-Round Supply Let’s talk about self-sufficiency. Not in the libertarian “off-grid compound” sense (though if that’s your thing, cool), but in the practical “I’d like to stop spending hundreds of dollars a month at dispensaries and grow my own goddamn medicine” sense. With hemp bans looming, state repeals being…
Never Having to Buy Weed, Again : The Self-Sufficient Stoner’s Read More »
As Indiana lawmakers again look to reform state marijuana policy in the 2026 session, a new poll finds that nearly three in five residents back legalizing cannabis for medical and recreational use. The annual Hosier Survey from the Bowen Center at Ball State University (BSU) asked 600 Indianans about a variety of policy issues, from…
3 In 5 Indiana Residents Support Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Read More »
ME anti-marijuana campaign accused of “lying” to voters; New states could legalize in 2026; Study on rap music videos and cannabis 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…
Congress moves to keep blocking cannabis sales in DC (Newsletter: Read More »
A Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would give the hemp industry two more years before a federal ban on THC products would take effect, which stakeholders hope will better position them to negotiate a broader compromise with lawmakers. After President Donald Trump signed a spending bill last year with provisions that would wipe…
GOP Congressman Files Bill To Delay Federal Hemp Ban For Read More »
