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Oregon activists are no longer working to put an initiative to legalize cannabis social lounges on the state’s 2026 ballot. After filing two versions of the proposal and going through the steps to receive a certified ballot title for one of them, the Oregon Cannabis Cafe Coalition (OCCC) formally withdrew the measure on Monday. OCCC…
Oregon Activists Withdraw Measure To Legalize Marijuana Social Lounges From Read More »
Cookies, the California-based cannabis brand, is facing a significant financial setback after a state judge ordered the company’s main royalty streams redirected to a former business partner, a move the company’s own attorney warned could trigger an “immediate insolvency event.” According to court records cited by Marijuana Business Daily, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Dennis…
Cookies Faces Serious Trouble After Judge Cuts Off Its Store Read More »
A GOP senator says he’ll be filing a bill next week to protect the hemp industry from an impending federal ban on most cannabinoid products. He’s also calling out alcohol and marijuana interests for allegedly “join[ing] forces” to lobby in favor of the prohibitionist policy change, which will restrict access to a plant and its…
Rand Paul Slams Alcohol And Marijuana Interests Over Federal Hemp Read More »
A new Republican-led congressional bill would stop the implementation of a federal hemp THC product ban that was included in spending legislation signed by President Donald Trump last week. The bill, filed on Thursday by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and three bipartisan cosponsors, would strike a section of the recently enacted appropriations package that hemp…
New GOP-Led Bill In Congress Would Reverse Hemp THC Ban Read More »
The solventless game is nothing new, but it keeps growing and evolving so often that it can make it a bit difficult to keep up. In this article we will detail a few recent trends and innovations that are shaping the face of solventless cannabis production in 2025. Hash has been produced for thousands of…
Top Trends in Solventless Cannabis Production Read More »
NORML Fall ’25 Intern Alexa Pereyra As both a special education teacher in the Bronx and a law student at Pace University, I have seen firsthand how young people, especially those from marginalized communities, are often punished rather than supported. Too many times I have watched bright, creative students get pulled into the criminal justice…
Promoting Compassionate Cannabis Policies for Vulnerable Youth Read More »
A Massachusetts campaign seeking to put an initiative on the 2026 ballot to roll back the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law is “confident” they turned in enough signatures this week to qualify—and they’re also pushing back against allegations that some of its petitioners violated election laws by peddling misleading claims about the measure. Wendy Wakeman,…
Massachusetts Anti-Marijuana Campaign Is ‘Confident’ It Submitted Enough Signatures This Read More »
MA double marijuana possession limit; TX Ag head opposes fed hemp ban; Conservative group to SCOTUS: Take cannabis case 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…
Ohio lawmakers pass new cannabis restriction bill (Newsletter: November 21, Read More »
Massachusetts fights to keep legal weed while Florida battles to win it. For years, the story of cannabis reform sounded linear. Voters legalize, regulators build a system, the market matures, everyone moves on. But that story is starting to glitch. In Massachusetts, opponents are trying to yank the plug on a $1.6 billion adult-use market…
Florida Is Fighting to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis While Massachusetts Moves Read More »
While federal lawmakers are busy advancing a nationwide ban on most hemp-derived THC products, New Orleans just did something very New Orleans. It opened a THC cocktail bar on Frenchmen Street. Tucked above Bamboula’s in the Faubourg Marigny Music District, Mélange by Cali Sober at Bamboula’s is billing itself as the city’s first non-alcoholic, functional…
DC Wants to Kill Hemp Drinks Read More »
