Medical Cannabis & Research
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register revising longstanding policy prohibiting the possession of a firearm by anyone with a past history of marijuana or other illicit drug use. Under the proposed change, which is subject to public comments, any use of cannabis would…
Feds Propose Amending 2nd Amendment Ban for Cannabis Consumers Read More »
Congress wants CBP report on state-legal marijuana seizures; Book on Trump’s rescheduling move; FL cannabis public smoking ban; SC hemp op-ed 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…
AG misses cannabis & psychedelics research rule deadline (Newsletter: January Read More »
A federal agency is moving to loosen rules that bar people who consume marijuana and other illegal drugs from being able to lawfully purchase and possess guns by making it so fewer people would be affected. The new interim final rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) seeks to update the…
ATF Moves To Loosen Gun Ban For People Who’ve Used Read More »
The White House is holding up President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to complete the process of marijuana rescheduling as an example of one of his “wins” during his first year back in office. “In just 365 days, President Trump has delivered truly transformative results with the most accomplished first year of any…
White House Touts Trump’s Marijuana Rescheduling Order As A Top Read More »
On his last day in office, New Jersey’s outgoing governor signed bill to create a psilocybin therapy pilot program and allocate $6 million in funding to support the psychedelic treatment effort. Following its passage by the legislature last week, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed the measure into law as one of his final acts in…
New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Creating Psilocybin Therapy Pilot Program Read More »
Ohio activists have resubmitted a revised referendum petition to block parts of a restrictive marijuana and hemp law from going into effect after the attorney general had rejected an initial version he said was “misleading.” “Upon review of the summary, we identified omissions and misstatements that, as a whole, would mislead a potential signer as…
Ohio Cannabis Activists Resubmit Referendum Petition After Attorney General Rejects Read More »
A Brooklyn nonprofit founder embodies the intent of New York’s equity law – yet after three years, his dispensary remains closed. By the time Shanduke McPhatter finished building out his cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn—after following every step the state laid out—New York had already opened hundreds of licensed adult-use stores. His wasn’t one of them.…
He Followed Every Rule Read More »
Washington State lawmakers are again considering legislation to expand the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law by allowing recreational consumers to grow their own cannabis plants. Under the new bill from Sens. Rebecca Saldaña (D), Noel Frame (D) and T’wina Nobles (D), adults over 21 years of age would be allowed to cultivate up to six…
New Washington Bill Would Legalize Home Cultivation Of Marijuana Read More »
T Wagner, Gaetano Lardieri, Nichelle Santos, Jessica Umlauf, Vaughn Wagner At PhilaDelic 2025, the most consequential question was not whether psychedelics can help people. It was whether U.S. healthcare can recognize, reimburse, and safely scale the kind of care these treatments actually require. The molecule is rarely the bottleneck. The bottleneck is coverage: the administrative,…
The Real Psychedelic Bottleneck Is Coverage Read More »
Key Hawaii lawmakers have filed legislation that would put the issue of marijuana legalization on the ballot for voters to decide. The move comes after repeated efforts to legalize cannabis legislatively in recent sessions have demonstrated momentum but failed before reaching the finish line to be enacted into law. If the legislature agrees to the…
Hawaii Lawmakers File Bills To Put Marijuana Legalization On The Read More »
