A Florida senator has introduced a new bill for the 2026 session that would legalize home cultivation of marijuana for registered medical cannabis patients in the state. Sen. Carlos Smith (D) filed the legislation on Friday—one of the latest attempts to give patients a home grow option that’s allowed under most medical marijuana programs in…
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A federally funded study published by the American Medical Association (AMA) is adding more evidence that marijuana can serve as an effective substitute for opioids in chronic pain treatment. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine on Monday, looked at opioid prescribing trends among chronic pain patients who…
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Who would have imagined that Latin America’s largest cannabis expo would take place in a country whose Congress still treats the subject with deep suspicion? Yet that is what unfolded as ExpoCannabis Brasil wrapped its third edition, the most ambitious so far, revealing a cannabis culture in Brazil that is expanding despite political obstacles. One…
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A Democratic senator is holding up nearly 90 of President Donald Trump’s administrative nominees—including the president’s pick for White House drug czar who he says is among many “unqualified” candidates who threaten to “undermine the rule of law and our national security.” The Senate Judiciary Committee in October advanced the nomination of Sara Carter Bailey…
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Kentucky’s governor says the state is “very, very close” to launching its medical marijuana program, which he expects to happen “within the next couple of weeks”—a move he says will help thousands of patients find an alternative to opioids for pain management. During a press briefing on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) was asked by…
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The Biden administration was evidently concerned about potential legal liability in federal cases for people convicted of violating gun laws simply by being a cannabis consumer who possessed a firearm, documents obtained by Marijuana Moment show. The previously unpublished 2024 guidance from former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department generally cautioned U.S. attorneys to use discretion…
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“They cannot undo the will of the voters. Every lawsuit, every delay, every political maneuver is confirmation that we are winning.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner The Nebraska Supreme Court appeared skeptical Wednesday about a case alleging fraud in and seeking invalidation of last year’s medical cannabis petition campaign, which voters widely supported. Former State…
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A Democratic congresswoman is demanding more information from the Trump administration about its current cannabis enforcement policy on federal lands after Marijuana Moment reported obtained documents showing that Biden-era guidance urging prosecutorial discretion was rescinded earlier this year. The guidance from former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice coincided with mass pardons for people who committed…
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