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…
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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 »
The Justice Department is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for more time to submit briefs in a case justices recently agreed to hear that concerns the constitutionality of a federal ban on gun ownership by people who use marijuana and other drugs. In a motion from the Trump administration that was sent to the court…
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“New Jersey’s cannabis consumers have a list of specific issues that Sherrill and Ciattarelli could address… And we vote—so the candidates would do well to stop by and say ‘high’ to us before Election Day.” By Chris Goldstein, NORML The Garden State is having a quiet economic revolution with legal cannabis, but both mainstream candidates…
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“The money in the fund will remain unallocated until federal law changes.” By Nicole Blevins, Mountain State Spotlight This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. Get stories like this delivered to your email inbox once a week; sign up for the free newsletter at https://mountainstatespotlight.org/newsletter. Since the state’s first dispensary opened in 2021,…
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WI medical marijuana hearing; FDA petition on cannabis testing device; MA recriminalization initiative “on track”; NH 2026 cannabis/psychedelics bills 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 good deed…
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Wisconsin state Sen. Patrick Testin watched his grandfather, Blair Testin, a “big guy,” waste away after undergoing a series of chemotherapy treatments for lung and bone cancer that robbed his appetite.This was in the 1990s, when California was the lone state in the nation to legalize medical cannabis. Yet the Testin family made the difficult…
Wisconsin Lawmakers Rally for Medical Cannabis Legalization in Committee Hearing Read More »
The Ohio House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make significant changes to the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law by removing several protections for consumers while also adding a series of new restrictions on hemp products that are intended to align the two sectors of the cannabis industry. After moving through several House…
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Wisconsin senators on Wednesday took up a newly filed Republican-led bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Just one week after Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R) and Sen. Patrick Testin (R) filed the legislation, members of the Senate Health Committee debated the proposal at a hearing, taking testimony from patients and other advocates. An…
Wisconsin Senators Hold Hearing On GOP Leader’s New Medical Marijuana Read More »
The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) is down to two commissioners after Chairperson Kimberly Ahern, Esq., announced Oct. 21 that she’s bowing out.Gov. Dan McKee nominated Ahern for the position shortly after adult-use sales launched in December 2022 via seven existing medical dispensaries that have had a massive head start on market newcomers: The…
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