medical cannabis

White House Official Says Marijuana Reform Is ‘Good Politics’ As

A White House official says that, as President Donald Trump weighs whether to follow through with a marijuana rescheduling proposal that was initiated during the Biden administration, there’s a growing understanding that cannabis reform is “good politics”—comparing the issue to how same-sex marriage gradually gained bipartisan support over time. In interviews with The Free Press…

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Wisconsin Senate Committee Schedules Hearing On GOP Leader’s New Medical

Wisconsin senators are set to take up a newly filed Republican-led bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state next week. Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R), who’s previously sponsored medical cannabis legislation in past sessions, formally introduced the new legislation alongside Sen. Patrick Testin (R) on Wednesday. This comes about two weeks after the…

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Progress? Yes. Justice? Not Yet: Cannabis Possession Still Makes Up

While cannabis is now legal in almost half the country, thousands are still arrested in other parts of the United States simply for carrying weed. In 2024, more than 20% of drug arrests were for cannabis possession, according to NORML’s analysis of FBI Crime Data Explorer figures. To put that into perspective, last year saw…

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The DEA’s War on Progress: How an Agency Designed to

It’s a familiar story by now – well-intentioned researchers submit applications to study cannabis, politicians make promises about reform, and years later, nothing has changed. The latest chapter in this saga features MMJ International Holdings, whose CEO Duane Boise recently declared “This is insanity” after years of bureaucratic obstruction. And he’s right. The Drug Enforcement…

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Death Row for Gummies: The Countries That Will Execute You

Jarred Shaw is a 35-year-old American basketball player who helped his team win Indonesia’s 2023 Basketball League championship. He’s also a Texan with Crohn’s disease—a chronic inflammatory bowel condition that causes debilitating pain and has no cure. Like many Crohn’s patients who’ve exhausted conventional treatments, Shaw found relief through cannabis. Specifically, he used cannabis gummies…

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Fear & Loathing at the VA Pharmacy

When I hit U.S. soil after playing soldier in Germany and tasting Baghdad’s dust in 2005, I came back with souvenirs: two ticking time bombs called pharmaceuticals and alcohol.  They were courteous at first—pills like little government pamphlets suggesting calm, booze like a smiling grenade—and then suddenly you’re forgetting how to breathe between doctor appointments.…

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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Leads To ‘Significant Reductions’ In Opioid Prescriptions,

Medical marijuana legalization is “associated with significant reductions in opioid prescribing,” yet another new study has found. Researchers at the University of Georgia and University of Colorado analyzed prescription claims for 15 to 20 million insured Americans annually from 2007-2020, comparing the prevalence of opioid prescriptions in states with and without medical cannabis programs in…

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Oklahoma Marijuana Campaign In ‘Home Stretch’ For 2026 Legalization Initiative,

Oklahoma activists are in the “home stretch” to collect enough signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s 2026 ballot, with just under three weeks left to go before a critical deadline. Key to the campaign’s signature gathering operation are partnerships with retailers across the state—from existing medical cannabis dispensaries to tattoo parlors—that…

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GOP senator pushes federal cannabis “regulatory construct” (Newsletter: October 15,

SCOTUS acts on marijuana & guns case; CA gov vetoes cannabis shipping bill; NC psychedelics; Study: Blunt smoking on the rise; OH hemp THC product ban 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…

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Tilray Medical Enters Joint Venture to Expand Cannabis Operations Into

[PRESS RELEASE] – NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2025 – Tilray Medical, a division of Tilray Brands Inc. and a global leader in medicinal cannabis, empowering the therapeutic alliance between patients and health care practitioners to make informed, individualized health decisions, transforming health care, has announced plans to expand its medical cannabis operations into Panama.In connection…

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