medical cannabis

GOP-Led Congressional Committee Votes To Block Trump From Rescheduling Marijuana

A GOP-controlled House committee has approved a spending bill that contains provisions to block the Justice Department from rescheduling marijuana. The legislation would also maintain a separate longstanding rider protecting state medical cannabis programs from federal interference—though with new language authorizing enhanced penalties for sales near schools and parks. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee…

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The Healing Art: Military Veteran Portraits Highlight PTSD & Cannabis

One of the worst nights of Susan Barron’s career came a few years ago, when the artist was in Manhattan to unveil her mixed-media art series, Depicting The Invisible. Military veteran portraits adorned with paint and text comprised the collection, which Barron designed to highlight veteran struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Just before the…

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Texas Officials Post Rules To Let Doctors Recommend New Medical

Texas officials have taken another step toward implementing a law to significantly expand the state’s medical marijuana program—proposing rules to to let physicians recommend new qualifying conditions for cannabis and to create standards for allowable inhalation devices in line with legislation enacted by lawmakers and the governor earlier this year. About a month after the…

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Cannabis & military amendment advances in Congress (Newsletter: September 10,

Dem lawmaker: Trump “revolutionary” for marijuana & psychedelics; Fmr Cabinet secretary slams rescheduling; MO cannabis initiative; TX gov’s hemp plan 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… Free to…

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Nebraska Governor Pushes Officials To Enact Medical Marijuana Cultivation Cap

“Leaving the cultivators without a limit would increase [the] likelihood of an overabundance of cannabis product that creates an unregulated, unintended black-market supply.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission will cap cultivators for the new medicine to grow no more than 1,250 flowering plants at one time, adding a limit that…

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Congressional Republicans target cannabis expungements law in DC (Newsletter: September

Congresswoman: Marijuana reform at “standstill” under Trump; Poll on legalization as “good” or “bad” for society; Study: Cannabis reduces alcohol use 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… Before…

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Massachusetts Medical Cannabis Sales Drop 40% Since 2021 Peak

Editor’s note: This article includes the Massachusetts segment of Cannabis Business Times’ special report on the downfall of medical cannabis in 17 adult-use markets that was published on Aug. 26, 2025.After Massachusetts voters legalized medical cannabis in the November 2012 election, the first medical cannabis dispensary opened for business 2 1/2 years later in June 2015 in…

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Caribbean Cannabis: A Local Look at the U

The waves of legal cannabis swell in the gorgeous, clear blue waters of the Caribbean, breaking with teal and white caps gently onto the crystalline sands of the Virgin Islands. A place of exploring and vacationing with its warm yacht-filled waters, partnered with the slow, irie island lifestyles and vast, unfettered beaches, it’s a region…

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PA gov’s office tells lawmakers to stop filing cannabis bills

TX gov previews hemp action; Congresswoman slams marijuana banking omission in bill; MA prohibitionist ballot measures; MN cannabis poll 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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Cannabis and Hemp CBD in Cancer Care: A New Frontier

A cancer diagnosis is one of life’s most profound challenges, and the journey through treatment can be equally demanding. While treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and targeted therapies have the power to extend or even save lives, they often come with significant physical and emotional burdens. In the midst of these hardships, an ancient remedy…

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