Old Continent, early 2026. The headline lands like this: “The Department of Health clears cannabis for four medical conditions.” Back in 2025, Spain joined the list of more than 40 countries that had already brought cannabis into their healthcare systems. And if that was the “first big step,” then what we’re seeing now, right at…
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Washington State lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes and hospices. The House Health Care & Wellness Committee advanced the legislation, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Kloba (D), in a 17-1 vote. “This bill here builds on what we…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Delaware lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The Senate Health & Social Services Committee held a hearing on the bill, sponsored by Sen. Marie Pinkney (R), on Wednesday. Pinkney, who chairs the panel that approved the measure, said it “basically says…
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Bipartisan senators are weighing in on the Trump administration’s marijuana rescheduling process—including how it could impact the fight to ease banking access for cannabis businesses. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) told Marijuana Moment on Wednesday that it’s “too early to tell” what the implications of President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the Department of Justice to…
Democratic Senator ‘Very Concerned’ About How DOJ Will Handle Marijuana Read More »
The moment that changed me happened in our office in Central Florida. I remember one Veteran who stayed behind after his evaluation, sitting on the couch in the lobby. He talked about the years he’d spent trying to manage pain and PTSD with whatever prescriptions were handed his way. What surprised him that day wasn’t…
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An evidence-based look at how cannabinoids regulate immune function—sometimes calming inflammation, sometimes enhancing defense. You’ve probably seen cannabis products marketed as “immune support.” But what’s actually happening when cannabinoids interact with your immune system? The answer turns out to be more interesting than simple immune boosting: cannabinoids appear to be bidirectional immune modulators. That means…
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A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to give the hemp industry two more years before a federal ban on THC products would take effect, which stakeholders hope will better position them to negotiate a broader compromise with lawmakers. After President Donald Trump signed a spending bill last year with provisions that would wipe out a…
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