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OK gov pushes to shut down medical marijuana; ID medical cannabis sigs; WV & MS ibogaine votes; WI legalization bill; TX lawmakers on hemp 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 read (but not free to produce)! We’re proud of our newsletter and the reporting we publish at Marijuana Moment, and we’re happy to provide it for free. But it takes a lot of work and resources to make this happen. If…
When California legalized adult-use cannabis, it did something bold and imperfect. It moved faster than science. That was not recklessness. It was necessity. For decades, federal law treated cannabis as a Schedule I substance, effectively blocking large-scale, real-world research into its health, economic, environmental, and social effects. States that chose legalization were forced to build the plane while flying it. Now, California is doing something rare in American drug policy. It is paying to understand the consequences of legalization, honestly and at scale. Quietly, the California Department of Cannabis Control has awarded nearly $80 million since 2020 to fund academic…
NRA on marijuana user gun rights; NH psilocybin vote; MS medical cannabis in hospitals; VA legalization poll; Study: THC drinks as alcohol alternative 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 you dig into today’s cannabis news, I wanted you to know you can keep this resource free and published daily by subscribing to Marijuana Moment on Patreon. We’re a small independent publication diving deep into the cannabis world and rely on readers like…
The Price Paradox in Spain’s Cannabis Clubs In the Spanish underground cannabis scene, a curious economic phenomenon has emerged. A single gram of high-end cannabis concentrate can cost more than a gram of cocaine. It’s known as BHO, or butane hash oil. Long known in the US, BHO has been spreading in the Iberian Peninsula. Cannabis is still technically illegal in Spain, but personal consumption and cultivation in private spaces are decriminalized. This legal loophole has given rise to cannabis social clubs, member-only cooperatives that operate in a quasi-legal framework. In cities like Barcelona, hundreds of clubs serve thousands of…
You may be reading this article and thinking, hang on a minute, what is this author talking about? Now, before you read any further, let me clarify that I am an advocate and practitioner of plant training and have nothing against it. However, when it comes to efficiency and the number of harvests per year, lower energy bills and reducing expenditure, a fast-turnaround growing style is advantageous. In this article, I will present my reasons why the Sea of Green method is best suited for home growers who want to make the most of their time and lower their electricity…
I was told (correctly) that cannabis in the Dominican Republic is illegal. Minutes later, after a conversation that felt less like a transaction and more like a mutual acknowledgment, I was holding a joint that was not quite a joint like I’ve ever seen before, rolled not in thin white paper but in cigar leaf paper, brown, the kind used to roll habanos, as if the culture itself had decided that if this plant was to be smoked, it would be smoked on local terms. That Dominican joint was offered to me almost immediately after leaving the airport in Punta…
USDA hemp form changes; WV speaker: Fed rescheduling boosts marijuana reform; DE public use decrim; NH cannabis legalization hearing 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 read (but not free to produce)! We’re proud of our newsletter and the reporting we publish at Marijuana Moment, and we’re happy to provide it for free. But it takes a lot of work and resources to make this happen. If you value Marijuana Moment, invest…
Cannabis is legal across much of America. So why is one of legalization’s longest-standing activists still facing jail time in Idaho? Cannabis legalization has transformed the United States. Dispensaries operate openly, billion-dollar companies trade publicly, and politicians routinely celebrate the end of prohibition. Yet for Dana Beal, one of the longest-standing figures in the American marijuana legalization movement, the war never really ended. Beal, 78, a New York–based activist and co-founder of the Global Marijuana March, is facing jail time in Idaho following a marijuana trafficking arrest that began with a traffic stop in January 2024. While cannabis is legal…
Congressional psychedelics bill; VA marijuana resentencing; DE Senate overrides cannabis veto; FL vets medical marijuana discount; Craft cannabis oped 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… BREAKING: Journalism is often consumed for free, but costs money to produce! While this newsletter is proudly sent without cost to you, our ability to send it each day depends on the financial support of readers who can afford to give it. So if you’ve got a few…
For decades, cannabis has been treated as a public menace while alcohol and tobacco were folded into daily life, policy frameworks and corporate profit models. A newly published scientific analysis out of Canada once again flips that logic on its head. A peer-reviewed study published January 27 in the Journal of Psychopharmacology finds that alcohol and tobacco cause far greater overall harm to both individuals and society than cannabis. The research evaluates not just health risks, but the broader social damage associated with drug use, including injury, economic cost and harm to others. The paper, titled Drug harms in Canada:…