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Grenada’s reform is building regional momentum, but Bermuda’s path runs straight into a UK veto, and the clash reveals where Caribbean legalization spreads, and where it stalls. Grenada decriminalized cannabis in January and set the legal age for consumption to 21 years old nationwide. Drug policy reform advocates are now setting their sights on Bermuda to see if it will be the next Caribbean country to fully legalize. As Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory, this might be too complex a legal revision to accomplish at the local level.  Medical cannabis was introduced in 2016 in Bermuda, with possession of…

Senate psychedelics bill; Feds reject Snoop’s “Smoke Weed” trademark; MD medical marijuana for firefighters; Cannabis consumers’ politics 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 one second before you read today’s news. Have you thought about giving some financial support to Marijuana Moment? If so, today would be a great day to contribute. We’re planning our reporting for the coming months and it would really help to know what kind of support…

My courageous struggle to stay high through the marijuana dark ages of the ‘80s and ‘90s. If you’re not listening to vinyl, you’re not listening, period.It’s vinyl or nothing for me. Literally. — Cannabis enthusiast, 1920sPart 1: The ‘80sPart II: The ‘90s Allan H. is a man of a certain age living in Los Angeles; a place where weed is now legal, plentiful, potent and cheap. But before reaching the promised land, he first had to pay his dues growing up bong-to-mouth in a Boston suburb when pot was very illegal, scarce and schwag-y as hell. Let us remove our…

Online safety bill in Congress & marijuana biz; HI medical cannabis in healthcare facilities; Study: Marijuana a “gateway” to orgasm 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… By starting a $10 per month pledge on Patreon—or about 45 cents per issue of this newsletter—you can help us rely less on ads to cover our expenses, hire more journalists and bring you even more marijuana news.https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment/ TOP THINGS TO KNOWThe Internal Revenue Service said a…

When I first started writing this, I thought it would be a quick explainer of what people mean when they say they’re “growing to wash.” The more time I spent talking to hashmakers and growers who live in the ice water world, the more I realized this isn’t just a technique. It’s a different mindset. Growing to wash isn’t about fat colas, perfect bag appeal, or that one photo that makes a strain go viral. It’s about resin behavior. It’s about how trichome heads detach in cold water, how they hold up during agitation, and where they land when you…

The New York Times editorial board frames its reconsideration of marijuana legalization as a thoughtful reassessment of new evidence. But it reads less like a discovery than a justification—an attempt to explain why a policy the board once championed did not unfold as cleanly as promised, with the responsibility shifted away from regulators and toward the public. Let’s start with what is obvious. Marijuana legalization did not fail because cannabis suddenly revealed itself to be dangerous. It faltered because the United States legalized first and governed later. When access expands without coherent rules, usage rises. That is not controversial; it…

The hemp boom moved fast. In the years following the 2018 Farm Bill, thousands of companies rushed into the market chasing the same wave. CBD was everywhere. Oils, gummies, topicals, drinks—if it could hold a label, someone was selling CBD in it. Most brands were focused on scale. Few were thinking about what came next. But in Hawaii, Jennifer Carlile and Jared Dalgamouni were already asking a different question: what happens when CBD stops being the whole story? That curiosity would eventually lead them to build Rare Cannabinoid Company, a brand centered not on the cannabinoid everyone knew—but on the…

Marijuana worker mortgage amendment; AZ cannabis smoke bill passes; CO medical marijuana in hospitals; Study: Psilocybin for quitting cigarettes 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 you to keep going.…

Yesterday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro appeared before the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, where he firmly criticized outdated anti-drug policies (such as cannabis prohibition) and proposed alternatives to state violence.Weed for protest, cocaine for capital, fentanyl for the apocalypseCoca cultivation in Colombia: Alternatives to combat drug trafficking This is far from the first time Petro has expressed these views before the international body. True to form, the president spoke during the opening session in Vienna, offering a fresh and unorthodox perspective on drug policy. His speech was published in full on the Colombian presidency’s website. Petro began by mentioning, almost…

OK gov slams medical marijuana; VA cannabis user parental rights; TN momentum from rescheduling; TX hemp rules; Study: CBD as medication substitute 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 you…