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Cannabis has never been a single experience. It was never one molecule, one effect, one intention, or one lane. It has always been plural—used for healing, ritual, relief, escape, communion, and survival, sometimes all at once. The plant made room for contradiction long before regulators tried to flatten it into categories that could fit on a spreadsheet. Somewhere along the road to legitimacy, that plurality got lost. Hemp became something else. Medical became a loophole. Adult use became a market. Pharmaceutical became a threat. Culture became collateral damage. What we call cannabis now often says more about who’s allowed to…

When you enter a dispensary in search of a specific strain, sleepy-time gummy, or vape pen, you’re usually on an in-and-out mission. Any accessories you walk out the door with are typically last-minute, impulse purchases. Costing around $5, $10 or $15, the price point is low enough that consumers are comfortable making a quick decision. With enough foot traffic, those small purchases can add up quickly for operators. So, why aren’t more dispensaries spending time ensuring they carry the right accessories and that they aren’t running out? Whatever the reason, Luv Buds Founder and CEO Brett Harris is helping dispensaries…

A 15-minute film follows one season of sun-grown cannabis in Maine and a partnership built to survive outside the corporate model. In King’s Field, the story begins with a simple problem. King Bishop cannot grow enough cannabis to keep his shop stocked. The solution does not arrive through expansion capital or industrial infrastructure. It arrives through trust, experience, and a shared understanding of the land. Directed by Joe Carter, King’s Field – A Maine Cannabis Story is a 15-minute short documentary that follows one full outdoor season of sun-grown cannabis in Maine. It is observational, unhurried, and grounded in the…

DEA 4/20 PSA contest; CO gov on cannabis & guns; KY medical marijuana gummies; FL & MS cannabis bills approved; Anti-legalization group’s conference 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…

How speculative finance and distorted incentives hollowed out American weed. On a sunny afternoon in Santa Monica in the spring of 2018, I sat on a hotel patio with the owners of two up-and-coming cannabis businesses: one a popular low-cost brand and the other a NorCal farming co-op. I had an all-cash offer from investors in Toronto for roughly $100 million to acquire both their companies in a ‘roll-up-go-public’ play. They told me they were waiting for something closer to ten times that amount.  I wasn’t that surprised—cannabis was hot, and stories of massive paydays were being recounted with hushed…

Now 71, Chicago-born Jim Belushi is having a moment with roles in two current films – Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water, in which he plays counterculture legend Ken Kesey, and the pop musical, Song Sung Blue, co-starring Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman. Before Belushi moved to Oregon and launched his cannabis company Belushi’s Farm in 2015, he was best known for being the younger brother of John, an early ‘80s Saturday Night Live cast member, John’s replacement in the Blues Brothers, more than 30 roles in movies like About Last Night, K-9, Curly Sue and Wonder Wheel, and 182…

Cannabis has been moving through that underground-to-icon pipeline for decades. So when Patricia Field’s universe collides with a hemp-derived THC beverage on the eve of New York Fashion Week, it doesn’t feel provocative. It feels right on time. This is, after all, the same creative force behind Sex and the City and The Devil Wears Prada. A stylist who turned fashion into narrative, rebellion into glamour, and excess into language long before any of it was considered respectable. Highly Anticipated, the limited-edition capsule created with Black Market and four designers from Patricia Field’s orbit, doesn’t treat weed as a novelty…

Anti-marijuana congressman could lose seat; Lawmakers across US want cannabis access in hospitals; WA marijuana homegrow vote; OK gov cannabis reax 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…

On February 7, High Times is bringing the New York Cannabis Cup Awards Night to Sony Hall, turning one of Manhattan’s most iconic venues into a full-spectrum celebration of weed, culture and community. This isn’t a trade floor or a daytime expo. It’s an evening built for brands, retailers, judges, press and longtime supporters of the Cup to come together, hand out hardware and let New York do what it does best: turn cannabis into a moment. The night runs from 8 PM through midnight and blends live music, comedy, awards and activations into one continuous experience. Guests will move…

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…