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For much of the last decade, Texas has occupied a contradictory place in the U.S. cannabis landscape. It maintains one of the nation’s most restrictive medical cannabis programs and enforces strict marijuana prohibition, yet quietly became a national powerhouse in hemp production after the 2018 Farm Bill. The result is a fragmented system defined by legal gray areas, regulatory tension, and growing distance between statute and reality.   That tension is now coming to a head.   From January 29–31, policymakers, prosecutors, scientists and public health experts will convene in front of a sold-out audience at the University of Texas at Austin for the Texas Cannabis Policy Conference. The timing is notable. Many…

New Canadian research shows medical cannabis can help with pain, mood and quality of life, but outcomes vary widely by product, dose and patient. As cannabis policy debates intensify across North America, a newly published Canadian study offers something that has become rare in the medical marijuana conversation: perspective. The study, published online January 29 in the Canadian Journal of Pain, followed adult patients authorized to use medical cannabis across Canada for 24 weeks, tracking outcomes related to chronic pain, sleep, anxiety, depression and overall quality of life. The results show consistent, measurable improvements across multiple categories. They also show…

GOP congressman wants AZ legalization rollback; VA cannabis sales vote; HI marijuana report; UT decrim; MD psychedelics; THC drinks at major arena 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 for the day: donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there.Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment/ TOP THINGS TO KNOWRep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Marijuana…

Arizona Republicans want to kill legal weed sales. Trump’s rescheduling move just made that a lot harder. In the strange new politics of cannabis in 2026, the movement to roll back legalized marijuana in Arizona is running into a major federal curveball. The same GOP coalition pushing a ballot initiative to dismantle the state’s adult-use marketplace now has to contend with an unexpected force on the right: Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at accelerating the federal rescheduling of marijuana. At the center of the controversy is a ballot measure that would end commercial adult-use cannabis sales in Arizona while leaving…

In recent years, a new trend has swept the culinary world and made its way into kitchens around the world: yes, we’re talking about the air fryer. At first, many people viewed it with apprehension… What do you mean you can fry without oil and only with air? What kind of sorcery is this? However, over time, more and more people saw with their own eyes that yes, the air fryer works, and it brings many benefits. One of them, perhaps the least known, is that you can also use the air fryer to decarboxylate cannabis. Wait a minute, decarboxylate?…

NIDA director on psychedelics’ promise; Congresswoman: Relax drug testing for transit workers; Airbnbs & free marijuana; Poll on cannabis & dating 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…

By Zack Huffman via Cultivated News Driving the news: After a two-year drought, this year could finally see more states legalize. 2024 broke a six-year streak of at least one state legalizing every year. And last year was also a dud for legalization, but momentum persists even as the federal government continues to stall on rescheduling. Here is a rundown of various efforts for state-level legalization in a shrinking pool of prohibitionist holdouts. Good shot, but no guarantees  Virginia: Virginia technically legalized cannabis in 2021, but after four years of obstruction, the Commonwealth finally has a governor that is willing…

New hemp regulation bill in Congress; MA anti-marijuana campaign challenge fails; Bipartisan lawmakers talk psychedelics; SD cannabis in hospitals 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 for the day: donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there.Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment/ TOP THINGS TO KNOWHouse Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chairman Morgan…

A single stoner can stand in for all stoners. Within an environment centered around education, science, data, and health—that is, within a certain formality, thoroughness, and rigor—Weedy Won K is what is commonly known as “comic relief,” a comical flourish that alleviates the “tension” of the plot. For Educannabis, the 420 educational project led by the Mexican Luis Fer Alpha, Weedy Won K serves as an antagonist: “I represent the figure of the stoner, which could be any unseasoned stoner, like that irresponsible dopehead who needs a little educational guidance,” Weedy himself confesses to High Times. The starting point for…

On pleasure, respectability, and the parts of cannabis culture worth protecting. The other night I got high with a few friends. Not to unlock my third eye, crush a deadline, or biohack my nervous system into a state of tantric productivity. We weren’t chasing enlightenment or insight or growth. We just wanted to laugh. To unwind. To play DnD and stop carrying the day around like a sack of wet concrete. We sat around my living room passing a joint built like a power forward and talking about absolutely nothing of consequence—the kind of conversation that floats, drifts, wanders, and…