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Ukraine medical marijuana bill signed; WI cannabis push dead; 1st NV consumption lounge; NC judge bans marijuana odor; AK psychedelics 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,…

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Members of the South Carolina Senate gave final approval yesterday to legislation (SB 423: The Compassionate Care Act) to provide authorized patients access to certain medical cannabis products. After several days of debate, Senators voted 24 to 19 to send the legislation to the House for further consideration. In 2022, House lawmakers refused to take up a similar bill. Seventy-six percent of registered voters in South Carolina support medical cannabis access, according to polling data compiled last year by Winthrop University. South Carolina is one of only a dozen states that has yet to implement a comprehensive medical cannabis access…

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SC medical marijuana bill passes; NH legalization to floor; AZ interstate commerce; MD cannabis & guns; NY & AZ psilocybin; Top lobbyist departs 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…

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A cannabis extract slowed the growth of skin cancer cells and triggered their self-destruction, according to the results of a recently published lab study. The study by Australian researchers found that a specific experimental Cannabis sativa extract known as PHEC-66 “might have potential as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of malignant melanoma.” Melanoma only accounts for about 6% of all reported cases of skin cancer, according to a report from New Atlas. However, the aggressive form of the disease is so deadly that it causes more than 80% of skin cancer deaths. Melanoma shows a high resistance to traditional…

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SC medical marijuana approval; HI & NH legalization; SD gov signs cannabis & gun bill; VA legal sales; IN & NM psilocybin; FL hemp restrictions 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.…

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More than 123 million people tuned in to watch the Kansas City Chiefs (and Taylor Swift) claim yet another Super Bowl triumph on Sunday, making it the most-watched television program in history. That’s useful grist for recently published research examining how watching the same thing can bring people together.  It is known as the “theory of the collective mind,” which refers to the human ability to take in a collective perspective.  Garriy Shteynberg, a professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, published the research on the theory last year, and recently expounded upon the scholarship in a piece published…

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Yet another state is cracking down on hemp-derived products, some of which have intoxicating effects, and South Carolina’s approach to food products that contain hemp is among the most extreme. Even hemp microgreens are banned while only products with hemp seeds and their derivatives will be off the hook. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) issued a warning in a letter dated Jan. 22, banning the manufacture, distribution, and sale of food and beverage products containing hemp-derived products as ingredients in the state’s marketplace. But they’re not only going after hemp-derived cannabinoid products that are synthetically…

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FDA accepts MDMA review; DE marijuana sales delay; Study: Delta-8 interest in illegal states; VA legal cannabis sales plans; DEA psilocybin lawsuit 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…

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The relationship between cannabis and sleep is still widely debated. Research has found that cannabis can indeed help with sleep, and many consumers who use cannabis will also attest to its more sedative effects that combat symptoms like insomnia. One study even found that people are increasingly turning to cannabis instead of over-the-counter sleep aids. Conversely, other studies suggest the opposite, that cannabis use may impede sleep in some circumstances. Ultimately, it’s a complicated topic that seems to involve a number of variables, and like a bulk of cannabis research topics, our knowledge on cannabis and sleep is still growing.…

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Del Krizek presents HB698 in the Virginia House of Delegates Just ahead of the crossover deadline for the 2024 legislative session, members of both chambers of the Virginia legislature approved competing measures to legalize and regulate the retail sale of cannabis to adults 21 and older. Both bills initiate retail adult-use cannabis sales on January 1, 2025, Delegate Paul Krizek’s HB698 proposes a tax rate of nine percent in lieu of any state or local retail sales tax, whereas Senator Aaron Rouse’s SB448 imposes a 16 percent tax in addition to any state and local sales taxes. NORML’s JM Pedini…

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