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New Jersey sold legalization as an exit ramp from the old playbook: fewer arrests, less stigma, more sanity. Now, a top state lawmaker is floating a bill that walks straight back toward punishing the buyer. In the new 2026–2027 session, New Jersey Senate President Nick Scutari has reintroduced S3171, a measure that would create a “disorderly persons offense” for anyone who knowingly purchases marijuana from a business that is not licensed by the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission. The bill’s own statement spells out the penalty: up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. It…

This article originally appeared in High Times Magazine’s 50th Anniversary Print Issue. Order yours here and get it delivered to your door. The sound of the machines is hypnotic. A constant clatter, a rhythmic dance of gears that seem to breathe. Each turn, each metallic click, is the heartbeat of a fading craft. And at the center of this universe of paper and smoke stands Inmaculada. Her name (Immaculate, in Spanish), fittingly, evokes both purity and mastery. But everyone knows her as Macu. She’s 64 years old. Fifty of those years were spent in a factory (whether it was Papeleras…

Medical marijuana protections head to Trump’s desk; SC medical cannabis push boosted by federal rescheduling; NJ homegrow bills 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.  Aidan Coffey: “Marijuana moment has always been…

The Proper Cup High Rollers bracket reaches its final round today, with $120,000 on the line and two undefeated runs colliding live. At 4:20 PM PT, Preferred Gardens faces Up The Hill in the High Rollers Bracket Finale, streaming live on YouTube. This is not a showcase. It is not a judging panel recap. It is a live, head-to-head final where performance decides the outcome in real time. What is the Proper Cup High Rollers? The Proper Cup High Rollers is one of the most demanding competitive formats in cannabis. Built around live brackets and controlled conditions, it is designed…

What happens when the stereotype of the NFL player—tough, strong, impenetrable—cracks? When bodies trained for collision, force, and victory slow down for a moment, open up, and start talking about pain, vulnerability, and the role psychedelics play in life off the field? That was the story shared by three NFL players—Jordan Poyer of the Buffalo Bills, Robert Gallery, formerly of the Raiders, and Jon Feliciano of the San Francisco 49ers—during a panel at the massive Psychedelic Science conference titled “Healing Behind the Highlights,” held in Denver, Colorado, a few months ago. And they spoke candidly about their experiences. Moderated by…

Once again, it’s debunking time. The New York Post headline — “Bombshell cannabis study reveals hidden risks of medical pot” — is a textbook example of how cannabis continues to be treated differently from almost every other therapeutic substance in mainstream media. The problem is not the study itself, but what this media outlet does with it. The UCLA-led review published in JAMA does not conclude that medical cannabis is dangerous, fraudulent, or a failed therapy. What it actually concludes is something far more modest and far more common in medicine: that the evidence base is uneven, incomplete, and in…

House votes to keep blocking DC marijuana sales; Key congressional committee chair: Delay hemp ban; VA cannabis sales bill filed 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…

Guest Op-Ed by Gretchen Gailey, President of Project Champion If there is one lesson the cannabis industry should have learned by now, it’s this: Washington does not run on urgency. It runs on process, power, and patience. For more than a decade, advocates, entrepreneurs, veterans, patients, investors, and policymakers have been told that federal cannabis reform is just around the corner. One more election. One more committee vote. One more White House signal. And yet, even with the President’s directive to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III, the industry remains in limbo. Businesses are still largely locked out of banking. Patients…

In a chandelier-lit ballroom at Berlin’s Hotel Adlon Kempinski, a quiet revolution is unfolding. Dozens of investors lean in as founders from Zurich, Barcelona, Lisbon and Warsaw pitch a room full of international cannabis investors and the CEOs of the EU’s next cannabis giants. This is a Talman House event, and it’s where European cannabis capital finds its match. After years of uneven reform, Europe’s cannabis market is finally entering its investment era. As North America wrestles with oversupply and political fatigue, European operators are drawing global attention to their pharmaceutical precision, export potential and growing regulatory stability. From Albania…

Those who consume cannabis-infused beverages are more likely to reduce their alcohol intake, according to data published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Researchers affiliated with SUNY (State University of New York) Buffalo assessed trends in alcohol consumption among a cohort of individuals age 18 or older who acknowledged having used cannabis products during the past year. They determined that respondents who consumed cannabis beverages “were more likely to report substituting cannabis for alcohol than non-users. They also reported fewer weekly alcoholic drinks after starting cannabis beverages compared to before, and binge drank less frequently.” The study’s authors concluded: “Findings…