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Veterans medical marijuana provisions deleted; VA senator “optimistic” on legalizing cannabis sales; TX hemp rules checklist; MO microbusinesses 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…

There’s a certain hush that lives between the click of the lighter and the first pull. Afghani burns slow—heavy smoke, thick as a sermon—and the room tilts just enough to let gravity sigh. The scent hits first: gas and dirt, diesel wrapped in loam. It smells like the memory of something that used to grow wild before marketing found it. Every time I taste that musk, the voices in my head stop fighting each other long enough for me to get something done. The Weight of the Ancients I’m a sativa guy, usually. Give me energy, give me motion. But…

Trump backs hemp THC recriminalization; FL bill to ban public marijuana smoking; Study: No reason to raise legal cannabis age to 25 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…

Los Angeles helped shape the early legal cannabis economy, a cultural hub, a brand engine, a magnet for operators who wanted to build the future. But today, insiders say the city has become one of the hardest places in the country to operate. After years of shifting rules, enforcement confusion, high fees, and a licensing process that many describe as “bureaucracy first, business second,” operators are leaving. And city leaders are finally acknowledging it. At IgniteIt’s Market Spotlight: California event, cannabis journalist and San Diego State University professor Jackie Bryant set the tone. “Eyes are on California.. and when people…

Hurricane Melissa recently struck Jamaica with a fury the country hadn’t seen since the legendary Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. This Category 5 storm, with winds of nearly 185 mph and torrential rain, left 32 people dead, entire communities cut off, widespread structural damage across the island, and a humanitarian crisis in motion. On top of the human toll, Jamaica now faces an unprecedented cultural and economic loss: the hurricane wiped out whole cannabis farms, a national symbol and a vital source of income for both legal and informal growers. The scene is apocalyptic. In several parishes across western Jamaica, roofs…

WI gov candidates talk marijuana; NE tribe on gov/AG cannabis threats; OH poll: Dispensary support; Study: Canada’s legalization reduced youth use 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…

You can spot a real brand in the wild. It walks into a room before the founder does. You see the logo on a skateboard, a guitar case, the back of someone’s neck. That’s the test. If people wouldn’t tattoo your brand on their skin, maybe it’s not a brand. Maybe it’s just merch. Josh Kesselman doesn’t complicate this. He doesn’t hide it behind a presentation or a “thought leadership” keynote. He looks at a room full of founders and says the thing people don’t say out loud. “When you launch a brand, ask: Is it tattooable? If the answer…

“Prop 64 did that… Big corporations started buying up small family farms, thinking they could grow better… Maybe some of those smaller family farms can come back.” California Treasurer Fiona Ma didn’t stop at calling the state’s legalization framework a failure. In Part 1 of our coverage from IgniteIt’s Market Spotlight: California, she broke down enforcement gaps, banking barriers, and the need for federal descheduling. In this follow-up, Ma went deeper, explaining why she believes California must start over and how the state can rebuild a fairer market for cultivators, consumers, and taxpayers alike. ‘We have to start all over’…

Every November, Americans take a collective breath to honor those who’ve worn the uniform, the ones who stood watch in silence, who carried both pride and pain home with them, and who continue to serve in quieter ways long after their military careers end.  For many veterans, returning home can be its own kind of battle. Sometimes this can be finding meaning in the noise of civilian life, rebuilding identity, or confronting the invisible scars left behind. In a surprising but welcome turn, the cannabis industry has become one of the places where many are finding not just healing, but…

FBI data: Marijuana arrests drive the drug war; MD gov’t psychedelics report; NE AG: cannabis a “poison”; SD committee’s medical marijuana & hemp recs 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 KNOWThe Consumer Brands Association—which…