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On a hot summer afternoon, I took the train from Jersey City into Manhattan, feeling increasingly confident navigating the city’s pulse. Each visit builds on the last, and this one had a special promise: a cannabis tasting hosted by PAX and Budist at Tucci, a cozy Italian restaurant known for its authentic comfort food. The gathering brought together about 30 people: cannabis journalists, industry leaders, cultural influencers, and passionate consumers. Budist co-founders Jocelyn Sheltraw and Claudio Miranda greeted us with warmth, introducing their intuitive cannabis discovery app. Their excitement mirrored the energy building around the East Coast cannabis scene. At…
While Slovenia moves forward with a bill to legalize medical marijuana, some lawmakers believe that’s just the beginning. That’s why members of the Freedom Movement, The Left, and the Social Democrats are stepping on the gas, having introduced a new bill to legalize adult-use cannabis, according to Marijuana Moment. The proposal from the Balkan nation stems from a progressive and public health-oriented perspective, recognizing adult cannabis use as a legitimate personal choice, especially in a context of growing public support. Specifically, this draft legislation would: Allow adults to grow up to four cannabis plants per person, with a household cap…
Senate vets marijuana vote; McConnell vs Paul hemp fight; NY gov on cannabis biz zoning fix; FL legalization; TX hemp ban vote; KY dispensary approved 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.…
Original publication: November 1986. MORE POT ON THE WAY FOR ’87 JORGE CERVANTES Whew! The summer marijuana drought is over! The law of supply and demand drove the summertime marijuana price sky high. This scarcity created a run on last year’s harvest of quality outdoor buds. As soon as the pot surfaced on the street, it was sold and smoked. This phenomena is similar to what happens when depositors learn their bank is running out of money; the depositors run to withdraw all of their savings. In this case, the savings go up in smoke. For the third consecutive year…
For many, the cannabis policy reform movement is rooted in the quest for personal liberty. Legalization isn’t just about getting high; it’s about being able to live your life the way you want to live it. In too many places, however, the legalization of cannabis does not include the freedom to grow the plant. Instead, cannabis patients and consumers are forced to participate in an overregulated and overtaxed market that not everyone can afford. The Freedom To Grow Depends on Where You Live A total of 25 states with legal weed have also legalized home cultivation, either for medical cannabis…
AG Bondi on marijuana user gun rights; FDA head links cannabis to psychosis; Fed report: Youth use stable as legalization spreads; MA 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… 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…
Saturday, August 2nd, marks the 88th anniversary of the signing of the Marihuana Tax Act, the first federal marijuana prohibition law. Since its inception, the criminalization of the marijuana plant and the stigmatization of those who consume it has been predicated almost entirely upon the promotion of gross exaggerations, racial stereotypes, and outright lies. For instance, a July 6, 1927 story in the New York Times, headlined “Mexican Family Goes Insane,” farcically claimed: “A widow and her four children have been driven insane by eating the marihuana plant, according to doctors, who say there is no hope of saving the children’s lives…
Senate hemp amendment to ban synthetics; VA secretary on psychedelics; DE gov tours marijuana grow; Another PA legalization bill 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, invest…
“Cannabis is dangerous.” “Weed leads you to other drugs.” “Marijuana opens the door to harder substances.” How many times have we heard these claims, without clear support or solid scientific evidence behind them? Too many to count, right? Now, a study backed by the Japanese government itself is using hard data to dismantle one of the most persistent theories in prohibitionist discourse: the gateway drug hypothesis, as shared by Marijuana Moment. In January 2021, the Japanese Clinical Association of Cannabinoids, with support from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, conducted an anonymous survey of 3,900 people who had…
After teasing fans with an installation at a concert at the Barclays Center earlier this month, hip-hop superstar Tyler, The Creator, dropped his ninth studio album, “Don’t Tap the Glass,” on July 21. Featuring collabs with Pharrell Williams (under both his name and his alter ego, Sk8brd), Yebba and Madison McFerrin, the hype surrounding the new album is real. Fans are digging into the details of his lyrics, with one line from the track “Stop Playing With Me” catching a lot of attention online. It goes like this: “Spending Converse money, what I mean is / Burning white paper, that’s…