Author: admin
Unless your folks are Snoop Dogg or Mila Jansen, telling your parents that you smoked weed probably wasn’t the easiest thing. Maybe it was, but undoubtedly for everyone it was a moment, and that “first time” surely lives on somewhere in your memory. Not everyone started as teenagers, not everyone was precocious when it came to this smoking matter. However, most likely, trying weed early on led to tense, awkward, unusual, or even memorable conversations with your parents. Each family’s cultural or religious perspective defines the implications of that “milestone” and the weight it might carry. And, depending on our…
Anti-marijuana group’s anti-rescheduling ad campaign targets Trump; DE legal sales launch; Slovenian cannabis bills; GA hemp & medical marijuana study 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 to keep…
For decades, one of the most standardized practices in medical and scientific research has been the use of placebos. No, we’re not talking about the 2000s alt-rock band. We’re talking about a method that, despite its admitted flaws, has for years allowed researchers to study the effects of various substances. However, today this practice faces a challenge that is forcing science to rethink its mechanisms: psychedelic-assisted therapy. How a Placebo Works (and How It Doesn’t) Basically, a placebo is a little deception in pill form. In clinical trials, patients are divided into two groups: one is given the drug under…
Nestled in the misty hills of Morocco’s Rif Mountains, a centuries-old cannabis culture is undergoing a profound transformation. Long famed for its golden hashish, smoked across Europe and beyond, Morocco is now walking the tightrope between tradition and regulation, between kif and clinics. This North African kingdom, once the world’s top exporter of illicit hash, is trying to rebrand itself as a leader in the legal medical and industrial cannabis space. But the journey is anything but smooth. A Brief History of Moroccan Cannabis The story of cannabis in Morocco spans over a thousand years, intertwining spirituality, colonization, rebellion, and…
Trump’s pro-marijuana RNC endorsement; NC gov’s cannabis council meeting; Fed court’s safe drug consumption ruling; TX hemp ban 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 got a few dollars…
It was in 2002 when I met Ozzy Osbourne. I was on the side of the stage as he was preparing to perform. Thanks to a brief stint as a touring musician that got me backstage access to Ozzfest in 2002, I had the privilege of watching the inner workings of that fine-tuned music festival from a vantage point few will ever know. Also read: From The Vault: THE WISDOM OF OZ (1999) To be clear, I didn’t actually “meet” Ozzy. He just walked next to me as I stood starstruck. Something that doesn’t happen to me often, by the way.…
If there’s one country with a contradictory relationship with cannabis, it’s Colombia. On one hand, medical marijuana has been legal since 2016, with the foundations for a thriving industry that already exports the plant to multiple countries. On the other hand, the same plant exported for medical purposes is not available to Colombian patients; and that’s without even mentioning adult use: Congress has tiptoed around the subject of legalization so many times we’ve lost count. Last year, there were signs of change, with the proposed amendment to Decree 811 of 2021. The decree currently prohibits the sale of medical cannabis…
GOP senator’s hemp hold on funding bill; State AGs want marijuana banking; KY gov pushes Trump on rescheduling; CBD for IBD; TX synthetic THC poll 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.…
You know what actually makes people happy at work? Spoiler: it’s not cubicles, khakis, or back-to-back Zoom calls about absolutely nothing. It’s cannabis. According to the 2025 Shift Pulse Report, a juicy data drop from Deputy, a platform tracking how America’s hourly workers actually feel, the happiest people punching the clock are in the marijuana business. Yep, weed wins again. Based on over 1.5 million anonymous surveys collected between April 2024 and April 2025, the report ranks employee sentiment across industries and states. The top dog? A curious category labeled “Tobacco, E-Cigarette & Marijuana,” a strange corporate ménage à trois…
It’s been almost two years since the world woke up to the news of the death of Matthew Perry, one of the most iconic American actors of the ’90s and ’00s. Best known for playing the beloved and inexhaustibly funny Chandler Bing on Friends, Perry not only left an indelible mark on millennial pop culture but also became a powerful voice in raising awareness about addiction. In his autobiography, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, the actor shared his painful story of substance abuse, seeking to provide hope and inspire others in this situation. Although drug use was not…