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On July 10, 2025, federal immigration agents backed by National Guard troops executed warrants at two Glass House Farms cannabis cultivation sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California. Roughly 100 agricultural workers were reportedly detained, according to Newsweek, before protests erupted and tear gas was deployed. Glass House, one of California’s largest licensed cannabis producers, acknowledged the enforcement action on its official X account (formerly Twitter), stating: “Yesterday, Glass House Brands received immigration and naturalization warrants. As per the law, we verified that the warrants were valid and we complied. Workers were detained and we are assisting to provide them legal…
ICE raids state-legal marijuana farms; Former GOP House speaker: psychedelics save lives; TX gov’s hemp directive; CA cannabis tax reform advances 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…
Where else can you grab a corn dog, ride the Ferris wheel, and legally light up, all in the same day? This year, cannabis isn’t just welcome at the California State Fair. It’s part of the program. With legal sales, a public consumption lounge, and a full awards ceremony, the Cannabis Experience is giving fairgoers a new way to explore and celebrate the plant. The 50,000-square-foot space sits right in the middle of Cal Expo and treats cannabis the way it deserves to be treated: as part of California’s agricultural story. Not Your Average County Fair Booth Now in its…
OK legalization ballot measure clears key hurdle; HI gov signs hemp bill; CA marijuana decrim 50th anniv; PA medical cannabis & anxiety 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…
Among American intellectuals, Susan Sontag is probably the only Harvard-educated philosopher who digs punk rock. Sontag became famous in the Sixties when her series of brilliant essays on politics, pornography and art, including the notorious “Notes on Camps,” were collected in Against Interpretation—a book that defended the intuitive acceptance of art against the superficial, cerebral apprehension of it, then fashionable among a small hand of extremely powerful, rigid intellectuals who, for example, dismissed such American classics as Naked Lunch, Howl, On the Road, Andy Warhol’s film Chelsea Girls, etc., as trash. With the impact of her concise arguments, Sontag was…
Federal hemp ban up in Senate this week; Poll: 9/10 Americans back legalization; Congressional report on cannabis & guns; 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… 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…
The consumption of THC-dominant cannabis products is associated with sustained reductions in anxiety and depression, according to newly published data in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Investigators affiliated with the John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore assessed the use of state-authorized medical cannabis products in a cohort of 33 participants with clinically significant anxiety or depression. Subjects in the study were naïve to cannabis. Study participants used a variety of cannabis products, including botanical and edible preparations, as needed for six months. “Initiation of THC-dominant medicinal cannabis was associated with acute reductions in anxiety and depression, and sustained…
San Francisco has its Beer Week and its Restaurant Week. Now, for the second year in a row, it also has Hash Week. Running from July 8 through July 14, SF Hash Week brings together some of California’s top extract brands for a week of drop-style events at dispensaries and lounges across the city. The series opens at Flore Dispensary in The Castro today at 4 p.m. with Errl Hill, and wraps next Monday at Urbana-Geary with Oakland Extracts. Organized by journalist and author David Downs, the event highlights a part of California’s cannabis scene that remains largely unavailable elsewhere:…
Fed judge upholds marijuana user gun ban; SEAL who killed bin Laden talks psychedelics; Study: What gives cannabis strains their smell and flavor? 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 KNOWFormer Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR),…
Known as the “Ganja Guru,” Ed Rosenthal is an international authority on cannabis horticulture, a longtime educator, activist and legalization pioneer. He was an early contributor to High Times magazine and is a professor at Oaksterdam University in Oakland, California. Rosenthal is the author of several foundational cannabis books, including the influential Marijuana Grower’s Handbook, which since 1978 has taught millions how to grow better weed. In 2002, Rosenthal was prosecuted for growing marijuana, a case that helped sway public opinion in favor of state-level medical cannabis laws. He continues to advocate for cannabis reform worldwide. ‘Everyone Should Have the…