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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…

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…