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Lawmaker pushes marijuana industry tax reform; Former GOP rep: My party’s wrong on cannabis; FL homegrow; VA record sealing; Poll: Cannabis & alcohol 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…
FL 2026 legalization; NRA on marijuana consumer gun ban; Rescheduling debate; FDA on CBD & animals; WA psychedelics; Study upends “lazy stoner” image 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 KNOWNational Institute on Drug Abuse…
The percentage of high-schoolers nationwide using cannabis has declined significantly over the past ten years, according to newly released data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the findings of agency’s latest report, Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Data Summary & Trends Report 2013-2023, “Ten-year trends are continuing to improve for some areas of adolescent health and well-being, including … substance use.” Specifically, the report finds that the percentage of high-schoolers nationally who identify as current consumers of cannabis fell 26 percent between 2013 and 2023. The report also finds that a far greater percentage of high-schoolers…
Warren pushes Musk to cut marijuana enforcement; SAFE Banking “not imminent”; VA cannabis sales vote; NH legalization hearing; WA homegrow 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,…
Adults who regularly consume medical cannabis products do not experience any significant adverse changes in either brain morphology or cognitive performance, according to longitudinal data published in the journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Network Open. Researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology collected structural and functional brain imaging (fMRI) data from a cohort of newly authorized medical cannabis patients at baseline and one-year later. Similar data was also collected for healthy controls (non-cannabis consumers). Investigators “did not observe functional differences between baseline and brain activation…
New marijuana industry coalition; Rescheduling hearing debate; OH House speaker dials down cannabis opposition; MA social consumption 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 support…
Biden commutes drug sentences; Cannabis Caucus leader’s 2025 plan; IN & KY govs talk marijuana; VA legal sales bill advances; Yellen on 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… 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 KNOWPresident Joe Biden commuted the…
Track and field phenomenon Sha’Carri Richardson on Saturday qualified for the 2024 Olympics, three years after the star sprinter was disqualified from the U.S. team because of a positive drug test for THC metabolites. Richardson’s win in a qualifying event sets the stage for her to run in this year’s Summer Olympic Games, which kick off in Paris on July 26. Richardson took the top spot in the 100-meter sprint at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon, winning the race with this year’s world-leading time of 10.71 seconds. After a sluggish start in the race, Richardson…
Few adults turn to either healthcare providers or government agencies when seeking information about cannabis, according to nationwide survey data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research. Researchers with the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor surveyed over 1,100 US adults regarding where they obtain cannabis-related information. Respondents were most likely to obtain information from either “friends and family” or from websites. They were least likely to obtain information from medical providers or government agencies. NORML’s Deputy Director was not surprised by the survey’s results. “Historically, government-affiliated sources have either embellished or outright lied about marijuana and its effects,” he…
More Trump DEA head anti-marijuana comments; Poll: Cannabis consumers don’t trust DEA; CA & VA psychedelics votes; PA gov on legalization 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 KNOWDerek Maltz, the Trump administration’s acting Drug…