How Psychedelics Helped Me Manage Grief From A Career In Law Enforcement (Op-Ed)
“What I experienced with ayahuasca was not an escape from grief, but a direct engagement with it… It was a fundamentally different process than the one I had relied on throughout my career—not control or suppression, but forgiveness, surrender and understanding.” By: Kemmi Sadler, Law Enforcement Action Partnership Life hasContinue Reading
California Lawmakers Vote To Allow Drive-Thrus At Marijuana Dispensaries
A bill that would allow California marijuana stores to offer drive-thru windows to serve customers is advancing in the state legislature. The measure, which cleared the Assembly Business and Professions Committee in a 17-2 vote on Tuesday, says that licensed cannabis retailers and microbusinesses with storefronts can sell marijuana productsContinue Reading
Virginia Lawmakers Reject Governor’s Amendments To Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill
Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday voted to reject the governor’s amendments to legislation to legalize recreational marijuana sales, risking a potential veto as the original proposal heads back to her desk for reconsideration. In a voice vote, the House of Delegates declined to consider Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D) suggested changes toContinue Reading
Trump Administration Ready To Move Ahead On Marijuana Rescheduling, Four Months After President’s Executive Order, Report Says
The Trump administration is reportedly ready to move ahead with marijuana rescheduling. More than four months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the attorney general to expeditiously finish the process of moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the administrationContinue Reading
Six Out Of Ten Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, New Poll Shows
Americans broadly favor legalizing marijuana for recreational or medical purposes, with support across party lines, according to a new poll. The YouGov survey from published on Monday found that 59 percent of U.S. adults want to legalize cannabis—including 75 percent of Democrats, 50 percent of Republicans and 54 percent ofContinue Reading
Alabama Medical Marijuana Sales Set To Finally Begin Next Month, Five Years After Lawmakers Approved Legalization
“What this means for Alabama is patients will be getting the much-needed medicine they need. We’ve had the program now for five years, [and] there’s been a crazy delay.” By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector Nearly five years after the Alabama Legislature approved a medical cannabis program in the state, theContinue Reading
Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Bill To Remove Marijuana Product THC Limits
“What this does is, it modernizes our cannabis and hemp laws to reflect today’s market realities.” By Emilia Otte, CT Mirror A bill revamping regulations around the cannabis market passed the House of Representatives Monday night after a debate over what some lawmakers saw as a loosening of important restrictionsContinue Reading
New Congressional Bill Would Let State Agencies Provide Marijuana For Research, Backed By $150 Million In New Funding
A new congressional bill would provide $150 million in marijuana research funding for universities over five years, while allowing those institutions to obtain cannabis for studies through partnerships with state regulatory agencies and law enforcement. The legislation, introduced on Monday by Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), whoContinue Reading
Federal cannabis reform has “the votes,” top Dem says (Newsletter: April 22, 2026)
VA lawmakers: Reject gov’s marijuana amendments; GOP bill links cannabis & health costs; USDA hemp report; Study: Youth use down after 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. (function()Continue Reading
The Natural: Randy Couture
It’s been a minute since the man known as “The Natural” executed one of his trademark arm bars to choke out an opponent inside the UFC Octagon. More than a decade-and-a-half have passed since he submitted James Toney in the first round of their ballyhooed 2010 heavyweight bout. Yet, atContinue Reading