The governor of Pennsylvania on Wednesday pardoned a doctor who was arrested, prosecuted and jailed for growing marijuana that he used to provide relief for his dying wife. The daughter of 65-year-old Paul Ezell also faced a conviction and lost her license to be a nurse because she was atContinue Reading
A top U.S. health official on Wednesday touted the therapeutic potential of psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA, and he also slammed ongoing federal restrictions that are inhibiting research into marijuana. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was asked about psychedelics and cannabis by Sen. Brian SchatzContinue Reading
New Hampshire residents overwhelmingly support legalizing marijuana and setting up a tax-and-regulate model for cannabis sales, according to a new poll. As broad reform legislation has languished in the GOP-controlled legislature, the survey published by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) on Tuesday found that three in four people backContinue Reading
A joint Maine House and Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to broadly decriminalize possession of illicit drugs and another measure to reform the state’s drug trafficking laws—but the panel’s members were split on how the legislature should handle the decriminalization proposal going forward. The first piece of legislation,Continue Reading
A congresswoman is asking the federal government to stop kicking people out of public housing for using marijuana in states where it is legal. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Tuesday sent a letter to the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), imploring her to useContinue Reading
DE gov: Marijuana a “gateway”; MN gov signs smokable medical cannabis; CT legalization vote next week; IL equity bill passes; Young hemp farmers 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.Continue Reading
