Month: July 2021 (Page 10)

Illinois is a microcosm of the United States, offering an energetic cultural hotspot you can feel in your bones. That energy only increased when the state legalized recreational adult use in June of 2019. When stores opened in January of 2020, lines were wrapped around streets in anticipation. Now overContinue Reading

Illinois officials announced on Friday that they are awarding $3.5 million in grants funded by marijuana tax revenue to organizations that work to reduce violence through street intervention programs. This is the latest funding opportunity to be made available through the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program, which was createdContinue Reading

CA psilocybin ballot measure; USDA proposing hemp survey to White House; Senator’s housing bill has marijuana extraction protections 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() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wpContinue Reading

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday unveiled a much-anticipated draft proposal to legalize cannabis at the federal level. The proposal, which is a discussion draft of a bill titled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, was introduced by Schumer and Senate FinanceContinue Reading

California psychedelics activists are embarking on a bold journey, filing a petition for the 2022 ballot to make the state the first in the nation to legalize psilocybin mushrooms for any use. The measure—titled the California Psilocybin Initiative—would legalize the “personal, medical, therapeutic, religious, spiritual, and dietary use of PsilocybinContinue Reading