Almost every city in the world has cafes—and in 2021, many American cities have legal cannabis—but nowhere else in the world can you find anything resembling the roughly 225 cannabis social clubs in Barcelona. Plentiful, relatively simple to find, welcoming to tourists and (mostly) tolerated by authorities, Barcelona’s cannabis “asociaciones”Continue Reading
Wyoming activists have cleared another hurdle toward getting a pair of marijuana initiatives before voters on the 2022 ballot. Advocates needed to turn in at least 100 valid signatures per measure to the secretary of state’s office to formally get the process started on their proposals to decriminalize cannabis andContinue Reading
The annual South By Southwest (SXSW) festival has become a hub for conversations around marijuana and psychedelics in recent years—and voting is now open for people to decide exactly what kinds of discussions they hope to hear on the issue at next year’s event. There are nearly 100 proposed panelsContinue Reading
President Joe Biden is looking into using his executive authority to grant clemency to people with certain non-violent drug convictions, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. Asked about plans for federal inmates who were released to home confinement during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic but whoContinue Reading
It’s important to have some sort of clue about what direction to go in when heading into unfamiliar territory, whether it’s first-timers getting their kicks in Washington or Colorado or folks who haven’t had the opportunity to indulge in their favorite plant for quite awhile. Whatever the circumstance, it’s clearContinue Reading
Marijuana reform has advanced in numerous state legislatures in the first half of 2021, with lawmakers enacting four new legalization laws so far this year. Now, activists in roughly a dozen states are moving to put cannabis legalization proposals directly before voters in 2022. Across the country, advocates are inContinue Reading
Fed drug official slams criminalization; Senate marijuana biz aid amendment; NH allows cannabis for opioid disorder; MS deal nears for special session 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
