A congressional committee is scheduled to vote on a bill on Thursday that would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct clinical trials into the therapeutic potential of marijuana for military veterans. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold a markup of the legislation from Rep. LouContinue Reading
Illinois has officially exceeded $1 billion in adult-use marijuana sales in 2021, a major economic milestone since the state launched its retail market last year. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) reported on Tuesday that there were $123,375,372 in recreational cannabis purchases in October, raising the totalContinue Reading
We’ve got two months left in 2021. Click and see the weed strains that will help you and your cosmic companions in November. The post Star signs and cannabis strains: November 2021 horoscopes appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Star signs and cannabis strains: November 2021 horoscopesContinue Reading
The case of a man sentenced to death for smuggling two pounds of cannabis into the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore has focused global attention on the disturbing reality that there are still countries on Earth where you can get sent to the gallows for a substance that legal fortunesContinue Reading
A pair of senators has filed a marijuana amendment that they hope to attach to large-scale defense spending legislation—but it’s not the cannabis banking reform proposal that industry stakeholders have been waiting for. Instead, this one deals with removing barriers to research on marijuana’s effects. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) andContinue Reading
States that legalize or decriminalize marijuana see “large reductions in race-based arrests among adults” while those that maintain prohibition continue to experience “increases in arrest rate disparities,” a new study in a major scientific journal published by the American Medical Association found. The research looked at data from 43 statesContinue Reading
Military recruits with marijuana waivers “perform no worse”; Study: Government-grown cannabis more like hemp than consumer marijuana 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.mc4wp ||Continue Reading
This is a story about a family DIY Covid project, healing intergenerational trauma, Indigenous Sovereignty, and growing some seriously dank cannabis. The post Growing cannabis re-roots Indigenous father and son appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Growing cannabis re-roots Indigenous father and sonContinue Reading
Gov. Phil Murphy helped legalize it. His opponent wants to re-criminalize it—and could delay the opening of retail stores for years. The post New Jersey faces one more cannabis legalization vote on Tuesday appeared first on Leafly. Read More: New Jersey faces one more cannabis legalization vote onContinue Reading
A provision of a Washington, D.C. marijuana bill that could have led to a broad crackdown on the city’s unregulated market for recreational cannabis was removed on Monday—one day before the District Council is scheduled to vote on the overall legislation it was attached to. Activists strongly criticized the proposedContinue Reading
