Month: April 2022 (Page 12)

In 2016, the NFL Players’ Association reported that the average career lasts 3.3 years. Of those players, 78% would lose all their career earnings within three years of leaving the league. Matthew Nordgren would play just two years as a backup quarterback, but he wouldn’t go broke post-retirement. Instead, asContinue Reading

Fed drug official: Schedule I blocks psychedelic research; DC marijuana bill fails; Study: Hemp helps cows calm down; IL cannabis sales bounce back 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

Washington, D.C. lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a measure to effectively circumvent a congressional ban on locally legalizing adult-use marijuana sales by allowing adults 21 and older to “self-certify” themselves as medical cannabis patients without needing a doctor’s recommendation. The emergency resolution faced criticism from some advocates over separate provisions thatContinue Reading

On April 1, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to decriminalize cannabis on the federal level with the passage of the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. Lawmakers approved the legislation with a 220-204 vote, passed largely along party lines by the House’s Democratic majority. “This landmark legislation is oneContinue Reading