Dave Morrow’s entrepreneurial journey from champion lacrosse star to cannabis power player is an epic path of unconventional pivots. As the CEO of Lume Cannabis Co., he’s grown the Michigan-based company from $2 million in revenue to nearly $200 million in just four years, making it one of the mostContinue Reading
“This injunction prevents immediate harm during the holidays and ensures consumers can continue accessing these hemp products.” By Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout A Nashville judge has temporarily blocked new state product testing rules, scheduled to take effect this week, that would have banned the sale of popular hemp products legallyContinue Reading
“These draft rule revisions should mitigate the ongoing efforts of ineligible entities to acquire licenses by taking advantage of eligible individuals.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Missouri’s Division of Cannabis Regulation announced new proposed rules Monday afternoon for its marijuana microbusiness program designed to combat predatory practices during the applicationContinue Reading
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is convening focus groups comprised of marijuana businesses to better understand their experiences with access to banking services under federal prohibition. With bipartisan cannabis banking legislation dead for the session, GAO is circulating a survey as it prepares to bring together virtual focus groups inContinue Reading
Contrary to concerns among some critics that legalizing marijuana would normalize cannabis-impaired driving, a new study found “no support that marijuana legalization increased tolerant behaviors and attitudes toward driving after marijuana use.” The report, authored by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University and published late last monthContinue Reading
NY gov signs & vetoes marijuana bills; Federal PSA shows stoned Christmas tree; NV psychedelics report; NJ 2024 cannabis sales hit $1 billion 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
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed two new cannabis-related bills into law over the weekend—one to revive the Cannabis Growers Showcase program, where producers sell products directly to consumers at farmers market-style events, and another clarifying that cannabis is categorized as an agricultural crop in the state. Hochul vetoedContinue Reading
New Jersey marijuana sales have officially exceeded $1 billion for 2024, regulators announced on Monday. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC) said that, as of Saturday, combined recreational and medical marijuana purchases reached $1,004,826,946—marking a 25 percent increase over 2023’s total. Since the adult-use market launched in April 2022—andContinue Reading
A newly published paper examining the effects of adult-use marijuana legalization on opioid overdose deaths says there’s a “consistent negative relationship” between legalization and fatal overdoses, with more significant effects in states that legalized cannabis earlier in the opioid crisis. Authors of the new analysis, published to the preprint repositoryContinue Reading
Ingredients: 1 French baguette 1 ½ tbsp. butter 3 tbsp. cannabutter 4 eggs 1 cup milk ¼ cup sugar 3 tbsp. maple syrup 1 tsp. vanilla extract ½ tsp. salt Powdered sugar Directions: Lightly butter a 13 by 9-inch (32.5 by 23-cm) baking dish. Cut the baguette crosswise at anContinue Reading
