Mother’s Day gifts can get pretty repetitive. Flowers wilt. Chocolates disappear in a day (or are enjoyed by the whole family). Bath sets end up shoved in the back of the cupboard. If your mom loves cannabis, this is your chance to actually get her something she’ll use and enjoy.Continue Reading
“I do not support recreational marijuana. I think the current regulatory system around medicinal use is fine.” By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix The issue of whether Florida should legalize recreational cannabis went away as a significant campaign issue earlier this year after Smart & Safe Florida, the organization behind anContinue Reading
An Idaho medical marijuana campaign has announced that it turned in more than 150,000 signatures for a proposed legalization initiative it wants to qualify for the state’s November ballot. The Natural Medicine Alliance of Idaho (NMAI) announced on Wednesday that it submitted the petitions ahead of last week’s deadline. CountyContinue Reading
A Louisiana Senate committee has approved a House-passed bill that threatens to send people to jail for up to one year if they smoke marijuana within 2,000 feet of a school property—including a college campus. The legislation from Rep. Gabe Firment (R) cleared the Senate Judiciary B Committee in a 3-2Continue Reading
Major retailer Target is deepening its involvement in the hemp-derived THC beverage market by launching sales in three more states—significantly expanding beyond a pilot program it rolled out in Minnesota last year—even as a federal law is set to ban the products later this year. Last year, the company beganContinue Reading
An Arizona campaign that had been seeking to place an initiative on the ballot to repeal of key provisions of the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law has given up the effort. Under the “Sensible Marijuana Policy Act for Arizona” which was being spearheaded by Sean Noble, president of the politicalContinue Reading
Congressional researchers are laying out the scope and limitations of the Trump administration’s marijuana rescheduling action—explaining that while certified patients who possess medical cannabis from state-licensed dispensaries now have certain protections, the industry as a whole isn’t “immediately” considered to be in “full compliance” with federal law, particularly as itContinue Reading
GOP senator on marijuana banking; PA cannabis regulatory vote; SC medical marijuana access; NC cannabis ballot bill; Groups push VA gov on legal sales 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 theContinue Reading
Opponents of marijuana reform have filed a lawsuit challenging the federal cannabis rescheduling action announced by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice last month—using a law firm at which a former Trump administration attorney general is a partner. Prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and the National Drug andContinue Reading
The Republican senator who heads up the Banking Committee says the fact that marijuana remains illegal at the federal level while more states legalize it has created a “quandary” for cannabis businesses and banks that wish to serve them. “Congress is going to have to make it legal, because todayContinue Reading
