Arizona Marijuana Sales Topped $1.4 Billion In 2021
December saw recreational sales exceed medical cannabis for only the second time. By David Abbott, Arizona Mirror In the first year that Arizona adults could legally buy cannabis, they spent slightly more than $1.4 billion on marijuana. According to the Arizona Department of Revenue (DOR), the recreational market brought inContinue Reading
Three In Four Florida Voters Support Legalizing Marijuana, New Poll Finds
About three-fourths of Florida voters support legalizing marijuana possession for adult use, including strong bipartisan majorities, according to a new poll. The survey released by the University of North Florida on Tuesday didn’t ask about where voters stood on creating a regulated system of cannabis sales, but 76 percent saidContinue Reading
Utah Senate Committee Approves Psychedelics Study Task Force Bill That Already Passed House
A Utah Senate committee on Tuesday approved a House-passed bill to create a task force to study and make recommendations on the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs and possible regulations for their lawful use. The Senate Health and Human Services Standing Committee cleared the legislation in a voice vote, with just oneContinue Reading
New York Governor Signs Bill To Let Hemp Farmers Start Growing Adult-Use Marijuana While Promoting Equity
The governor of New York on Tuesday signed a bill to provide provisional marijuana cultivator and processor licenses for existing hemp businesses that take certain steps to promote equity in the emerging industry. Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, who championed the state’s adult-use legalization bill that was enacted last year,Continue Reading
New Mexico Marijuana Company Pushes Insurers To Cover Medical Cannabis Under State Law
The largest marijuana company in New Mexico is pressing insurers to cover medical cannabis costs for certain patients, a move it says is required by a new state law. Ultra Health sent a letter to insurance companies and state agencies on Friday, arguing that the new law eliminating cost-sharing andContinue Reading
Legal Cannabis States Considering Potency Caps
It feels like a new day is dawning for cannabis in the US, as some 20 states have now embraced legalization, and many more have adopted medical marijuana programs. But resistance remains. The fear of THC and the associated “high” has been deeply ingrained by generations of propaganda. Several statesContinue Reading
Feds fund research on cannabis laws’ impact (Newsletter: February 22, 2022)
OR psilocybin equity bill advances; Study: Drug arrests continue at high levels even as incarceration drops; CO marijuana research fairness 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.mc4wpContinue Reading
Top Federal Drug Agency Funds Research On Differing Legal Marijuana Regulatory Models
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is renewing its push to promote federally funded research into marijuana as more states enact reform—specifically expressing interest in studies on differing cannabis regulatory models that are in place across the country. In a notice of interest published on Friday, the agency outlinedContinue Reading
Colorado Lawmaker Presses For Marijuana Science Review To Look Fairly At Benefits As Well As Harms
“Just putting this information together and putting it into the form that is useful is an extraordinarily large task.” By Faith Miller, Colorado Newsline Researchers have made “a great deal of progress” on reviewing available evidence of high-potency marijuana products’ health effects, the dean of the Colorado School of PublicContinue Reading
Learn How Cannabis Edibles Work
Before the advent of adult-use legal dispensaries and licensed cannabis brands, procuring edibles was mostly a take-it-or-leave-it proposition. Let’s face it: Buying through unregulated channels doesn’t usually come with much in the way of choice, which is why plastic-wrapped cookies and brownies of dubious origin (and unknown potency) still lingerContinue Reading