Iowa Democratic Governor Candidate Explains Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized Even If It’s ‘Dangerous’
The Democratic Party’s nominee to be the next governor of Iowa is explaining why he thinks marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol, even if he thinks it’s “dangerous.” Legalizing and taxing cannabis can be part of solving the state’s $1.3 annual budget deficit, Rob Sand, the Democratic gubernatorialContinue Reading
CDC Wants To Add New Question About Marijuana’s Medical Benefits To Federal Health Survey
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is proposing to add a new question to an annual health survey that would ask how often people use marijuana and whether they are doing so for specific medical reasons or if it is just “for fun or to get high.” TheContinue Reading
DEA releases cannabis rescheduling hearing transcript (Newsletter: August 26, 2026)
FBI’s updated marijuana arrest data; TX Dems slam GOP over hemp THC ban; New IL medical cannabis conditions; Problematic use & prohibition op-ed 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
Europe Has a Cannabis Prohibition Problem
Many things have changed in the world of cannabis in recent decades thanks to the hard work of cannabis activists around the globe and the spread of policy reform. Unfortunately, some things have remained the same, particularly unfounded claims being made by cannabis opponents in their ongoing effort to clingContinue Reading
Too much cannabis banking? New Mexico credit union exits industry, citing competition.
US Eagle Federal Credit Union will close its cannabis banking arm Nov. 1, citing rising competition rather than weak demand for the service. Too much cannabis banking? New Mexico credit union exits industry, citing competition. is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Continue Reading
Cultivation potential leads Grown Rogue to snap up PharmaCann’s New York medical cannabis permit
Grown Rogue enters New York with a $4.5 million buy of PharmaCann assets, targeting a shortage of indoor flower canopy. Cultivation potential leads Grown Rogue to snap up PharmaCann’s New York medical cannabis permit is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ReadContinue Reading
Illinois Adds Two New Medical Marijuana Qualifying Conditions
Illinois officials have added two new qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana program. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced on Tuesday that patients with sickle cell disease and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) with chronic pain can now qualify for legal access to medical cannabis, with aContinue Reading
More Than 200,000 People Were Arrested For Marijuana Possession In The U.S. Last Year, FBI Data Shows
More than 200,000 people were arrested for possessing marijuana in the U.S. last year, according to the FBI’s latest annual crime report, and another 17,000 were booked for allegedly selling or growing cannabis. Those figures likely understate the true number of people busted for marijuana, however, given inconsistencies in theContinue Reading
DEA Releases Full Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Transcript As Judge Prepares To Issue His Recommendation
The full official transcript of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Trump administration’s marijuana rescheduling proposal has now been made available to the public. The release of the day-by-day record of the cannabis rescheduling proceedings comes after DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius ordered that dozens of mostlyContinue Reading
Reports Of Increases In Problematic Cannabis Use Don’t Mean We Should Return To Prohibition (Op-Ed)
“A free society should be capable of learning to live with potentially risky substances without the government banning them.” By Jeffrey A. Singer, Cato Institute As a physician, I don’t dismiss recent reports of increases in problematic cannabis use. But we should avoid letting them trigger another drug-war moral panic.Continue Reading