One In Three Americans ‘Pre-Game’ With Marijuana Before Family Holiday Gatherings, Survey Finds
About one in three Americans say their holiday “pregame” routine involves using marijuana, according to a new survey. The poll from the Freeman Recovery Center looked at a variety of ways the use of alcohol and other drugs intersects with with the holiday season, when family get-togethers and financial stress from gift giving tend to […]
A Reckoning with Juvenile Injustice
Locked In, Looking Out They passed around the pencils and asked a simple question: Who do you look up to, and why? A System That Misreads Survival Escaping the Loop I was a “stoner” locked up in juvenile hall at the time for violating probation. Young, angry, sharp-eyed, tired of being told to respect systems […]
People Are Getting Their AI High: Paying to ‘Alter’ Chatbot’s Consciousness
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached a level of everyday intimacy where it’s starting to feel like a friend. We argue over dinner recipes, plan trips, ask how to fix things around the house, and sometimes even bring our personal dilemmas to it (an intimacy that, as we’re learning, doesn’t always come without risks). This is […]
Rescheduling Is A Bread Sandwich: Same Law, Better PR
A federal number changed. Prohibition did not. This is a nothing burger. A new number, same prohibition For a moment, it sounded historic. Cannabis was “rescheduled.” A president signed an executive order. Headlines declared a federal shift. Markets reacted. Politicians took victory laps. Then the dust settled. What remains looks a lot like what people […]
Trump lied about cannabis rescheduling opposition, GOP senator says (Newsletter: December 22, 2025)
Marijuana banking bill momentum; State legalization gets boost from Trump move; GOP AGs concerned over cannabis rescheduling; FL legalization to court 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. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your […]
Kansas Attorney General And Law Enforcement Sued Over Raids On Hemp Businesses
“Store owners have had varying amounts of legal products seized with no recourse to recover the products or the potential profits from those products.” By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector A McPherson County lawsuit filed by a Kansas business owner challenges “unconstitutionally vague” enforcement operations leading to seizure of cash and hemp-derived products at direction of […]
The Untold Story of Bolivia’s ‘Pipe Bench,’ a Lost Landmark of Communal 420 Culture
On occasion, geography offers up some profoundly useful glitches. Other times, with skill and ingenuity, humankind turns that geography into an asset. And in the case of the park bench that stars in this story, you’d swear the hand of God intervened purely for the people’s enjoyment. In Plaza Abaroa, in La Paz’s posh Sopocachi […]
Alabama Regulators Approve Hemp Product Rule Despite Opposition From Key Lawmaker
“Nowhere in the authorizing legislation does it provide for a Responsible Consumable Hemp Product Program.” By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector The Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) Board Thursday approved an emergency, temporary rule regulating the sale of consumable hemp products, over the opposition of a state representative who sponsored the law leading to the regulation. […]
Ohio Governor Signs Bill To Recriminalize Some Marijuana Activity, Vetoing Provision To Allow THC Drinks For A Year
“The simplest thing, frankly, to do is to stop it right now instead of going until the date in November set by federal law.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes various changes to the state’s voter-passed marijuana […]
Charcoal Filters Are for Suckers
Charcoal filters have quietly become one of the most successful products in modern cannabis culture. They look scientific, they promise a smoother experience, and they come wrapped in the language of harm reduction. Cleaner smoke. Less tar. Same high. It sounds reasonable. Responsible, even. The problem is that activated charcoal does exactly what it is […]