Inside the World’s First Plastic-Free Dispensary
It is in your food. It’s in your body. It’s in almost everything you live with, and everything you interact with, and well, it’s just not healthy. Plastic. It’s the thing that’s become so ubiquitous that most people don’t even think about it, even though it’s estimated that we are ingesting about 250 grams of […]
Hemp’s Death Sentence Gets a Stay of Execution
A bipartisan bill would push the federal hemp THC ban to 2028, buying time for farmers, brewers, and lawmakers to replace prohibition with regulation. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is moving to slow down the federal hemp THC ban that Congress quietly enacted during last year’s government shutdown, giving the industry more time to adjust […]
Joe Rogan Surprised After GOP Senator Says Marijuana And Alcohol Industries Jointly Backed Push To Ban Hemp THC Products
Joe Rogan seemed stunned to hear Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tell him on a new episode of his podcast that certain marijuana businesses joined hands with the alcohol industry to lobby in favor of a federal ban on most hemp THC products. During a wide-ranging interview on the Joe Rogan Experience that aired on Tuesday, […]
Legal Weed Didn’t Fix South Africa’s Cannabis Problem
High Times reporter John Veit traces South Africa’s turbulent cannabis landscape with activists Myrtle Clarke and Trenton Birch, highlighting the human cost of contradictory laws, police chaos, and an export-first legalization model that sidelines legacy growers. Blending personal tragedy with policy analysis, it shows how private clubs, medicalization, and ingenuity persist in a legal gray […]
The War on Drugs Failed Because It Never Understood Why People Use Drugs
From pleasure and connection to harm reduction and policy failure, a look at what decades of drug enforcement got wrong about human behavior. The conversation around drugs has long been framed by cost. Policymakers calculate the billions lost every year to productivity gaps, hospitalizations, law enforcement and incarceration. The U.S. alone spends an estimated $193 billion […]
Congress moves to keep blocking cannabis sales in DC (Newsletter: January 13, 2026)
ME anti-marijuana campaign accused of “lying” to voters; New states could legalize in 2026; Study on rap music videos and cannabis 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… Hold […]
This Is What A $120,000 Cannabis Bracket Looks Like
Proper Smoke League’s Proper Cup High Rollers has reached the point where brackets stop being theory and start being pressure. The semifinals are locked. The prize is real. And the paths to the money are anything but clean. This is not a feel-good story about participation trophies or hype strains. This is a fight for […]
37% of U.S. Hip-Hop and Rap Videos Show Weed, Study Finds
In case anyone still doubted that hip-hop is one of cannabis’ most powerful cultural platforms, a new academic study has finally put hard numbers behind what the culture has been saying for decades. According to research published in the journal Substance Use & Misuse, more than 37% of hip-hop and rap music videos produced in […]
GOP Congressman Files Bill To Delay Federal Hemp Ban For Two More Years As Trump Calls For CBD Access
A Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would give the hemp industry two more years before a federal ban on THC products would take effect, which stakeholders hope will better position them to negotiate a broader compromise with lawmakers. After President Donald Trump signed a spending bill last year with provisions that would wipe […]
Germany’s Medical Cannabis ‘Problem’ Is That It Worked. Prices Fell. Prescriptions Exploded
By December 2025, medical cannabis prescriptions in Germany had increased by more than 3,300% compared with March 2024, the final month before cannabis was removed from the country’s narcotics law and reclassified as a non-narcotic medication. The shift simplified prescribing, opened the door wider for telemedical care and helped normalize cannabis as a regulated treatment. […]