Marijuana Opponents Attack Government Analysis Behind Rescheduling Recommendation On Second Day Of DEA Hearing
Lawyers for marijuana reform opponents that are participating in a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Trump administration’s cannabis rescheduling proposal put significant focus on the second day of the proceedings on pressing a government witness about recently adopted changes to an analysis used to determine whether drugs have accepted medical value. A separate […]
Cannabis Consumers Are Way More Likely To Dine At Restaurants That Offer THC Drinks As An Alcohol Alternative, Poll Shows
A new poll of marijuana consumers shows they are overwhelmingly more likely to want to dine at restaurants that offer cannabis-derived THC drinks as an alternative to alcohol. The new survey, conducted by cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD, found that 54 percent of people who use marijuana and live in state-legal markets would be much more […]
Hottest Cannabis Strains Right Now 2026: High Times Picks
A running roundup of the hottest flower in legal America, pulled from recent High Times Strains of the Month and Terp Sherpa columns. Each pick is credited to the writer who made it and the month it ran. Listed alphabetically, not ranked. You don’t have to know a guy anymore. Between David Downs’ new Terp […]
Weed Doesn’t Make You Creative. It Just Gets Out of the Way
Cannabis doesn’t give you talent you don’t already have. A psychiatrist specializing in cannabis and entheogens breaks down what THC actually does to the creative brain — and why the myth of the green muse is more complicated than it looks. The myth of the green muse has coasted through history, dodging potholes between the […]
DEA highlights cannabis’s medical benefits & relative safety in rescheduling hearing (Newsletter: June 30, 2026)
Bipartisan lawmakers: Blocking rescheduling won’t work; Marijuana reformers rally outside DEA; SCOTUS on cannabis & gun rights; VA legalization 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… Free to read […]
MMJ Fights to Undo Marijuana Rescheduling After Years Battling the DEA
A drug company spent nearly eight years fighting the DEA to make cannabis medicine the hard way. Now that everyone else is getting an easier path, it’s in court trying to undo the whole thing, a move that could send cannabis back to Schedule I for the entire industry. MMJ International Holdings spent nearly eight […]
Cannabis Has Always Been Queer
Queer activists helped build legal cannabis from the ground up. The industry should remember that history before respectability politics leaves it with no real allies. Corporate Pride is retreating, even though the business case for supporting LGBTQ+ people has never been clearer. Queer consumers are loyal, vocal, culturally powerful, and connected to every taste-making industry […]
Why Are Republicans Fighting To Raise Taxes On Cannabis Businesses? (Op-Ed)
“These Republican members of Congress appear to be hoping to undermine President Donald Trump’s position…by preserving punitive tax treatment for licensed cannabis businesses, regardless of their classification under federal law.” By Michael Cooper, National Cannabis Industry Association Sometimes you have to wonder what some congressional opponents of cannabis reform are smoking. The continued march of […]
DEA previews cannabis rescheduling hearing testimony (Newsletter: June 29, 2026)
Anti-marijuana groups file initial hearing briefs; Congressman joins Marijuana Moment’s livestream push; VA budget amendments; LA psychedelics 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… BREAKING: Journalism is often consumed […]
Applications For Missouri Marijuana Microbusiness Licenses Will Open Next Month
“We have lots of tutorials, and we have a step-by-step guide that we provide as well. Anybody could sit down and do the application. I don’t think it’s challenging.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent The application window to win one of 77 Missouri microbusiness marijuana licenses through a lottery selection will open July 13-27. The selection lottery […]