Rand Paul Slams Alcohol And Marijuana Interests Over Federal Hemp Ban, Announcing He’ll File A Bill To Reverse It Next Week
A GOP senator says he’ll be filing a bill next week to protect the hemp industry from an impending federal ban on most cannabinoid products. He’s also calling out alcohol and marijuana interests for allegedly “join[ing] forces” to lobby in favor of the prohibitionist policy change, which will restrict access to a plant and its […]
Florida Is Fighting to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis While Massachusetts Moves to Ban It All Over Again: What’s Going On?
Massachusetts fights to keep legal weed while Florida battles to win it. For years, the story of cannabis reform sounded linear. Voters legalize, regulators build a system, the market matures, everyone moves on. But that story is starting to glitch. In Massachusetts, opponents are trying to yank the plug on a $1.6 billion adult-use market […]
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Calls For Repeal Of Federal Hemp Ban Trump Signed Into Law
The head of the Texas Department of Agriculture is calling for a repeal of a recently enacted federal hemp THC product ban the president signed into law last week, cautioning that thousands of businesses across his state are at risk of shutting down if the policy isn’t reversed before it takes effect next year. Texas […]
Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill To Scale Back Marijuana Law And Restrict Hemp THC In Line With New Federal Ban Trump Enacted
Ohio lawmakers have advanced a bill that would scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law—with new amendments to ban the sale of hemp products that fall outside of a newly revised federal definition for the crop, unless they’re sold at marijuana dispensaries. After the House revised the Senate-passed legislation from Sen. Stephen Huffman (R), removing […]
Lawmakers want exemption to new hemp ban for states with regs (Newsletter: November 20, 2025)
Judge slams DEA for psychedelic petition delay; Joe Rogan blasts hemp ban; Study: Cannabis reduces alcohol drinking; TX advances hemp rules 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 […]
Joe Rogan Slams ‘Really Bad’ Federal Hemp Ban Trump Signed, Blaming Alcohol Industry For Influencing Congress
Podcaster Joe Rogan says Congress needs to fix the “really bad” mistake lawmakers made by recriminalizing consumable hemp products—warning that restricting access to cannabinoids like CBD will harm people who use them therapeutically, such as his mother-in-law. And he attributes the passage of the controversial cannabis ban to alcohol industry lobbying. On an episode of […]
Congressional Lawmakers Want Exemption From Federal Hemp THC Ban For States With Regulations
There’s an effort underway to rally federal lawmakers representing Minnesota to push the Trump administration to scale back a recently enacted ban on hemp-derived THC by providing a carve-out for states that want to regulate cannabinoid products, a Democratic congresswoman tells Marijuana Moment. But a GOP congressman who helped secure the ban that was signed […]
Trump admin declines to file cannabis brief at SCOTUS (Newsletter: November 19, 2025)
GOP bill to block hemp ban; FL legalization measure advances; Booker: marijuana is bipartisan; THC drinks exec’s plan cannabis reform plan 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: […]
Pets Will ‘Suffer Needlessly’ If Federal Hemp Ban Takes Effect And Limits CBD Access, Veterinarian Says
The federal hemp ban that was included in a spending bill President Donald Trump signed last week could inadvertently hurt a patient demographic that isn’t usually associated with cannabis: Dogs, cats and other pets who’ve come to rely on cannabinoids as part of their veterinary medical care. As certain GOP lawmakers in Congress pressed for […]
Florida’s Attorney General Supports Federal Recriminalization Of Hemp THC Products
“Our team is looking in on that and we’re going to make sure that we’re getting illegal products off the market.” By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said Monday that he supports the nationwide ban on most hemp-derived THC products that Congress approved last week and that is scheduled to […]