Seeing Little People After Doing Shrooms? The Intercultural Mystery Of The Lanmaoa Asiatica
Just like the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput in Gulliver’s Travels—surprising, endearing, and sometimes a little unsettling for their miniature size—there’s a real-world way to encounter such beings without leaving your home. Don’t believe it? Ask the communities of Yunnan, Papua New Guinea, or the Northern Cordillera of the Philippines. They’ve spent decades reporting the same […]
Hemp Products Would Be Federally Regulated Instead Of Banned Under New Senate Bill
Democratic senators have introduced a new bill to create a federal regulatory framework for hemp-derived cannabinoids and allow states to set their own rules for products such as CBD. The legislation, shared exclusively with Marijuana Moment ahead of its introduction on Wednesday, is being sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR). It […]
Ongoing Marijuana Conflict Between States And Feds Could Provide ‘Guidance’ On How New Hemp Ban Will Be Enforced, Congressional Report Says
There’s significant uncertainty around how a pending federal hemp ban will ultimately be enforced, but “divergent federal and state marijuana laws may provide some guidance,” according to congressional researchers. With the recriminalization of most consumable hemp products set to take effect next November after President Donald Trump signed a spending bill containing the cannabis prohibition, […]
Minnesota Legalized Marijuana, But Thousands Of People Are Still Being Prosecuted For Carrying Cannabis In Their Cars
“We’re just switching how we’re criminalizing the same exact plant. And it’s going to hit the same communities that the criminalization of marijuana did.” By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer When Minnesota lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana in 2023, Democrats hailed it as the state’s most sweeping shift in drug policy in half a century and long-overdue […]
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Basketball Star Avoids Death Penalty In Indonesia After Court Rules In THC Gummies Case
For seven months, American athlete Jarred Shaw sat inside Indonesia’s prison system, wondering whether a package of THC gummies sent from Thailand would cost him his life. On Tuesday, an Indonesian court sentenced the 35-year-old to 26 months. The decision marks a sharp departure from the death penalty framework that police and prosecutors had floated […]
Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill To Roll Back Voter-Approved Marijuana Law And Impose Hemp Restrictions, Sending It To Governor
The Ohio Senate has voted to concur with a House-amended bill to scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law and ban the sale of hemp products that fall outside of a recently revised federal definition for the crop unless they’re sold at licensed cannabis dispensaries. The measure from Sen. Stephen Huffman (R) was substantively revised […]
How Hemp Producers Can Unlock Potential In Carbon Credit Markets (Op-Ed)
“For hemp producers, entering the carbon credit market may provide a strategy for long-term sustainability and market resilience.” By Amy M. Rubenstein, Dentons As the cannabis and hemp industries evolve (including most recently through an amendment to the 2018 Farm bill that redefines “hemp”), producers should seek innovative ways to diversify income and align their […]
Florida Senator Moves To Let Medical Patients Grow Their Own Cannabis
Florida’s medical marijuana program could see one of its most significant expansions yet. Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith filed a bill that would allow qualified medical marijuana patients to grow cannabis at home, creating a right that advocates have pushed for since the program was approved by voters in 2016. Senate Bill 776 authorizes eligible patients […]
Can the feds actually enforce the new hemp THC product ban? (Newsletter: December 8, 2025)
DOJ memo on guns & marijuana users; Senator blocks Trump’s drug czar pick; KY gov: Medical cannabis sales “very close”; OH marijuana recriminalization 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 […]
The Burn Slow Doctrine, A Veteran’s Guide to Civil Disobedience
A Veteran’s Guide to Civil Disobedience When you spit into the wind, expect a wet face. When you shit where you eat, expect to be shown the door. All’s fair and whatnot. Just like when I finally opened up to my VA headshrinker, I knew it came with consequences: like the end of my career. […]