A 12-Year-Old Stoner in Reagan’s ‘Just Say No’ America
The most challenging aspect of being a 12-year-old cannabis aficionado in the 1978 Midwest was finding someone to buy you weed. Luckily—or so I thought in the autumn of 1978–I had a guy, a friend of my delinquent blonde buddy from first grade. The two had been part of the circle at my inaugural smokeout. […]
Kentucky Governor Says Hemp Is An ‘Important Industry’ That Should Be Regulated At The State Level, Not Federally Banned
The Democratic governor of Kentucky says the hemp industry is an “important” part of the economy that deserves to be regulated at the state level—rather than federally prohibited, as Congress has moved to do under a spending bill President Donald Trump signed on Wednesday. During a press briefing on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) was […]
Illinois Will Revisit Hemp Regulation Debate Amid New Federal Ban On THC Products, Governor Says
“We’re going to have to look at how we might regulate” hemp “now that we see that the federal government is limiting it.” By Brenden Moore, Capital News Illinois Tucked into the spending legislation approved by Congress this week was a provision banning the sale of intoxicating hemp products—a move that could upend an industry […]
GOP Operative Roger Stone Blasts ‘Cheap Cop-Out’ Hemp Ban That Trump Signed Into Law
Roger Stone, a longtime advisor to President Donald Trump, is joining the chorus of voices criticizing the passage of a spending bill with a ban on hemp products containing THC, calling the move a “cheap cop-out.” After Trump signed the broader appropriations legislation into law on Wednesday, Stone published a blog post slamming the abrupt […]
[Watch] Rick Doblin: ‘We Taxed Ecstasy Dealers To Fund Our DEA Lawsuit’
“We were given 20,000 doses of MDMA… we will use that to fight the DEA.” That line lands like a gavel. In an exclusive sit-down, Rick Doblin retraces the underground roots of MDMA therapy, the legal chess match with the DEA, and why he believes the drug war is about power, not public health. The […]
Cannabis rescheduling review still “ongoing,” White House says (Newsletter: November 14, 2025)
New DOJ marijuana guidance actions; CO & FL govs debate cannabis; PA legalization path forward; Veterans group pushes Congress on hemp; MI tax lawsuit 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 […]
Top Veterans Group Warns Congress That Hemp Ban Could ‘Slam The Door Shut’ On Medical Research
A leading veterans organization is warning congressional leaders that a newly approved blanket ban on consumable hemp products could inadvertently “slam the door shut” on critical research In a letter sent to House and Senate leaders on Wednesday, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) executives stressed the importance of “supporting solid scientific […]
Trump signs bill recriminalizing hemp THC products (Newsletter: November 13, 2025)
Vance & RFK attend event with psychedelics talk; FL marijuana poll; Study: Study: Cannabis increases women’s relationship satisfaction; Hemp mom op-ed 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… Before […]
Why Is Congress Moving To Ban The Hemp Products That Saved My Son’s Life? (Op-Ed)
“Congress is poised to re-criminalize this plant and again put hundreds of thousands of patients, and the people that love them, in jeopardy.” By Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, Moms Mobilized Before my son, Austin, was even five years old, he had been prescribed a series of pharmaceuticals for his epilepsy—opioids, benzodiazepines, rufinamide and more. That continued […]
Minnesota Hemp Businesses And Senators Say Federal THC Ban Will Hurt The State’s Economy
“Senator Klobuchar voted against the hemp provision because she thought it would hurt the state’s small businesses.” By Ana Radelat, MinnPost Minnesota’s booming industry of intoxicating products made by hemp, including beverages and gummies, is reeling from the ban on their products that is making its way through Congress in a bill that would reopen the […]


