Now Is The Time for Latinos In Cannabis To Flex Our Power (Op-Ed)
“Despite carrying the consequences of criminalization, and being key sustainers of the legal industry as workers and consumers, Latinos are underrepresented as business owners in the industry.” By Jason Ortiz and Maritza Perez Medina, Latino Cannabis Alliance One of the first reported deaths resulting from the Trump administration’s renewed immigration raids in 2025 was that […]
Newly-Formed Latino Cannabis Alliance Wants Power, Not Symbolism
Launching March 31, the new national coalition says Latino communities have spent years shaping cannabis reform while being sidelined in the rooms where policy, capital and power move. Its leaders say the mission is bigger than visibility: build organized influence at the intersection of cannabis, immigration and drug policy. The Latino Cannabis Alliance is launching […]
Anti-Marijuana Groups File Lawsuit To Block Trump Administration’s Hemp CBD And THC Medicare Coverage Plan
A coalition of anti-marijuana organization is suing the Trump administration over a novel initiative set to launch this week to widen the availability of CBD and THC for certain patients by covering hemp-derived products under select federal health insurance programs. Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and nine other drug prevention groups on Monday filed a […]
Bam Margera: ‘Weed Does Not Lead To Other Drugs. It Leads To Fucking Carpentry.’
In an exclusive High Times interview, the Jackass icon and his wife Dannii Marie talk recovery, sleep, bad trips, psychedelic ceremonies and why their new brand feels less like a launch and more like a life. “Weed does not lead to other drugs,” says Bam Margera in an exclusive interview with High Times. “It leads […]
Celebrating 5 years of legal cannabis in New York (Newsletter: March 31, 2026)
White House CBD meetings; AOC slams marijuana & psychedelics scheduling; TX lawmakers’ hemp & ibogaine reviews; Cannabis taxes 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… Your good deed […]
Too High To Thrive: Excessive Cannabis Taxes Are Undermining Legal Markets (Op-Ed)
“Higher taxes do not eliminate consumer demand. They simply change where consumers buy their cannabis.” By Rodney Holcombe, LeafLink In recent piece, The New York Times editorial board called for a federal tax on cannabis and urged states to raise their own taxes to “dollars per joint, not cents.” That argument assumes cannabis is lightly […]
White House Schedules More Meetings On Cannabis Product Enforcement Policy From FDA For This Week
The White House now scheduled a total of four meetings with cannabis industry and research stakeholders this week to discuss a proposed enforcement policy for CBD products. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) under the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced earlier this month that it plans to review yet-unpublished guidance […]
Are Social Media Platforms Designed to Be Addictive? Courts Say ‘Yes’ and Order Meta and YouTube to Pay Millions
Since 2010, data show a steady rise in suicide rates and anxiety among young people.It’s hard to ignore that this timeline aligns closely with the social media boom, especially the emergence of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg created the Facebook in 2004, likely without anticipating the massive popularity it would achieve in the years to come, or […]
Trippin’ With The Ganja Traveler: Trinity County, the Emerald Triangle’s Best-Kept Secret
The first installment of a new High Times x Beard Bros x Ganja Traveler series heads to Trinity County, the overlooked edge of the Emerald Triangle where cannabis still feels rooted in land, culture, and connoisseur craft. If you only know the Emerald Triangle through Humboldt and Mendocino, Trinity County can feel like the chapter […]
Kansas Officials Are Being Sued Over Raids Against Hemp Businesses
“The lawsuit is a tactic to distract from the fact that Indy Vapes and Abilene Vape and CBD made a business decision to ignore state law.” By Maya Smith, Kansas Reflector Three smoke and vape shops are suing the state of Kansas, accusing officials of Fourth Amendment violations in a series of October raids. The […]