Oklahoma cannabis legalization campaign launches for 2026 ballot (Newsletter: August 7, 2025)
Poll: Marijuana consumers expect federal legalization by 2028; Study: Legal dispensaries tied to reduced opioid deaths; Ohio legal sales anniversary 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 […]
Major pharma & alcohol companies lobbied Congress on cannabis (Newsletter: August 6, 2025)
Senate panel slams Schedule I marijuana & psychedelics limitations; PA senator on legalization; MS ibogaine hearing; TX hemp poll; LSD for dog anxiety 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 […]
From Fields to Futures: Hemp’s Global Mission
From the rice paddies of Thailand to the sun-scorched plains of the American Midwest, from the green hills of Europe to the vibrant markets of South America, a quiet movement has been growing. A global cadre of visionaries has spent the last decade moving through time zones and cultures with one common thread guiding them: […]
Slightly Stoopid Lights Cannabis Joint With Laser At Texas Concert As Lawmakers Debate Hemp Ban
As Texas GOP lawmakers remain laser-focused on passing a bill to restrict hemp sales during a special legislative session, Kyle McDonald of the band Slightly Stoopid recently had a laser of his own focused on a different objective: Lighting a joint on stage with the beam of a powerful device during a set the band […]
Texas Democrats’ Walkout Over Redistricting Endangers Hemp Ban Legislation
Texas Democratic House lawmakers are leaving the state to prevent a vote on redrawing the state’s congressional district map in Republicans’ favor—a move that could lead to a stalemate on a Senate-passed bill to ban hemp products containing any THC. The cannabis legislation moved through the Senate on Friday and is now in the House’s […]
Four In Five Texas Voters Want Hemp Products To Be Regulated, Not Banned, Poll Shows As THC Prohibition Bill Stalls
As a Texas Senate-passed bill to ban consumable hemp products with any amount of THC sits in limbo in the House, a new poll shows likely voters in the state across the political spectrum aren’t on board with the policy change—with an overwhelming majority saying they support regulation over prohibition of cannabinoids. The Senate hemp […]
From The Vault: TINA TURNER (1978)
Original publication: January 1978. TINA TURNER Culture Hero The Acid Queen raps about sex, the occult and Ike By Harry Wasserman During its heyday, the Ike and Tina Turner Revue was the raunchiest show on the rock ’n’ roll circuit. Veteran bluesman Ike Turner, goateed and glum, methodically pumped the neck of his electric axe […]
Cannabis industry committee donates $1M to Trump super PAC (Newsletter: August 5, 2025)
Former DEA head predicts marijuana action; TX hemp ban; Congressional drug PSAs provision; Study: Cannabis & psychedelics treat eating disorders 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… *Rattling the […]
Nebraska Attorney General Expands Intoxicating Hemp And Delta-8 Crackdown
“The Attorney General will not sit idly by while Savage Enterprises enriches itself and its owners by endangering the health and well-being of Nebraska’s most valuable asset: its children and teenagers.” By Zach Wending, Nebraska Examiner Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers’s (R) efforts to crack down on delta-8, marijuana and other THC products crossed state […]
Lawmakers Push for Adult-Use On Top of Medical Legalization
While Slovenia moves forward with a bill to legalize medical marijuana, some lawmakers believe that’s just the beginning. That’s why members of the Freedom Movement, The Left, and the Social Democrats are stepping on the gas, having introduced a new bill to legalize adult-use cannabis, according to Marijuana Moment. The proposal from the Balkan nation […]