Ohio Marijuana And Hemp Referendum Campaign Failed To Pay For Some Signatures As Promised, Petitioners Say
“Where’s our money? I worked really hard, and I want to be paid in full.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Petitioners who tried to get a hemp and marijuana referendum on Ohio’s November ballot are saying they either never got paid or only got partially paid for the signatures they collected. Lisa Flagella and […]
Texas’s On-Again, Off-Again Hemp Product Ban Causes Confusion For Businesses And Consumers
“This is what we call the ‘Texas whiplash.’ These poor guys don’t know what is going to happen one day to the next. All they want is certainty and to sell their products.” By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune Hemp flower buds and rolled joints were piled into boxes and tucked out of public view […]
Amendment to let military vets get medical cannabis approved at VA passes (Newsletter: May 15, 2026)
Anti-rescheduling provision advances in Congress; Lawmaker: “a lot” of colleagues smoke marijuana; LA medical cannabis in hospitals; Psychedelics poll 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 […]
New York’s Microbusinesses Could Save Legal Weed From Becoming Corporate Sludge
Small growers, tighter margins, and a fight against corporate sameness are shaping the next phase of New York cannabis. For years, cannabis legalization has carried the same promise: small operators, legacy growers, and community-rooted businesses would finally get a real shot at ownership. Then the market opens, capital floods in, and suddenly the people who […]
CBD Holds Potential As An ‘Anticancer Agent’ For Dogs, New Scientific Review Concludes
Studies “consistently show” that the non-intoxicating marijuana component CBD is a potential “anticancer agent across different cancer types”—and that effect applies to dogs as well as humans, according to a new systemic review of the scientific literature. Numerous studies have investigated how cannabis and its constituents may impact the symptoms and progression of cancer. The […]
Burna Boy Turned Down $5 Million to Keep Smoking. Now He’s at the World Cup.
Burna Boy turned down $5 million to keep smoking. He launched his own cannabis brand while his country still criminalizes the plant. His biggest song has “I need igbo and shayo” as its hook. Now he’s singing the World Cup anthem with Shakira. Here’s who he actually is. On May 15, 2026, Burna Boy and […]
GOP Congressman Says His Hemp Regulation Bill Faces Opposition From Alcohol, Marijuana And Prohibitionist Groups
A Republican congressman who plans to imminently file legislation to federally regulate hemp-derived products in place of a ban that’s currently scheduled to go into effect later this year says the plan faces opposition from a coalition of strange bedfellows that includes sectors of the alcohol industry, marijuana businesses and cannabis legalization opponents. Rep. Andy […]
Light It Up: Why NORML Still Matters in the 21st Century
Let’s be real: cannabis culture in 2026 looks nothing like it did even a decade ago. Dispensaries are everywhere, billion-dollar brands are flooding the market, and hashtags about legalization are more common than reefer madness headlines. For many of us, lighting up feels normal. But here’s the truth: normal didn’t just happen. It was fought […]
Lawmakers push cannabis reform on Capitol Hill (Newsletter: May 14, 2026)
Congressman: psychedelic “magic cure”; Colombia legalization; LA marijuana bill; NV casinos & cannabis report; Study: Marijuana as opioid alternative 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 tip […]
‘There Are A Lot Of People Who Smoke Cannabis In Congress,’ Lawmaker Says
A lawmaker who helps to lead the Congressional Cannabis Caucus says there are “a lot” of fellow legislators on Capitol Hill who secretly smoke marijuana. “I think there are a lot of people who smoke cannabis in Congress,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said on Wednesday. She added, however, that legalization is an important policy issue […]