AI Is Growing Your Weed Now
From robot canopy scanners to algorithmic breeders to AI-powered dispensary counters, artificial intelligence is remaking cannabis at every level. The question nobody has fully answered: does this help the people who built the culture, or does it replace them? Somewhere in Fredericton, New Brunswick, a robot is watching the weed grow. It moves along cables […]
WNBA takes cannabis off banned list & sets player endorsement rules (Newsletter: June 5, 2026)
Congressional panel: Keep testing truckers for marijuana; GOP lawmakers “troubled” over 280E tax relief; LA medical cannabis bill; AL sales start 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 […]
Anti-Marijuana Groups And Pharma Company Ask Court To Revive Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Hemp Coverage Program
A coalition of anti-marijuana groups and a cannabis-focused biopharmaceutical corporation are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration initiative to cover up to $500 worth of hemp-derived products each year for eligible Medicare patients. Last month, Judge Trevor N. McFadden dismissed the challenge to […]
White House Pushes Congress To Keep Hemp CBD Products Legal By Amending Broad Ban That’s Set To Take Effect Later This Year
The White House is making it clear that President Donald Trump wants Congress to take action to amend a law that threatens to federally recriminalize hemp-derived full-spectrum CBD products in November. The administration “welcomes the opportunity to work with the Congress to, at a minimum, update the statutory definition of final hemp-derived cannabinoid products to […]
They Already Ruined Cannabis. Now Psychedelics Are Next.
The clinical evidence is real. The valuations are not. Compass Pathways: $560 million market cap, zero revenue. MindMed: up to $2 billion, zero revenue. Even Ozempic lost half its value with $49 billion in real sales. When this bubble pops, the casualties won’t be on Wall Street. They’ll be the patients this medicine was supposed […]
How Magic Garden’s Loosie Became a Multi-Cup Winner
The Tri-State brand built its reputation one pre-roll at a time. Now, after multiple Cannabis Cup victories and recognition from MJ Unpacked, Magic Garden Botanicals is proving that consistency still matters. In a young cannabis market crowded with new brands and bold promises, earning consumer loyalty is one thing. Earning industry recognition is another. Magic […]
WNBA Removes Marijuana From Banned Substances List And Sets Rules For Player Endorsements Of Hemp CBD Products
The WNBA has officially removed marijuana from its prohibited substances list while also laying out rules for how players can invest in and promote cannabis companies. At the same time, however, the women’s basketball league is also adding several psychedelics to the list of banned drugs. As part of negotiations between the Women’s National Basketball […]
Wisconsin governor candidates pledge cannabis action if elected (Newsletter: June 4, 2026)
VA marijuana push heats up; IA gov signs medical cannabis expansion; WY AG objects to rescheduling; PA medical cannabis in hospitals bill passes 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 […]
Virginia Cannabis Commission Holds First Hearing Following Governor’s Veto Of Bill To Legalize Recreational Sales
Virginia lawmakers are gearing up for a push to include provisions to legalize recreational marijuana in budget legislation this month despite the governor’s veto of a proposal to enact the reform just weeks ago. The effort was a topic of discussion at the first meeting of the legislature’s Joint Commission to Oversee the Transition of […]
Meet Micro TDH, the Venezuelan Artist Putting Older Women Smoking Weed in His Music Videos
In the music video for “Ram Pam Pam,” Venezuelan artist Micro TDH put older women smoking weed front and center. Asked about it, he doesn’t push a position. He describes one: “It’s part of my day-to-day. I’m just reflecting my lifestyle.” Fernando Daniel Morillo Rivas, known as Micro TDH, is one of the more interesting […]