Trump’s Marijuana Rescheduling Move Could Boost South Carolina Medical Cannabis Bill, GOP Lawmaker Says
If the Department of Justice finishes the process of rescheduling marijuana as recently directed by President Donald Trump, the federal change could boost efforts to legalize medical cannabis at the state level in South Carolina, according to a GOP lawmaker. “I do think that there is going to be a change in mentality among some […]
Bipartisan Senators Push To Delay Federal Hemp THC Product Ban As Lawmakers Consider Regulatory Alternatives To Prohibition
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to give the hemp industry two more years before a federal ban on THC products would take effect, which stakeholders hope will better position them to negotiate a broader compromise with lawmakers. After President Donald Trump signed a spending bill last year with provisions that would wipe out a […]
GOP senators try to stop Trump’s cannabis rescheduling (Newsletter: January 16, 2026)
House votes to keep blocking DC marijuana sales; Key congressional committee chair: Delay hemp ban; VA cannabis sales bill filed 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… Hold on, […]
Ohio AG rejects cannabis referendum ballot petition (Newsletter: January 15, 2026)
Rand Paul & Joe Rogan talk hemp; NJ interstate marijuana commerce bill; NH psilocybin hearing; Poll: Canadian legalization support grows 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 […]
Skyworld Partners With Last Prisoner Project for Cannabis Justice
Skyworld, a New York-based cannabis brand rooted in Indigenous tradition, has announced a partnership with the Last Prisoner Project (LPP), a nonprofit focused on freeing people incarcerated due to the War on Drugs and supporting them as they rebuild their lives. The collaboration, originally announced on January 6, 2026, is positioned as a public-facing campaign […]
Key GOP Congressional Committee Chairman Pushes To Delay Hemp THC Ban, Saying It Will Hurt Farmers
The Republican chair of a key congressional committee is joining with farmers to push for a delay in the planned enactment of a federal law that threatens to recriminalize hemp-derived THC products. “The hemp industry is facing significant challenges and growing uncertainty, and is long past time for Congress to provide farmers and business owners […]
Federal hemp THC ban would be delayed for two years under new bill (Newsletter: January 14, 2026)
Fed official: Teen marijuana access down as more states legalize; NJ psilocybin bill to gov; IN legalization poll; Cannabis existential threat 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… […]
Libertarians and the Long Road to Cannabis Legalization
For decades, both Democrats and Republicans have skirted around marijuana reform, but only one party has stood firmly for full legalization since day one: the Libertarian Party. Advocacy Through the Decades The Libertarian Party and the Future of Cannabis Freedom Founded in 1971, the Libertarian Party emerged in direct contrast to President Nixon’s newly declared […]
Ohio Attorney General Rejects Cannabis Referendum Petition, Saying It’s ‘Misleading’
Ohio’s attorney general has rejected activists’ referendum petition to block parts of a restrictive marijuana and hemp law from going into effect, saying its summary is “misleading” and must be revised in order to proceed. “Upon review of the summary, we identified omissions and misstatements that, as a whole, would mislead a potential signer as […]
Inside the World’s First Plastic-Free Dispensary
It is in your food. It’s in your body. It’s in almost everything you live with, and everything you interact with, and well, it’s just not healthy. Plastic. It’s the thing that’s become so ubiquitous that most people don’t even think about it, even though it’s estimated that we are ingesting about 250 grams of […]