How Little Beach Harvest Is Building Tribal Cannabis Power
Out in Southampton, where Range Rovers and summer rentals usually dominate the conversation, there’s a different kind of destination taking shape. Little Beach Harvest isn’t just another New York dispensary trying to survive a messy recreational rollout. It’s a tribally owned operation on Shinnecock territory, built with a clear purpose: create economic independence, build community, […]
Iowa Senators Approve Psilocybin Therapy Bill For PTSD Patients
An Iowa Senate panel has approved a House-passed bill to create a state-regulated therapeutic psilocybin program for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Senate Health and Human Services Committee advance the legislation from Rep. John Wills (R) in a voice vote on Thursday. The panel adopted an amendment from Sen. Dennis Guth (R) to […]
Alcohol And Tobacco Are More Damaging To Users And Society Than Marijuana Is, Government-Funded Study Concludes
Alcohol and tobacco cause far more harms to people who consume them, and to society overall, than marijuana does, according to a new government-funded study. A panel of 20 experts with professional experience with substance use issues from across Canada were asked to evaluate 16 different drugs on 10 dimensions of harm to consumers, as […]
Marijuana Reform Isn’t This White House’s Drug Policy Priority
Sara Carter, the former investigative journalist and Fox News contributor now serving as White House drug czar, has spent her early months emphasizing fentanyl, trafficking and addiction, not marijuana reform. Cannabis may still move through federal channels, but it is clearly not the part of drug policy this White House wants to lead with. If […]
Virginia’s Cannabis Sales Legalization Bill Gives An Unfair Head Start To Existing Big Businesses (Op-Ed)
“Catching a market in motion is fundamentally harder than entering one that has not started yet.” By Max Jackson, Cannabis Wise Guys Imagine a race track. Five cars are already on it—tuned, tested, crewed and running laps at two hundred miles an hour. They have been on this track for years. Now imagine telling a […]
The FDA Is Done Ignoring CBD. Its Free Ride May Be Over
The agency has quietly sent a CBD compliance and enforcement policy to the White House for review, a move that could bring long-overdue standards to a chaotic market while opening the door to a new layer of federal control. The FDA has finally made a real move on CBD. On March 13, 2026, the agency […]
Cannabis is more morally acceptable than gambling, Americans say in poll (Newsletter: March 17, 2026)
Feds not changing worker drug testing; FDA CBD policy; PA cannabis/hemp regs bill; NM psilocybin therapy funds; Study: Legal marijuana reduces crime 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… […]
Weed at the Oscars: Luxury Cannabis, Cosmetic Surgeries and Prenups Inside the Nominees’ $350K Goodie Bags
What do you give someone who already has everything? That’s the question Distinctive Assets, the company responsible for gifting Oscar nominees, must have asked itself every year for the past 24 years. And yesterday, at the 98th Academy Awards ceremony, the answer appears to have been a rather redundant “everything”: a medley of luxury items, […]
With Marijuana Rescheduling Still Pending, Federal Workplace Drug Testing Rules Aren’t Changing, Health Agency Says
With marijuana rescheduling still left unfulfilled months after President Donald Trump ordered the process to be completed, there are no plans to update federal workplace drug policy around cannabis, according to a new filing from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In a noticed published in the Federal Register on Friday, HHS […]
Alabama Medical Marijuana Sales Near Launch After Years Of Delay
“There’s a part of me that my heart’s dancing because we are so much closer. So there’s more gratitude right now than anything.” By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector The Montgomery location of Callie’s Apothecary does not look like much. But standing on the concrete floors and surrounded by metal beams, owner Vince Schilleci described how […]