Michigan Senators Weigh Marijuana Regulatory Reform Bills To Aid Industry Reeling From New Tax Increase
“Our members are asking this committee to assist our industry in creating market stability and thoughtful and collaborative industry planning moving forward.” By Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance Nearly two weeks after Michigan lawmakers took up legislation instituting a 24 percent tax on wholesale marijuana, members of the Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee heard testimony on multiple […]
Maryland Police Get ‘Overwhelming’ Number Of Volunteers To Smoke Marijuana And Eat Free Lunch At DUI Training For Officers
Police in Ocean City, Maryland say they received an “overwhelming” number people who want to volunteer to smoke marijuana and drive a vehicle in a controlled setting for DUI recognition training purposes—with the added promise of a free lunch for participants. Just seven hours after the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) posted on Facebook that […]
OpEd: Dear California, This Isn’t Legalization
In this powerful speech, industry leader Ben Larson critiques California’s restrictive cannabis policies and calls for smarter, more inclusive legalization that protects access to both regulated cannabis and innovative hemp-derived products. Last week, at the newly minted IgniteIt (formerly Benzinga Cannabis) California Market Spotlight, I was invited to read a letter I had written to Gavin […]
Cannabis reform is “good politics,” Trump White House official says (Newsletter: October 17, 2025)
Bernie Sanders & AOC talk marijuana; WI medical cannabis hearing; FL officials rescind medical marijuana patient IDs; Hemp regs poll; OH DUI bill 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 […]
Progress? Yes. Justice? Not Yet: Cannabis Possession Still Makes Up 20% of US Drug Arrests
While cannabis is now legal in almost half the country, thousands are still arrested in other parts of the United States simply for carrying weed. In 2024, more than 20% of drug arrests were for cannabis possession, according to NORML’s analysis of FBI Crime Data Explorer figures. To put that into perspective, last year saw […]
FBI data shows cannabis arrests are driving the drug war (Newsletter: October 16, 2025)
OK legalization ballot deadline; Fed VA official on psychedelics; Marijuana advocacy org urges industry collab; Study: Cannabis 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… Subscribers who […]
More Than 200,000 People Were Arrested For Marijuana In The U.S. Last Year, FBI Data Shows
Nearly 188,000 people were arrested over marijuana possession in the U.S. last year, according to the FBI’s latest annual crime report, and another 16,000 were booked for allegedly selling or growing cannabis. However, those figures are likely understated given inconsistencies in the federal data and questions about the agency’s methodology. The full 2024 data set […]
Fear & Loathing at the VA Pharmacy
When I hit U.S. soil after playing soldier in Germany and tasting Baghdad’s dust in 2005, I came back with souvenirs: two ticking time bombs called pharmaceuticals and alcohol. They were courteous at first—pills like little government pamphlets suggesting calm, booze like a smiling grenade—and then suddenly you’re forgetting how to breathe between doctor appointments. […]
Can Genes Predict Cannabis Use and Who’s at Higher Risk of Problems? New Study Says…
A new study in Molecular Psychiatry looked at the DNA of 131,895 people and asked two simple questions. Have you ever used cannabis? If yes, how often? Among those who had tried, frequency was analyzed in 73,374 people. The answers lined up with tiny genetic signals in brain systems tied to glutamate and the way […]
GOP senators talk cannabis consumers’ gun rights (Newsletter: October 14, 2025)
FL gov: Marijuana legalization is popular; CA gov signs cannabis & psychedelics research bill; Joe Rogan on Kamala Harris’s cannabis comments 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 […]