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 […]
Three In Four American Voters Want Hemp To Stay Legal, With Enhanced Regulations, Poll Finds
American voters across the political spectrum are broadly supportive of keeping consumable hemp products legal and implementing certain regulations to ensure public safety and prevent youth access, according to a new poll. The survey from McLaughlin & Associates, which was commissioned by the Hemp Industry & Farmers of America (HIFA), comes amid increased debate in […]
Can Weed Mend a Broken Heart? A High Times Survival Guide
There really isn’t much of a recipe for a broken heart. We all find our own tools, our own strategies, on a path that’s rarely straightforward… or easy. “Heartbreak is a life experience that you have to go through, no matter what,” says Florencia Alcaráz, journalist and columnist for ElDiario.ar, whose ongoing work about relationships, […]
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 […]
GOP senator pushes federal cannabis “regulatory construct” (Newsletter: October 15, 2025)
SCOTUS acts on marijuana & guns case; CA gov vetoes cannabis shipping bill; NC psychedelics; Study: Blunt smoking on the rise; OH hemp THC product ban 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 […]
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 […]
High Times Strains Of The Month: October 2025
The Strains of the Month for October features a plethora of heaters we’re sure our readers will enjoy. This lineup showcases some of the latest and greatest strains to hit the recreational market this fall. There are also a few award winners who have taken top honors at contests all over the country. This lineup […]
Ohio Judge Blocks Governor’s Hemp Product Ban From Taking Effect
“Today’s decision allows thousands of hardworking Ohio entrepreneurs to continue supporting their families and serving consumers who rely on access to safe, legal, and properly regulated hemp products.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohio stores can temporarily resume to selling intoxicating hemp products—for now. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carl Aveni granted […]
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. […]
‘Bluetoothing’: Are People Really Injecting Someone Else’s Blood to Get High?
Those of us who work as drug journalists are accustomed to witnessing the limits of human creativity, both at its most beautiful and its darkest. It’s the latter that prove most challenging to the psyche: from drugs made from human bones to urban myths of peanut butter and mayonnaise injections, the landscape of substances is, […]