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, […]
As Ohio’s Intoxicating Hemp Product Ban Takes Effect, Business Owners Brace For Impact
“To see the governor and members of the legislature be anti-business on this front is very concerning when other states have been able to figure this out.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans who sell intoxicating hemp products are worried what the 90-day ban that goes into effect on Tuesday will mean for their […]
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 […]
From Misfit to Medical to Meme: My Cannabis Crisis of Identity
When I moved to Spain in 2002, I didn’t come for the easy attitude to cannabis, but it quickly became a reason to stay. I remember Friday afternoon in the port of Marbella, summer sunshine, rows of pristine white yachts rocking on the calm water under a blue sky, spacious bar terraces full of potted […]
Set, Setting, and Solidarity: Inside The Launch of Global Psychedelic Week
The psychedelic renaissance is in full bloom, reshaping not only scientific and medical communities but also mainstream culture. After decades of prohibition and stigma, substances like psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, and ayahuasca are being reexamined through rigorous clinical research, showing promise in treating depression, PTSD, addiction, and end-of-life anxiety. From Johns Hopkins to MAPS, leading institutions […]
Farewell, Diane Keaton: Hollywood’s Most Stylish ‘Stoner’ (Who Never Smoked)
Among cinema’s best ‘stoner’ archetypes, past or present, Diane Keaton brought to life some of the most memorable film moments where cannabis appeared naturally, without drama or moralizing. A calm, witty, and impossibly chic on-camera weed enthusiast. Annie Hall: the first stoner girl But did Diane Keaton smoke weed? Keaton left this world on October […]
The Global Cannabis Renaissance: A Long Strange 18 Year Trip Across the World’s Green Frontiers
“Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world…” Cannabis isn’t just a plant: it’s a passport. A language without borders. A seed that connects continents, cultures, and generations. It’s the smell on your clothes after a night in a dive bar in Amsterdam. It’s the sticky hash a Moroccan farmer […]