Incoming Kansas Governor Wants To Legalize Marijuana, Saying Trump’s Federal Move Eases The Parth For State Action
Kansas’s newly elected incoming Democratic governor has made it clear she wants to legalize marijuana, arguing that the Trump administration’s move to reschedule cannabis at the federal level will make it easier to enact reform in the state. After more than a week of uncertainty about the result of the Kansas gubernatorial election as votes […]
Missouri Hemp THC Product Ban Takes Effect, With Temporary Exemption For Beverages
“It’s just basically been a sad day… There’s some people with…multiple families relying on the income from this.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Hemp retailers across Missouri slashed prices, cleared shelves and, in some cases, gave away products this week as they prepared for a new state law restricting the sale of hemp-derived THC. Clearance […]
North Carolina Cannabis Commission Gets Advice From Oklahoma Official On Legal Market Structure And Enforcement
“We have spent the majority of our time over the last six years trying to put the worms back in the can.” By Clayton Henkel, NC Newsline Lt. Col. Mitch Smith with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs says there have been many unintended consequences in the eight years since the Sooner state […]
Higher Times With Kyle Kushman: Watch the First Three Episodes
A glassblower who outlasted the drug war, a soil detective and a breeder who learned the hard way that free genetics “come with friends.” Here are the first three episodes of Higher Times with Kyle Kushman. Higher Times with Kyle Kushman is presented by CANNA. Every episode of Higher Times with Kyle Kushman runs on […]
Senate Panel Proposes Extending State Medical Marijuana Protections, Without House’s Anti-Rescheduling Provision
The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing to continue a current rider in federal law that shields state medical marijuana programs from federal interference—while also declining to join the House in supporting a separate provision that would block federal officials from advancing the Trump administration’s federal cannabis rescheduling proposal. It is additionally pressing federal officials to […]
‘Ibogaine. Remember the Name’: Trump Admin. Puts $4.9 Million Behind Psychedelic PTSD Research for Veterans
The latest federal investment brings ibogaine—yes, the Schedule I substance—one step closer to U.S. clinical trials, months after Trump signed an executive order to accelerate psychedelic research and directed at least $50 million in existing federal funds toward the effort. The Donald Trump administration is putting more federal money behind a psychedelic substance that has […]
Pennsylvania Should Legalize Marijuana In A Way That Gives Smaller Businesses A Chance To Compete (Op-Ed)
“Legalization alone does not guarantee a competitive market, and simply allowing existing companies to serve more customers would fall short of what Pennsylvania needs.” By Gabe Perlow, Tri-Mountain Pure Under Governor Josh Shapiro’s (D) leadership, we have just achieved something that hasn’t happened since the early 1990s here in Pennsylvania. The Senate has flipped to […]
Your Weed Seeds Could Become Federal Contraband on Dec. 11, Even If They Barely Contain THC.
From December 11, a cannabis seed’s legal status depends on the THC of the plant it came from. Seed banks are moving US orders offshore, breeders are turning to clones and tissue culture, and home growers in states without legal weed may have the hardest time adjusting. In October, Herbies, an online seed marketplace that […]
Partial federal hemp product ban takes effect (Newsletter: November 13, 2026)
WI gov & top lawmaker on marijuana; TX officials talk hemp & THC priorities; Joe Rogan: TX GOP lost because of cannabis; CA soil 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 […]
First Phase Of Renewed Federal Hemp Product Ban Takes Effect As Industry Pushes Congress For Regulatory Alternative
As of Thursday, it is no longer federally legal to produce or sell hemp products that contain cannabinoids that can’t be naturally produced by the cannabis plant. A broader recriminalization of hemp THC products is currently scheduled to take effect next month, though industry advocates and a bipartisan group of lawmakers—in partnership with the Trump […]