Congress Can Learn Lessons About The Hemp Debate From North Carolina’s Experience (Op-Ed)
“Lawmakers have an opportunity to build a regulatory framework that protects consumers while preserving access to products that millions of Americans already use.” By Chris Karazin, Carolindica Running a hemp business in North Carolina has become an exercise in navigating uncertainty. During the past year, it feels like I have spent almost as much time […]
What Happened to the Cannabis Goody Bag?
Once a symbol of abundance, the cannabis goody bag has gotten leaner. Maybe what’s disappearing isn’t just free weed, but a culture of generosity. Three years ago on 4/20, I attempted something wildly ambitious: creating a beautiful cannabis goody bag for my first live event: “Women, Writing, Weed and Wine.” Not decent or okay or […]
King Gizzard Built Its Own Festival Instead of Touring. It Starts Friday.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard headline all three nights of their own festival in the Colorado Rockies this weekend, with 24 acts, a fan-run bootlegger alley and almost nowhere left to camp. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard will play six shows in North America this year. Three of them happen this weekend, in […]
Highdro’s New Video Turns a Vegas Pool Cleaning Into a Smoke Session
The Las Vegas rapper’s new video starts with a guy showing up to clean a pool and ends somewhere else entirely. A pool maintenance worker pulls up to a job in the Las Vegas heat. Somebody in the backyard passes him something. He does not finish cleaning the pool. That’s the setup for “RAW SUMMER,” […]
Why Growers Keep Talking About Crop Steering
Growers used to react to their plants. Now they are learning to guide them. Crop steering is the framework behind that shift, and it is quietly changing how serious cultivators think about every irrigation, every feed, and every degree of climate. Something has changed in the way experienced growers talk about their gardens. A decade […]
Virginia Governor And AG Defend New Hemp Product Restrictions From Industry Lawsuit
“This new law creates clear standards for business participation in the marketplace.. My office stands ready to defend this law that will keep Virginians safe.” By Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury Seven Virginia hemp businesses are asking a federal judge to block new restrictions on consumable hemp products, arguing the changes will wipe out much of […]
Alcohol industry backs cannabis drinks legislation (Newsletter: August 12, 2026)
Senate advances bill that may complicate marijuana biz online outreach; VA explains cannabis PSA removal; MI marijuana tax repeal bill; TX hemp ruling 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 […]
Michigan GOP Lawmaker Seeks To Repeal Marijuana Tax Increase As Rising Costs Cause Businesses To Close
A Michigan Republican representative has filed legislation that would reverse a recently enacted tax increase on marijuana businesses. The new bill, from Rep. James DeSana (R) would repeal the 24 percent wholesale cannabis tax that was enacted as part of legislation negotiated by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and House and Senate leaders last year. The […]
Alcohol Retailers And Wholesalers Support Bill To Keep Hemp THC Drinks Federally Legal
Several major alcohol industry participants are backing a new bill in Congress that would exempt hemp beverages from a currently scheduled ban on THC products derived from the plant while enacting new provisions to tax and regulate the cannabis drinks like alcohol. “Appropriately dosed hemp-derived beverages belong in a regulated adult beverage marketplace, not in […]
Flock Cameras and Cannabis: Police Are Tracking Trips to Legal Weed States
By Javier Hasse and Camila Berriex Wisconsin police used a nationwide camera network to reconstruct one man’s trips to Michigan, then cited those trips in the case they built to search his car for weed. In one California town, the same company’s cameras got the plate wrong in 71% of the alerts they sent to […]