CBD Helps Athletes Recover From Exercise But Does Not Boost Performance, Study Shows
The cannabis component CBD “supports post-exercise recovery” for athletes “but does not directly enhance performance,” according to a new scientific review. Cannabidiol “demonstrates efficacy in modulating delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and lowering concentrations of muscle damage markers (creatine kinase and myoglobin), particularly within the 48-72 hour window following intensive exercise,” the paper, published in the International […]
A Magazine From 1969 Made the Case the DEA Is Making Now. It Also Named the People Who Would Spend 57 Years Stalling.
Five years before High Times existed, a fifty-cent magazine out of a Buffalo dorm room made the exact argument the DEA just made in federal court. It also named, in 1969, the people who would spend the next half century saying we need more research first. The government’s closing brief in the marijuana rescheduling hearing […]
Addressing Cannabis Safety Issues Is A Strength, Not A Weakness, For The Legalization Movement (Op-Ed)
“Acknowledging these problems is not a concession to prohibition. Solving them is how we protect the future of cannabis access.” By Steph Sherer, Americans for Safe Access For much of the modern cannabis movement, raising concerns about safety has been politically complicated. Advocates have spent decades fighting exaggerated claims about cannabis harms, and opponents have […]
CBG Protected Memory in a Schizophrenia Model. The Reason It Worked Wasn’t the One Scientists Expected.
A preclinical study found that repeated CBG treatment prevented a long-term recognition memory impairment induced by MK-801 in male rats, an experimental model used to study cognitive deficits relevant to schizophrenia. The effect did not appear to involve restoring reduced BDNF protein levels, though changes in TrkB messenger RNA point to a possible mechanism that […]
Inside the Mushroom-and-Hemp Coffin Designed to Return Bodies to the Earth
Dutch company Loop Biotech’s Living Cocoon is a biodegradable coffin made from mycelium and recycled hemp fibers that can break down in roughly 45 days while helping return nutrients to the soil. The concept gained fresh attention after a 70-year-old woman named Carolyn became the first person in Australia to be buried in one. How […]
Magic Garden Botanicals Meets Sound System Culture
Cannabis and sound system culture have shared a history for decades. At Submersion Festival this fall, Magic Garden Botanicals’ Smoke Village continues it. Submersion Festival returns to Paradise Lakes Campground in Hammonton, New Jersey, from October 1 through 3, bringing three days of bass music to the edge of the Pine Barrens. Hosted by the […]
State Department Warns Americans Against Traveling Internationally With Marijuana Or CBD Products
The U.S. State Department is warning U.S. citizens against traveling internationally while carrying marijuana or CBD products. “U.S. citizens are subject to local laws,” the department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs said in a social media post on Tuesday. “Just because a cannabis, THC, or CBD product is legal in your home state does not mean […]
New federal cannabis banking report published (Newsletter: September 9, 2026)
Top GOP congressman: Marijuana a “gateway drug”; States with high cannabis arrests; Hemp regulation 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 Marijuana Moment possible… BREAKING: Journalism is often consumed for free, […]
Congress Should Regulate THC Products, Businessman In Both The Marijuana And Hemp Industries Says (Op-Ed)
“Eliminating a competing channel is not the same as regulating it… Responsible operators on both sides should want rules that protect consumers and make it harder for bad actors to compete.” By Dylan Raap, Upstate Elevator President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill last week that keeps the federal government funded through December 11. […]
In These Six States, More Than Half Of All Drug Arrests Were For Marijuana
The so-called “war on drugs” is mostly a war on marijuana in several U.S. states, according to a new analysis of FBI data. Last year, over half of all drug arrests were for cannabis in Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska and Wisconsin, the review by the pro-legalization advocacy group NORML shows. “In many prohibition states, […]