There’s a Mountain in Morocco Where Everyone Grows Hash. The Locals Call It the Temple of the Plant. The Government Called It Illegal.
This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. Get yours here. In the Rif Mountains, Indigenous Berber farmers have grown cannabis for generations and gone to prison for it. Now the country wants their hash on the global medical cannabis market. A dispatch from Morocco’s kif country with veteran activist Abdellatif Adebibe. […]
Tennessee Will Make It Illegal To Sell THCA And Other Hemp Products Starting On July 1 Under Newly Finalized Rules
“Our focus was to faithfully implement the framework enacted by the general assembly.” By Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout A combination of state and federal rules are going to reshape Tennessee’s once-burgeoning hemp industry starting in July. Most of Tennessee’s most popular hemp-derived cannabis products, like THCA, will be illegal to sell as the Tennessee Alcoholic […]
Colorado Marijuana Official Said Size Of State’s Illegal Hemp Market ‘Would Explode Your Minds’ In Leaked Meeting Recording
“One of the problems in being first, like Colorado was, into the legalizing of cannabis, is that you have to learn all the unintended consequences and unforeseen outcomes the hard way.” By Christopher Osher, Denver Gazette via ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. A top regulator for Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division acknowledged in […]
The Telltale Spark: Spain Dismantled 1,850 Indoor Cannabis Grows by Tracking Illegal Power Hookups in 2025
Spain has increased penalties for electricity theft linked to indoor cannabis cultivation after Endesa reported a record number of illegal power hookups. In 2025 alone, the company detected 72,700 cases of fraud: about 200 daily—and dismantled nearly 1,850 illegal indoor cannabis grows. These numbers coincide with a significant legal change: starting this year, electricity fraud […]
Trump’s Drug Czar Says Marijuana Still Illegal After Schedule III Reclassification
ONDCP director Sara Carter Bailey told Newsmax this week that marijuana is “still illegal” after the April 23 rescheduling order. The line is doing a lot of work. Schedule III moved state-licensed medical cannabis into the same federal category as ketamine and Tylenol with codeine. What’s still illegal in the strict sense is everything outside […]
White House drug czar says cannabis is “still illegal” after rescheduling (Newsletter: May 11, 2026)
Study: Older adults see marijuana as Rx alternative; MN psilocybin amendment passes; LA psychedelic treatment vote; MA anti-cannabis ballot lawsuit 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… Your good […]