Maryland Police Get ‘Overwhelming’ Number Of Volunteers To Smoke Marijuana And Eat Free Lunch At DUI Training For Officers
Police in Ocean City, Maryland say they received an “overwhelming” number people who want to volunteer to smoke marijuana and drive a vehicle in a controlled setting for DUI recognition training purposes—with the added promise of a free lunch for participants. Just seven hours after the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) posted on Facebook that […]
Pennsylvania Senators Will Vote On Bipartisan Cannabis Bill To Create New Regulatory Body Next Week
Pennsylvania lawmakers are scheduled to consider a bipartisan bill next week that would create a new regulatory body to oversee the state’s existing medical cannabis program while preparing to eventually handle the adult-use market as well. About three months after the legislation was filed by Sen. Dan Laughlin (R) and 16 other members from across […]
OpEd: Dear California, This Isn’t Legalization
In this powerful speech, industry leader Ben Larson critiques California’s restrictive cannabis policies and calls for smarter, more inclusive legalization that protects access to both regulated cannabis and innovative hemp-derived products. Last week, at the newly minted IgniteIt (formerly Benzinga Cannabis) California Market Spotlight, I was invited to read a letter I had written to Gavin […]
How Genomics is Shaping the Future of Cannabis Breeding
By Angela Bacca Cannabis breeders have notoriously been reclusive and secretive, primarily as a byproduct of Prohibition. While the last century has pushed many mainstream agricultural commodities towards a more narrowed genetic pool to support monocropping and mass production, cannabis genetics were shaped by a global underground cottage market comprised of small-scale grower-breeders, smugglers, and […]
Chaos in a Jar: Field-Testing Flower for Hash
It’s a blazing hot 92-degree (33°C) day at the Casa Flor farm in Willits, California, and the first attribute of the towering cannabis plants that I take in is their ability to shade me from the sun. Two days after the autumnal equinox, the coolest place to be is down in the dirt among the […]
Cannabis reform is “good politics,” Trump White House official says (Newsletter: October 17, 2025)
Bernie Sanders & AOC talk marijuana; WI medical cannabis hearing; FL officials rescind medical marijuana patient IDs; Hemp regs poll; OH DUI bill 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 […]
Progress? Yes. Justice? Not Yet: Cannabis Possession Still Makes Up 20% of US Drug Arrests
While cannabis is now legal in almost half the country, thousands are still arrested in other parts of the United States simply for carrying weed. In 2024, more than 20% of drug arrests were for cannabis possession, according to NORML’s analysis of FBI Crime Data Explorer figures. To put that into perspective, last year saw […]
Three In Four American Voters Want Hemp To Stay Legal, With Enhanced Regulations, Poll Finds
American voters across the political spectrum are broadly supportive of keeping consumable hemp products legal and implementing certain regulations to ensure public safety and prevent youth access, according to a new poll. The survey from McLaughlin & Associates, which was commissioned by the Hemp Industry & Farmers of America (HIFA), comes amid increased debate in […]
Can Weed Mend a Broken Heart? A High Times Survival Guide
There really isn’t much of a recipe for a broken heart. We all find our own tools, our own strategies, on a path that’s rarely straightforward… or easy. “Heartbreak is a life experience that you have to go through, no matter what,” says Florencia Alcaráz, journalist and columnist for ElDiario.ar, whose ongoing work about relationships, […]
FBI data shows cannabis arrests are driving the drug war (Newsletter: October 16, 2025)
OK legalization ballot deadline; Fed VA official on psychedelics; Marijuana advocacy org urges industry collab; Study: Cannabis as opioid alternative 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… Subscribers who […]