Everything We Know About Snoop Dogg’s Upcoming Biopic
Snoop Dogg’s life is coming to the big screen in an R-rated Universal biopic starring Jonathan Daviss and directed by Craig Brewer, with a theatrical release set for August 6, 2027. The film is expected to explore his evolution from a Long Beach rapper to a global entertainer, entrepreneur, and cannabis icon, although the exact […]
Athletes Use Cannabis in Silence: What This NFL-Backed Study Revealed
Professional and elite athletes in contact sports described using cannabis for pain, sleep, recovery, anxiety, and other reasons while often relying on teammates, online research, and trial and error instead of trusted medical guidance. Even as sports leagues relax their policies, fear of judgment, punishment, and career consequences continues to keep cannabis use largely out […]
Banning Hemp THC Products Drives Consumers Toward Licensed Marijuana Businesses, Poll Shows
With the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products looming in November, a growing number of states are enacting their own laws to ban intoxicating cannabinoid derivates. And most cannabis consumers in those jurisdictions are shifting their purchases toward licensed marijuana businesses, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD and […]
Ed Rosenthal: Nepal’s Cannabis Laws Are ‘an Insult to Shiva.’ Nixon’s War on Drugs Forced Them.
On the night of Maha Shivaratri, cannabis smoke rises over Pashupatinath as it has for centuries. Nepal sold hashish under government license until 1973, when Washington leaned on Kathmandu and the shops closed. Activist Hemant Shahi and Ed Rosenthal on the fight to give the plant back to the god it belongs to. On the […]
Stop Treating CalMag Like an Emergency Fix
Many growers treat CalMag as an emergency correction for a plant that is already showing symptoms. In soft- and RO-water systems, its more important role happens earlier: conditioning the water into a stable foundation before nutrients are added. In most commercial grows, a bottle of CalMag sits near the reservoir and gets reached for almost […]
Rhode Island Officials Will Refund Marijuana Business License Application Fees As Process Restarts Following Litigation
“We understand there may be questions about where things stand and where we are headed.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current Seventy-five prospective Rhode Island cannabis retailers will soon receive $7,500 refunds as state regulators prepare to restart the licensing process that was halted under a federal court order. The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission […]
Wisconsin Governor Pushes Congress To Keep Hemp THC Products Legal
Wisconsin’s governor is pushing congressional lawmakers to take action to “prevent mass disruption of the hemp industry” by stopping the planned federal recriminalization of hemp THC products that’s set to take effect later this year. “Hemp has become an increasingly important tool for agricultural diversification, rural economic development, and value-added manufacturing, creating new opportunities for […]
How Washington Killed the Colombian Cannabis Boom And Created the Cocaine Cartels by Accident
This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. Get yours here. In the 1970s, Colombia’s Sierra Nevada became the source of the world’s most famous cannabis. Then Washington’s War on Drugs destroyed the trade and helped create the cocaine cartels that replaced it. The Bonanza in Numbers Colombia’s first cannabis economy, at […]
Possible 2028 presidential candidate talks medical cannabis (Newsletter: July 27, 2026)
GA medical marijuana program growth; Study: Hemp in dog food; VA law kicks medical cannabis patients out of recovery housing; RI licensing litigation 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 […]
Iowa Democratic Lieutenant Governor Candidate Defends Marijuana Legalization Plan From Criticism
“The plan is to treat it much like alcohol, limit the marketing, and the advertising and put a framework and structure on it for those people that are already doing it.” By Kadin Luhmann, Iowa Capital Dispatch Dave Muhlbauer, Democratic candidate for Iowa lieutenant governor, defended gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand campaign’s cannabis legalization plan and […]