Five Years and $100,000 Later, New York Finally Let Me Sell Weed
After five years, two applications, six figures in expenses, and a maze of shifting rules, one New York cannabis entrepreneur finally secured a retail license—and learned how legalization can still punish the people it was supposed to help. The process to get to this point has been, in a word, farcical. From shifting goalposts to […]
Marijuana Rescheduling Foes Have ‘Pocketbook Interests,’ DOJ Says
For months, the loudest opponents of rescheduling have called reform a corporate payday. In a July 2 filing defending rescheduling, the Justice Department told a federal court the money is on the other side: the two groups trying to freeze the policy are guarding a commercial interest the drug laws were never written to protect. […]
Kristen Stewart, Psychedelics, Talking Cats, and Queer Science: The Wrong Girls Could Be This Year’s Most Promising Stoner Comedy
A case of mistaken identity and an experimental psychedelic compound give two best friends telepathic powers, setting off a bizarre chain of events involving talking cats and Danish scientists. Blending absurd humor, queer storytelling, and sci-fi elements, the film is set to hit theaters on August 14, 2026. What happens if you mix Kristen Stewart, […]
Poker, Soccer, and High Times Go All In
The summer’s biggest cultural stories are not just about winning. They are about pressure, passion, and the strange magic that happens when underground energy meets the main stage. Some summers arrive with a clean storyline. Others show up holding a stack of chips, a half-burned matchbook, and a striker built like a cheat code. This […]
Berner Talks Blueberry Caviar, Mary Jane Berlin and Instinct
Berner pulled a strain back from the scrap pile, then stood on the Mary Jane Berlin floor with 80,000 people and felt something the weed business had misplaced somewhere along the way. One of the loudest strains Berner is putting his name on this year almost didn’t make the cut. It got written off in […]
Premo Brings Its Family-First Model to Dover
The independent, Black-owned New Jersey cannabis retailer is opening its second location with a focus on hospitality, community, and a retail experience built to feel less corporate and more personal. Premo is taking its next step in New Jersey cannabis with the opening of Premo Dover, the company’s second retail location and its first expansion […]
If You Can Keep a Cannabis Mother Plant Alive, You Can Bake Sourdough
Cannabis grower and edibles pioneer Maya Elisabeth makes the case that your sourdough starter is basically a mother plant. You feed her, she feeds you, and she carries your culture across generations. A warm love letter to two of life’s simplest pleasures, and why the things that bring the most joy always seem to get […]
Former Trump Homeland Security Official Pushes Congress To Keep Hemp THC Product Ban On Track, Warning Of Chinese Threat
The former head of the Department of Homeland Security under the first Trump administration is warning lawmakers against keeping hemp THC products legal, claiming that reversing a ban that is set to take effect later this year would “undermine public health” and “embolden foreign criminal actors.” Chad Wolf, who served as acting secretary of homeland […]
Anti-cannabis measure qualifies for Massachusetts ballot (Newsletter: July 10, 2026)
Confusion about VA marijuana laws; NC gov & House speaker clash on legalization; HI medical cannabis patients’ gun rights 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 […]
Inside Hypno Seeds’ High-THC Autos
For years, growers filed autoflowers under “easy but weak.” Hypno Seeds is one of the breeders rewriting that rule, applying the same rigorous selection to its autos as its photoperiod line, and posting potency numbers to prove it. Ask a grower about autoflowers a decade ago, and the verdict rarely changed: easy to grow, not […]