Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is at the top of her list in a hypothetical “dream blunt rotation,” while also hinting that she’s had conversations with Biden administration officials about reclassifying marijuana. In an interview posted by Pod Save America on Monday, the senator... Read more
Missouri sold more than $1.4 billion worth of legal cannabis during the first year of recreational sales. That’s about $1.13 billion in adult-use purchases, according to state data released by the Department of Health and Senior Services, and another $280 million in medical marijuana transactions. The state launched legal... Read more
A Republican member of Maine’s House of Representatives is attempting to oust the state’s top marijuana regulator, claiming that Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) Director John Hudak is “unfairly and unjustly executing state law.” OCP under Hudak’s direction, according to Rep. David Boyer (R), has inconsistently applied regulations, set... Read more
FDA psychedelics; DE marijuana rules; NY homegrow; SD cannabis worker protections gutted; NJ $1B projection; NM psilocybin; FL potency cap 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... Read more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is highlighting its scientific review into marijuana that led the agency to recommend rescheduling—a process that involved a comprehensive analysis of research, as well looking at hundreds of posts on social media platforms to see how consumers described cannabis’s therapeutic impact. In its... Read more
Officials with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently joined scientists at a public meeting on next steps for conducting research to develop psychedelic medicines. During the two-day event hosted by the Reagan-Udall Foundation earlier this month, multiple FDA representatives discussed the agency’s work to promote clinical trials into... Read more
“I wish I could say I was leaving the policy space with more optimism about the future of federal policy reform. On the other hand, I know there are leaders out there, known and unknown to me, who can prove me wrong.” By Justin Strekal, “Pot Smokers’ Lobbyist” Emeritus ... Read more
“Those of us that live with chronic pain all day every day are desperately trying to ride it out. Unfortunately, not all of us will be here when product is ready.” By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector Antoine Mordican has a medical cannabis cultivation license. And he is building out... Read more
A Florida House panel has approved legislation to preemptively set potency caps on recreational marijuana ahead of a potential vote on a legalization initiative on the November ballot. The legislation, which would prohibit dispensary sales of adult-use cannabis flower with a potency of greater than 30 percent THC, cleared... Read more
