“It’s very similar to how pharmaceutical drugs and other commodities are sold. When large corporations are given the chance, they will be greedy.” By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor State officials have stressed that they agree with medical marijuana patients who say the price of cannabis in New Jersey... Read more
“What we’re saying is that ours is an administrative appeal, not a lawsuit.” By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector Medical cannabis, approved by the Alabama Legislature three years ago, remains ensnared in legal disputes over the state’s licensing process. The litigation is likely to continue after several bills aimed at... Read more
“The fact that the head of one of the state’s few Black-led agencies has been scapegoated for all the challenges identified in the OGS report is unconscionable.” By Shekia Scott & Cat Packer, Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition The Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition (CRCC) is profoundly shocked and... Read more
Nebraska activists say they’ve met a key signature gathering requirement to place a pair of medical marijuana legalization initiatives on the state’s November ballot. In an email blast to supporters on Tuesday, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) said they’ve now collected valid petitions from at least five percent of... Read more
VA & DEA psychedelics developments; NH Senate president on legalization; MN marijuana expungements 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 deed... Read more
A new study by Johns Hopkins University researchers on the effects of psychedelics suggests that—contrary to some earlier evidence—a single psilocybin experience isn’t likely to make an atheist believe in God or dispel someone’s sense of free will. It may, however, inspire the belief that animals, plants or even... Read more
“It’s not real. It’s not happening. They’re liars. They don’t care.” By Bhaamati Borkhetaria, CommonWealth Beacon Even before cannabis was legalized in Massachusetts, Kijana Rose knew cannabis could make yoga a better time. Rose, 34, has been teaching ganja yoga for seven years and has been selling cannabis edibles... Read more
The cannabis levy would be the Alaska’s first-ever statewide sales tax. By James Brooks, Alaska Beacon A decade after Alaska voters legalized recreational marijuana, the Alaska Legislature is advancing the first major change to the law that opened commercial sales here. On Friday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted to... Read more
A top official with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says there’s an “unstoppable narrative” in support of advancing psychedelic medicine, with a combination of compelling personal stories of recovery and robust clinical data from studies he’s hoping to expand upon. He also said bipartisan acceptance of psychedelics... Read more
Ahead of further consideration by the New Hampshire Senate this week of a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana, the body’s president says he’s hoping the proposal fails to make it out of his chamber. “I don’t want to see it get out of the Senate, period,” Sen. Jeb Bradley... Read more
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