Committees in Virginia’s GOP-controlled House of Delegates on Tuesday rejected bills to start adult-use marijuana sales and create a psilocybin advisory board while rescheduling the psychedelic. A House General Laws subcommittee defeated the Senate-passed cannabis commerce legislation from Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) along party lines in a 5-3 vote.... Read more
Walking the downtown streets of a state where marijuana is legal, you might see litter from the commercial cannabis industry: castaway baggies and joint tubes that contribute to the growing global crisis of plastic waste. What’s less visible is the industry’s demand for resources like water and energy, an... Read more
A top addiction-focused medical group is calling for the decriminalization of all currently illicit drugs in the interest of public health and racial equity. The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), which has historically aligned itself with prohibitionists and resisted modest marijuana reforms, has undergone a significant evolution on... Read more
Bipartisan senators on Thursday refiled a bill to promote cannabis research for military veterans, and a congressional source close to the negotiations tells Marijuana Moment that a House companion will be introduced next week. The VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act is intended to mandate studies by the U.S. Department... Read more
A bill to legalize marijuana in Minnesota cleared its fifth Senate committee on Thursday—and it received an impassioned endorsement in testimony from the state’s celebrity former governor, Jesse Ventura. The Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy approved the legislation from Sen. Lindsey Port (D) in a 5-4 vote on Thursday.... Read more
Addiction doctors org: decrim drugs; CO marijuana energy program; Decrim on San Antonio on ballot; NE & KS medical cannabis movement; MN legalization 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... Read more
“If there was ever a better time to be a cannabis advocate on Capitol Hill, I don’t know when.” By Don Murphy, Marijuana Leadership Campaign Most drug policy activists were thrilled when Democrats took over the House in 2018 and their expectations were even higher when they took back... Read more
The psychedelics reform movement is seeing even more psychedelics reform developments, with bill introductions and votes in another set of states as lawmakers across the country continue to advance the issue. The latest iterations are coming out of Iowa, Missouri, New Hampshire and Utah. 2023 sessions have proved exceptionally... Read more
“This is sort of a backdoor way of relieving people of the penalty. And in and of itself, it would save in my mind, probably tens of millions of dollars related to those prosecutions in those incarcerations.” By Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector Supported by dozens of his fellow representatives,... Read more
As New Hampshire lawmakers work to advance marijuana legalization, a House committee met on Thursday to discuss a more modest reform to allow medical cannabis patients to grow their own plants for therapeutic use. The House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee held a hearing and received testimony... Read more
