Homeland Security head dodges marijuana custody question (Newsletter: July 19, 2019)
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DEA marijuana seizures dropped as states legalized; Study: Cannabis is alcohol substitute; FDA gets thousands of CBD comments 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... Read more
Psychedelics Decriminalization Moves Forward In Cities Around The U.S.
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Rep. James Comer (R-KY) says that he proved his political advisors wrong when he decided to champion hemp legalization. When he served as Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner before joining Congress and first contemplated “making hemp a reality,” he was told that people would conflate the crop with marijuana and he’d... Read more
Kentucky GOP Congressman Touts ‘High Hemp IQ’ Of His Constituents
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Activists in Berkeley, California and Port Townsend, Washington took steps this week to get psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelics decriminalized, following in the footsteps of successful similar efforts in Denver and Oakland. In Berkeley, a decriminalization resolution advanced in a City Council committee on Wednesday, and organizers in Port... Read more
Study Explores How Different Marijuana Extracts Kill Types Of Cancer Cells
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News July 20, 2019 0
In news that Smokey Bear, iconic protector of all forests, would be happy to hear, research shows that reports of illegal marijuana grow operations on federally protected lands fell after states began legalizing it for adult use. “Arguably,” the study authors write, “our models hint that outright, national recreational... Read more
Texas Leaders Say Hemp Law Did Not Decriminalize Marijuana
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News July 19, 2019 0
A coalition of more than 100 marijuana businesses and industry associations sent a letter to congressional leadership on Thursday, pressing them to ensure that any cannabis reform legislation include provisions promoting social equity in the industry. The letter describes the evolution in public opinion around marijuana policy, the mass... Read more
Homeland Security Chief Won’t Say Whether Families Should Be Separated Over Marijuana
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A coalition of more than 100 marijuana businesses and industry associations sent a letter to congressional leadership on Thursday, pressing them to ensure that any cannabis reform legislation include provisions promoting social equity in the industry. The letter describes the evolution in public opinion around marijuana policy, the mass... Read more
Top Democratic Party Leader Flops With Attempted Joke About Trump Smoking Hemp
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News July 19, 2019 0
A coalition of more than 100 marijuana businesses and industry associations sent a letter to congressional leadership on Thursday, pressing them to ensure that any cannabis reform legislation include provisions promoting social equity in the industry. The letter describes the evolution in public opinion around marijuana policy, the mass... Read more
FDA is expediting CBD regulation process (Newsletter: July 15, 2019)
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Gabbard bill would study hemp uses for almost everything; Most substance abuse pros back medical marijuana; NM gov’s legalization group meets 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... Read more
Pete Buttigieg’s Racial Justice Plan Would Legalize Marijuana And Decriminalize Drug Possession
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News July 14, 2019 0
Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, released a plan to address racial injustice on Thursday that includes proposals to dramatically reform federal drug laws. The “Douglass Plan,” named after historic abolitionist Frederick Douglass, aims to dismantle “racist structures and systems” in... Read more
Congress votes to let veterans in cannabis industry get home loans (Newsletter: July 12, 2019)
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Gabbard bill would study hemp uses for almost everything; Most substance abuse pros back medical marijuana; NM gov’s legalization group meets 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... Read more
