Oklahoma has had a robust medical marijuana market for almost ten years now. It’s become so popular that many from Texas make the trek northward to get their prescription before returning home. However, the Republican party is having an existential crisis over how it sees marijuana policy. There’s the old school, more stringent faction that […]
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), President Donald Trump’s first pick for attorney general in his second term, says he has been told that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is actively drafting a rule to complete the long-running process of rescheduling marijuana under federal law. “It’s been over a month since President Trump directed Attorney General […]
In defiance of President Donald Trump’s pro-marijuana stance, two prominent Arizona Republicans are signaling support for rolling back legal cannabis—potentially putting the state’s billion-dollar adult-use market on the chopping block. U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, both MAGA-aligned conservatives who have benefited from Trump’s endorsements, told Marijuana Moment they oppose federal marijuana rescheduling and […]
Finally, Virginia is getting a marijuana marketplace. Ever since 2021, Virginia has been in a state of limbo when it comes to marijuana. That year, cannabis became legal to possess and cultivate in the state, but when Governor Glenn Youngkin came to power, measures to create a legal marketplace for the plant were vetoed multiple […]
A Democratic congresswoman from Washington state is urging federal regulators to rethink strict drug testing rules for transportation workers that penalize legal marijuana use even when there is no evidence of impairment on the job. Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA) raised the issue earlier this month during a “member day” hearing before the House Transportation and […]
As happens every election cycle, marijuana will be on the ballot. And as also happens every election cycle, there will be people who are very not happy about this fact. Many of those voices have consolidated into a group called SAM Action. Standing for Smart Approaches to Marijuana, SAM has made some strong cases against […]
We’ve lived with Schedule I marijuana for so long that we’ve forgotten the reasons in the first place. Turns out, a new study from Harm Reduction Journal found that the federal drug policy was poorly aligned with scientific evidence. Seventeen experts analyzed 19 drugs across 18 categories that included overdose death, long-term health damage, and […]
A Republican senator said last week that the growing federal crackdown on hemp-derived THC products is being driven not just by concerns about consumer safety, but by lobbying pressure from the alcohol industry and parts of the state-legal cannabis market seeking to protect their turf. Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) […]
A renewed effort by two Republican senators to block the Trump administration from rescheduling cannabis resurfaced briefly in Washington this month, even as Congress ultimately advanced a funding package without the proposed restriction. Sens. Ted Budd of North Carolina and James Lankford of Oklahoma filed an amendment on Jan. 13 seeking to strip the executive […]
Cannabis consumers who own firearms remain in legal jeopardy under federal law, even in states where marijuana is legal—a contradiction that is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue is a federal statute that bars firearm possession by anyone deemed an “unlawful user” of a controlled substance, a category that includes marijuana under […]
