A new federally funded study shows that legalization of marijuana in U.S. states is associated with reduced prescriptions for opioid pain medications among commercially insured adults—indicating a possible substitution effect where patients are choosing to use cannabis instead of prescription drugs to treat pain. “These results suggest that substitution of cannabis for traditional pain medications […]
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GOP Lawmaker Files First Marijuana Bill Of New Congress, Aiming To Protect Veterans’ Medical Cannabis Access
A GOP congressman has filed the first marijuana bill of the 119th Congress, seeking to protect military veterans from losing government benefits for using medical cannabis in compliance with state law. The measure from Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) would also codify that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors are allowed to discuss the potential […]
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Hawaii Marijuana Legalization Bill Gets Approval From House Committees At Joint Hearing
A sweeping bill to legalize adult-use marijuana in Hawaii and bring together hemp and cannabis regulation under a single agency advanced on Tuesday, winning approval from a pair of House committees at a joint hearing. The measure—HB 1246, from Rep. David Tarnas (D)—was heard at a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs […]
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Top Marijuana Advocacy Organization Welcomes New Leader Who Sees ‘Opportunities To Make Progress’ In 2025
It’s the beginning of a new chapter in the cannabis policy reform movement, and as 2025 legislative sessions get underway, the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has a new leader at the helm. Lauren Daly has been named as the leading cannabis organization’s executive director. With a background in drug policy and civil rights advocacy—and years […]
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Elon Musk Says Mandatory Drug Testing For Federal Workers Is A ‘Great Idea’ As His DOGE Agency Seeks Spending Cuts Under Trump
Elon Musk, chair of the Trump administration’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), says it’s a “great idea” to mandate drug testing of federal employees as he pushes to make massive cuts to government agencies and spending. In an X post on Saturday, Joshua Steinman—a former National Security Council (NSC) official who served during […]
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Pennsylvania governor steps up cannabis legalization push (Newsletter: February 5, 2025)
Anti-marijuana amendment withdrawn; VA legal sales votes; Poll: Texans back legalization; MN study: Medical cannabis treats pain; NM psilocybin 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… Free to read […]
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Marijuana Industry Is ‘Effectively Debanked’ And ‘Forced’ To Operate On Cash, Witness Tells Senate Committee
As a Senate committee prepares to take up the issue of debanking at a hearing on Wednesday, one of the invited witnesses is proactively calling attention to marijuana industry banking access challenges under federal prohibition and urging Congress to enact bipartisan reform to address it. While the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Tim […]
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GOP Congressman Withdraws Amendment Aimed At Undermining Marijuana Rescheduling Process
A Republican congressman has withdrawn an amendment to a fentanyl-related bill that was aimed at undermining the ongoing marijuana rescheduling process. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) filed the measure this week with aims of attaching it to the underlying bill meant to ramp up fentanyl criminalization. The amendment would have stripped the U.S. attorney general’s authority […]
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Judge Gives Tennessee Hemp Industry More Time Before Statewide Product Ban Takes Effect
In dispute are rules, formulated by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, to require new testing of hemp products for delta-9 THC. By Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout The sale of popular hemp products will remain legal in Tennessee until at least June, when a legal challenge to state rules that would outlaw many best-selling products goes […]
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Both Chambers Of Virginia’s Legislature Have Now Voted To Legalize Recreational Marijuana Sales
With a vote on Tuesday by Virginia’s House of Delegates, both chambers of the legislature have now passed bills that would legalize and regulate recreational marijuana sales in the commonwealth. House members voted 53–46 to approve HB 2485, from Del. Paul Krizek (D), which would allow adults 21 and older to purchase up to 2.5 […]
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