With Virginia’s short 2025 legislative session underway, state officials are recommending that lawmakers seal all criminal records pertaining to marijuana offenses for simple possession and revise the state’s record-sealing process around cannabis paraphernalia crimes. The Virginia State Crime Commission voted last week to approve a number of recommendations related to record sealing, including the around […]
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Elizabeth Warren Presses RFK Jr. On Marijuana Legalization And How He Would Handle Rescheduling As Trump’s Health Secretary
Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s top health agency—to reiterate his position on marijuana legalization amid the ongoing effort to federally reschedule cannabis. As the Senate proceeds with confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet picks, Warren sent a 34-page letter to Kennedy on Thursday that […]
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Missouri Lawmakers Push To Legalize Psilocybin For Mental Health Conditions And End-Of-Life Care
A Missouri Republican last week announced his intent to introduce a bill to legalize and regulate psilocybin therapy for people with certain mental health conditions, framing the proposal as an alternative path to addressing high suicide rates and trauma among the nation’s military veterans. Rep. Matt Overcast (R), a lawyer and U.S. Air Force veteran, […]
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U.S. Border Agency Urges Court To Dismiss New Mexico Marijuana Businesses’ Lawsuit Over Seizures Of State-Legal Products Because ‘Federal Law Prevails’
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from licensed New Mexico marijuana businesses who claim the agencies have been unconstitutionally seizing state-regulated marijuana products and detaining industry workers at interior checkpoints. The federal agencies’ core argument is that, as long […]
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Federal Health Officials Revise Marijuana-Related Terminology To Reflect More Nuanced View Of Cannabinoids Like THCA And Delta-8 THC
As part of a new federal workplace drug testing rule change announced last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is revising its terminology to reflect a more nuanced understanding of cannabis. Previously, HHS referred to delta-9 THC merely as “THC,” with no further specification. That failed to distinguish between delta-9 THC—which […]
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Cannabis rescheduling back in DEA leader’s hands (Newsletter: January 20, 2025)
Biden commutes drug sentences; Cannabis Caucus leader’s 2025 plan; IN & KY govs talk marijuana; VA legal sales bill advances; Yellen on psychedelics 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 […]
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Marijuana, Cocaine And Heroin: Three Drugs That Started Legal, Became Banned And Were Then Used In Medicines
“Racism and politics played a part in how we viewed them.” By Philippa Martyr, University of Western Australia Cannabis, cocaine and heroin have interesting life stories and long rap sheets. We might know them today as illicit drugs, but each was once legal. Then things changed. Racism and politics played a part in how we […]
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Marijuana Trade Group Pushes Back On Proposed Missouri Rules To Combat ‘Predatory’ Business Practices
“Seeking to protect microbusiness owners from their own decisions will only succeed in crushing that dynamism.” By Rebecca Rivas Missouri cannabis regulators and the state’s largest marijuana trade group agree that people should be banned from flooding the license lottery with applicants they recruit who are never intended to have any actual control or profits. […]
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Florida County Asks Appeals Court For Permission To Fire EMT Over Medical Marijuana Use
The former EMT for Hillsborough County was a qualified medical cannabis patient who said he suffers from anxiety, insomnia and PTSD. By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix An attorney representing Hillsborough County has filed an appeal in the state’s Second District Court of Appeal of a ruling that could have statewide implications in solidifying protections for […]
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Biden Commutes Sentences Of Nearly 2,500 People In Prison For Drug Offenses As Advocates Push More Marijuana Clemency
As one of his final acts before leaving office next week, President Joe Biden has granted another round of commutations for nearly 2,500 people incarcerated in federal prison over nonviolent drug convictions, though it’s not yet clear how many of those are serving time for offenses related to marijuana. Biden said on Friday that, with […]
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