Cannabis critic mellows out on initiative to eliminate recreational marijuana
Key Points: Arizona voters won’t reconsider marijuana legalization this year Critic scrapped plan to ask voters to reconsider legalization given new shifting federal perspective New Arizona law will soon regulate marijuana advertising near schools and other child-focused areas Arizonans who enjoy marijuana recreationally won’t have to worry about it being taken away — at least […]
Marijuana Opponents File Lawsuit To Block Trump Administration’s Federal Rescheduling Move
Opponents of marijuana reform have filed a lawsuit challenging the federal cannabis rescheduling action announced by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice last month—using a law firm at which a former Trump administration attorney general is a partner. Prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association (NDASA) on […]
NORML Leads Coalition Urging Va. Gov. Not to Veto Marijuana Bills
A coalition of national and state organizations, led by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, has sent a letter to Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger urging her to allow adult-use sales legislation to become law. This legislation “respond[s] to the widespread sale of unregulated intoxicating products, the lack of consumer protections, the absence […]
Marijuana Industry Banking Access Is A ‘Quandary’ That Needs To Be Solved With Legalization, Key GOP Senator Says
The Republican senator who heads up the Banking Committee says the fact that marijuana remains illegal at the federal level while more states legalize it has created a “quandary” for cannabis businesses and banks that wish to serve them. “Congress is going to have to make it legal, because today even though the president has […]
Pennsylvania Senate Panel Approves Bill To Regulate Marijuana And Hemp, With New Amendments
A Pennsylvania Senate committee has approved a bill to create a new Cannabis Control Board (CCB) to oversee the state’s medical marijuana program and intoxicating hemp products—for the third time, with new amendments. The body could also one day oversee recreational cannabis if it is legalized in the state. The Senate Law & Justice Committee […]
North Carolina Voters Could Decide To Legalize Marijuana At The Ballot In November Under New Senate Bill
North Carolina senators have filed a new bill that, if enacted, would allow voters to decide whether to legalize marijuana for personal or medical use at the ballot box this November. The legislation, filed by Sens. Kandie Smith (D), Caleb Theodros (D), Paul Lowe Jr. (D) and Joyce Waddell (D), seeks to place two separate […]
Virginia Governor Urged to Sign Adult-Use Marijuana Sales Bill
A coalition of marijuana reform advocacy organizations and businesses is calling on Virginia’s governor not to veto legislation to legalize adult-use cannabis sales, even after lawmakers rejected her proposed changes to the measure. “Together, these bills address the real issues surrounding cannabis in the Commonwealth today: an already-existing, unregulated marijuana market operating openly across the […]
‘Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal In South Carolina,’ GOP Senator Declares As Republican Governor Candidate Calls It A ‘Gateway Drug’
A Republican South Carolina state senator says that “medical marijuana is now legal” in the state following the Trump administration’s move to enact federal rescheduling—but a GOP congressman who is running to be the next governor says he has a “problem with marijuana,” calling it a “gateway drug.” State Sen. Tom Davis (R), who has […]
Marijuana Groups Urge Virginia Governor Not To Veto Sales Legalization Bill, Even After Lawmakers Rejected Her Amendments
A coalition of marijuana reform advocacy organizations and businesses are calling on Virginia’s governor not to veto legislation to legalize recreational cannabis sales even after lawmakers rejected her proposed changes to the measure. “Together, these bills address the real issues surrounding cannabis in the Commonwealth today: an already-existing, unregulated marijuana market operating openly across the […]
White House voices concerns about cannabis’s health impact & marketing (Newsletter: May 5, 2026)
Senators talk rescheduling with Marijuana Moment; PA GOP gov candidate would veto legalization; NY cannabis farmers’ markets 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… Before you dig into today’s […]
Cannabis legalization advocates: Virginia lawmakers choose support and services over punishment for our youth
Virginia lawmakers made the right decision in rejecting Gov. Spanberger’s substitute to the cannabis retail bill. This was more than a policy disagreement; it was a necessary stand against rolling back hard-won progress on justice reform and against deepening the very inequities our commonwealth has worked so hard to undo. The way marijuana policy choices […]
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America criticizes Congress over hemp THC ban in Farm Bill
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America calls out Congress over hemp THC ban in Farm Bill. | Shutterstock The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) said the recent House of Representatives-passed Farm Bill fails to address a looming federal ban on intoxicating hemp products, calling it a “missed opportunity.” The Washington, D.C.-based trade group […]