House Passes Farm Bill Including Hemp Provisions, But Without Delaying THC Product Ban Scheduled For This Year
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed large-scale agriculture legislation that contains provisions aimed at reducing regulatory burdens for producers of industrial hemp. The bill does not, however, include any language to delay or alter the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products that’s scheduled to take effect later this year. The House voted 224-200 to […]
GOP-Led Congressional Committee Votes To Block Marijuana Rescheduling, Defying Trump
A key congressional panel has voted to block the federal rescheduling of marijuana—even though the Trump administration announced last week that it is moving ahead with enacting the reform. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Thursday approved a funding bill containing a provision that, if enacted, would prevent federal […]
Indiana embraces marijuana with more than $1B sales, study finds
Indiana has some of the most stringent laws on cannabis in the country, but despite that, use among adults has consistently increased over the past decade. That is according to a new report from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, which partnered with the think tank, the RAND Corporation for the analysis. It examines Indiana’s current […]
Republicans In Congress Are Still Trying To Block Marijuana Rescheduling Even As Trump Moves Forward
Republican leaders of a powerful congressional committee are advancing legislation aimed at blocking the federal rescheduling of marijuana—even though the Trump administration announced last week that it is moving ahead with the reform. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Wednesday released the text of a funding bill containing a […]
What Are Marijuana Laws?
Marijuana laws in the United States are both complicated and unpopular. It has only gotten more popular in an era of state cannabis legalization. The United States operates with both federal and state law systems. Various states in the US have recently allowed for cannabis for both personal and medicinal purposes while marijuana remains a […]
AOC Supports Trump’s Marijuana Rescheduling Move, Even If It ‘Doesn’t Quite Make All The Wrongs Right’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) supports the Trump administration’s move to reschedule marijuana under federal law—but she also worries that enacting incremental cannabis reforms without equity and social justice measures will leave behind many people who have been harmed by criminalization. “This has always been an issue kind of at the heart of decriminalization,” the congresswoman […]
South Carolina Patients Could Get Medical Marijuana Access Under State Laws Triggered By Federal Rescheduling
South Carolina patients could get legal access to medical marijuana under a little-known state law that could be triggered by the Trump administration’s federal cannabis rescheduling move. State Sen. Tom Davis (R), who has sponsored bills to legalize medical cannabis over a number of sessions, told The Post and Courier that the federal action kicks […]
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Bill To Send People To Jail For Smoking Marijuana Near College Campuses
Louisiana lawmakers have approved a bill that threatens to send people to jail for up to one year if they smoke marijuana within 2,000 feet of a school property—including a college campus. The legislation from Rep. Gabe Firment (R) was passed by the House of Representatives in a 59-34 vote last week. HB 568, which […]
Hemp amendments stall in Congress, for now (Newsletter: April 29, 2026)
MD gov signs marijuana workplace rights bill; NC medical cannabis momentum; Study: Cannabis as ancient “core crop” 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… Hold on, just one second […]
Indiana Is ‘More Likely’ To Legalize Marijuana Now That It’s Been Federally Rescheduled, Governor Says
“You’ve got to take what’s evolved over time. [If you] stick your head in the sand, you’re generally going to make the wrong decision.” By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) has signaled a growing willingness to legalize marijuana, noting the Hoosier State is “surrounded” by states that have legalized […]
Braun willing to consider pot legalization as report finds Hoosiers spend $2B on cannabis
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday signaled a willingness to consider legalizing marijuana and cannabis products, which a new report says Hoosiers spend nearly $2 billion a year to purchase. Indiana has some of the strictest marijuana laws in the country, according to one of two reports released Wednesday by the Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks […]
Indiana spends nearly $2 billion on cannabis as legalization reconsidered
Residents of Indiana, one of the few remaining U.S. states with no legal cannabis access, spend an estimated $1.8 billion annually on the drug, according to a recent state-commissioned study. A quantification of that sizable appetite, coupled with federal marijuana rescheduling, could change Republican Gov. Mike Braun’s stance on cannabis legalization, he told reporters on […]