New Jersey Cannabis

Marijuana helps people with substance misuse disorders stay off opioids or reduce their use, maintain treatment and manage withdrawal symptoms, a new federally funded study finds. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) set out to investigate the relationship between cannabis cons...

A GOP congressman who represents California is condemning the Biden administration’s push to reschedule marijuana, as well as legislative efforts to enact bipartisan cannabis banking reform, because he says the policy changes would “prop up this immoral industry” and give a “green light to the evil ...

Two more congressional lawmakers are joining the ranks of GOP members who are challenging what they say is the “unusual” process that led the Biden administration to propose rescheduling marijuana, expressing concern about how the review was carried out and demanding answers. In a letter sent to Att...

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As part of a government effort to encourage the use of more environmentally friendly building materials, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a nearly $6.2 million grant to a nonprofit that works with hempcrete, a concrete-like material that’s made with hemp. The Nashville-base...

After years of navigating state and local officials, the county's fifth retail marijuana shop will open Sunday. Here's a look inside.

A new policy paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) calls for the decriminalization of marijuana possession as well as increased resources to treat problematic use. It also promotes taking an evidence-based approach to medical education around cannabis and its health effects. In the rep...

A new study suggests that access to medical marijuana may increase the amount of parenting that people engage in by improving patients’ health. Medical marijuana legalization (MML) “reduces inactive time and increases sleep, consistent with medical marijuana’s health benefits” the report, published ...

Just one in four marijuana businesses are profitable, according to a new survey. Yet optimism about the future of their enterprises has increased on the heels of the Biden administration’s push to reschedule marijuana. The new survey data from Whitney Economics, which was partly detailed in a public...

With Vice President Kamala Harris now positioned to win the Democratic nomination following President Joe Biden’s decision not to run for reelection, new questions have emerged about who she’ll pick as a running mate. And for advocates, the current shortlist offers reason to be optimistic about the ...

Fed transit board rescheduling warning; FL poll; OH nears rec marijuana sales; TX AG’s decrim suit dismissed; NY study: Cannabis reduces opioid use 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 a...

A national nonprofit drug policy reform group is mounting a challenge to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposal to ban two psychedelic substances. Experts say the new federal restriction would be detrimental to ongoing research initiatives. In a prehearing statement filed with DEA’s ad...

More than 3 in 4 New York State medical marijuana patients say cannabis has allowed them to reduce their intake of prescription drugs, according to a new report from the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM). That includes 2 in 3 (66 percent) who report that marijuana has specifically “reduced...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is warning that marijuana rescheduling could create a “blind spot” with respect to drug testing of federally regulated workers in safety-sensitive positions—despite assurances last month from U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that the cannab...

A new poll finds that more Americans smoke marijuana on a daily basis than drink alcohol every day—and that alcohol drinkers are more likely to say they would benefit from limiting their use than cannabis consumers are. U.S. adults who drink alcohol are nearly three times as likely to say they’d be ...

Two separate analyses of tens of thousands of public comments filed about the federal government’s plan to move marijuana to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) indicate that the bulk of submissions on the proposal came in support of cannabis reform. In fact, most commenters said mar...

Rescheduling comment period closes; House GOP blocks marijuana amendments; DeSantis’s false legalization claim; Dallas cannabis decrim 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 th...

During the initial round of the NJEDA program, 48 businesses received $250,000 grants to assist with early-stage expenses, as well as technical training.

Voters this November will likely see the first major party presidential candidate who supports marijuana legalization at the top of the ticket, with Vice President Kamala Harris now expected to receive the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden made the historic announcement that he is exit...

Cannabis Activist Matthew Lemke has been helping a Port Jervis couple build their case for the city to allow them to begin operations.

A GOP congressman says “I don’t care” whether rolling back the Biden administration’s marijuana rescheduling move under a potential Trump presidency would hurt the Republican party, because he feels more strongly that the modest reform would endanger public health. At the Republican National Committ...

Analysis: Marijuana to Schedule III creates 50k jobs; Poll: More Americans use cannabis every day than alcohol; Study: Cannabinoids anticancer effect 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...

A key House committee has rejected another pair of marijuana amendments from floor consideration as part of large-scale spending bills, this time blocking the proposals that would have prevented the covered agencies from using their funds to test federal job applicants for cannabis. The House Rules ...

If the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ultimately decides not to move forward with marijuana rescheduling, many small and minority-owned cannabis business will have to close shop, “resulting in major economic losses and unemployment,” according to a new industry report. But enacting the reform...

Tens of thousands of people and organizations weighed in on the federal government’s marijuana rescheduling proposal ahead of the close of public comment on Monday night. That includes governors, members of Congress, medical professionals and advocacy groups on either side of the legalization debate...

A new study on the possible therapeutic value of lesser-known compounds in cannabis says that a number of minor cannabinoids may have anticancer effects on blood cancer that warrant further study. The research, published in the journal BioFactors, looked at minor cannabinoids and multiple myeloma (M...

More than 1 in 5 patients who go to orthopedic surgeons with chronic musculoskeletal pain are using or have used some form of cannabis to manage their pain, according to a new study published this month. Of those, almost two thirds said they felt cannabis was very or somewhat effective, while more t...

A GOP senator is condemning the Biden administration over what he describes as repeated refusals from federal agencies to brief Congress on its plans and justification for rescheduling marijuana, which he argues fuels speculation that the proposed policy change is politically motivated. In a letter ...

Rescheduling comment deadline; Senators push VA on medical marijuana; OH cannabis licenses; CA psychedelics; State regulators want fed guidance 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 s...

A group of nine U.S. senators is calling on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to “expeditiously” develop a standard of care for veterans using medical marijuana and allow the department’s doctors to recommend cannabis to patients in light of the Biden administration’s proposal to reclassi...

The window to weigh in on the federal government’s proposal to move marijuana to Schedule III of the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) closes soon, but there’s still time to file comments on what could be the most significant federal cannabis policy change in decades. The 60-day public comment period k...

A group representing state-level cannabis regulators is calling on the Biden administration and the nation’s top drug enforcement official to provide a clear explanation of how rescheduling marijuana would affect federal enforcement priorities and the U.S. government’s interaction with jurisdictions...

Marijuana amendments in Congress; PA gov on legalization; DE gov signs cannabis bills; Fed cannabis moisture guidance; Marijuana as opioid alternative 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 storie...

As the Republican National Committee (RNC) convention comes to a close, a number of Republican congressional lawmakers are sharing predictions about the prospects of marijuana policy reform—including rescheduling—if President Donald Trump wins another term in White House in November. Perspectives we...

Explore the public's strong reactions to the DEA's proposal to reclassify cannabis. Over 33,000 comments showcase diverse opinions. Read now!