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Long-Term Study of Twins Finds No Link Between Legalization, Drug Abuse

Once again the gateway theory—the belief that cannabis use leads to other drugs, popularized about 40 years ago—is being crushed by new evidence, this time finding no evidence of worsened drug abuse in legal states, using twins as controls.  A new long-term study examined sets of twins, over 4,000 individuals, and found that state legalization […]

The peculiar history of thornapple, the hallucinogenic weed that ended up in supermarket spinach

Back in Australia Plants from the Daturagenus and the closely related, woody cousin, angel’s trumpet, are widely grown for their decorative flowers around Australia. Occasionally some people deliberately consume them for their hallucinogenic effects, with misadventure requiring medical intervention not uncommon. Every year, poisons centres and emergency departments around the country are involved in managing […]

Washington State Senators Approve Marijuana Employment Protections And Social Equity Bills In Committee

A Washington State Senate committee on Tuesday approved bills to provide employment protections for adults who use marijuana and promote social equity in the cannabis industry. While Washington was among the first states to legalize marijuana for adult use, lawmakers continue to work to improve upon the law, including by recently passing legislation in committee […]

Australia Report Reveals Potential Cannabis Legalization Plan

The Australian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) recently released a proposal exploring two options on how to approach cannabis legalization. It was commissioned to explore what legalization could look like through the request of Sen. David Shoebridge (described on his Twitter page as “the devil’s lettuce daddy of Australia”) and the Australian Greens Party (also referred […]

Canadian cannabis company SNDL intimidated union-curious staff, tribunal rules

Canadian cannabis grower SNDL interfered with an off-site union informational meeting for employees working at a cultivation facility and must remedy that interference by offering workers paid, mandatory meetings with the union going forward, a provincial labor tribunal has ruled. As organized labor continues making inroads into the North American cannabis industry, the case shows […]

GOP cannabis rescheduling bill in Congress (Newsletter: February 1, 2023)

Truckers leaving workforce over marijuana; Booker on banking; DC medical cannabis expansion signed; MN legalization vote; BC drug 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 the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Hold on, just […]

For plant-touching marijuana companies, most lending options tied to property

When it comes to borrowing money as a marijuana company, most roads lead to real estate. “The industry has challenges accessing capital markets that other industries do not,” Travis Goad, managing partner at Pelorus Equity Group, said of plant-touching marijuana companies. “In a fully developed market, there’s real estate as one lending source and then […]

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