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California Cannabis Department Grants Nearly $20 Million to Academic Institutions

The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) granted $19,942,918 to 16 academic institutions with plans to research cannabis on April 26. The grants will be dedicated to research initiatives exploring the effectiveness of cannabis on “mental health of young people, novel cannabinoids like Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC, and a first-of-its kind study of California’s legacy cannabis […]

House Speaker Pledges To Give Marijuana Legalization Bill A Committee Vote, GOP Congresswoman Says

The Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has agreed to hold a committee debate and vote on a bill to federally legalize marijuana, the GOP congresswoman who is sponsoring the legislation says. As one condition of her support for leadership’s unrelated proposal to raise the debt ceiling and cut various federal programs, Rep. […]

Twitter Refines Weed Policy To Allow Packaged Products and More

Twitter is opening the door for advertisers of packaged weed products, the Associated Press reports, with refined changes to the announcement that it will begin allowing THC ads in addition to CBD ads last February.  The new changes will allow packaged cannabis products in ad creative and include updated medical and adult-use cannabis markets. It’s […]

GOP Senators Kill Veterans Cannabis Research Bill

Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted this week to block a bill that would have directed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct research into cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In a procedural vote on Wednesday, the Senate declined to advance the Veterans Affairs Medicinal Cannabis Research […]

Cannabis insurance bill in Congress (Newsletter: April 28, 2023)

ATF changes marijuana hiring policy; TX decrim heads to Senate; MN psychedelics task force; CA cannabis research grants; Twitter ad policy 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… Free […]

Organigram takes Canadian government to court over cannabis lozenge dispute

Canadian marijuana operator Organigram Holdings is asking a federal court to quash a Health Canada decision that the company’s popular ingestible cannabis lozenges should be classified and regulated as edibles instead of extracts. The legal challenge could have broader implications for Canada’s regulated cannabis sector and affect millions of dollars in sales of high-potency lozenges […]