Marijuana Moments (Newsletter)

2 days ago | marijuanamoment.net | Kyle Jaeger

Key GOP congressional lawmakers—including one member who supports marijuana legalization—don’t seem especially concerned about provisions in a new spending bill that would put much of the hemp industry in jeopardy by banning most consumable products derived from the plant. In interviews with Marijuana Moment, Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chair Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glen Thompson (R-PA), as well as Rep.

2 days ago | marijuanamoment.net | Kyle Jaeger

Attorneys for a doctor seeking to reschedule psilocybin so he can administer it to terminally ill patients are demanding an update from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which previously agreed to submit a request for a scientific review of the psychedelic from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

2 days ago | marijuanamoment.net | Kyle Jaeger

A GOP congressman says he’s “excited” to work with the Trump administration to advance psychedelics reform, expressing enthusiasm about federal health officials who appear “friendlier” to the issue compared to those who served under past presidents. In an interview with Fox News, Rep.

2 days ago | marijuanamoment.net | Kyle Jaeger

A GOP congresswoman says that while she’s concerned about “free-for-alls” with marijuana laws, she understands the importance of having a “robust” medical program—a position partly informed by her own aunt’s experience using cannabis to treat symptoms of cancer. At a town hall event in Iowa on Wednesday, a constituent who identified as a Democrat spoke to Rep.

2 days ago | marijuanamoment.net | Kyle Jaeger

The growing use of marijuana as an alternative to alcohol is putting “pressure” on the spirits industry, contributing to a decline in profits in recent years, the president of a major alcohol company with ancillary brands such as Jack Daniel’s and Woodford Reserve says. During an earnings call on Thursday, Brown-Forman Corporation CEO Lawson Whiting was asked how to account for a 5 percent decline in net sales across its portfolio of alcohol companies.