Republican-Led Bill To Legalize And Tax Marijuana Emerges As Alternative To Democratic Measures

Apr 9, 2026 | News

A new Republican-led congressional marijuana legalization bill is imminent, Marijuana Moment has learned. The measure is being framed by advocates as a compromise between simple descheduling as proposed by other GOP lawmakers and wide-ranging comprehensive legislation...

New York Regulators Approve New Rules for Hemp Products, Prohibit the Sale of Delta-8 THC

Apr 9, 2026 | News

In a Nov. 3 meeting, the New York Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved new rules for the state’s hemp program, allowing for the sale of hemp flower but prohibiting the sale of delta-8 THC products in the state. During the meeting, the CCB addressed several...

CONGRESSMAN BENTZ CALLS FOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S HELP WITH ILLEGAL MARIJUANA GROWS

Apr 9, 2026 | News, Oregon News

WASHINGTON, DC — After a brief segue into the issue of illegal marijuana grows in southern Oregon during a US House Judiciary meeting with Atorney General Merrick Garland last month, Congressman Cliff Bentz followed up with a letter to the nation’s top law...

Oregon cannabis industry jobs grew 4% in 2020

Apr 9, 2026 | Oregon News

Cannabis jobs grew 4% in Oregon in 2020, a rough year for employment generally but a landmark year for the industry as it topped $1 billion in sales for the first time. Still, other states moved past Oregon on the cannabis employment leaderboard as legalization...

Landowners risk consequences from cannabis

Apr 9, 2026 | News, Oregon News

Attention Southern Oregon agricultural property owners: Consider yourself on notice. It’s been common knowledge for some time that Jackson and Josephine counties are the scene of illegal marijuana growing. Some of them are massive operations featuring multiple...

Leaked Document Shows How Legal Weed Could Go Horribly Wrong

Apr 9, 2026 | News

As an emerging industry with sky-high revenue projections, lofty social-justice promises, and ground rules currently being written from scratch, no business in America prompts ready comparisons to Silicon Valley like legal cannabis. But though analysts project legal...