🇺🇸 Trump Budget Proposal Would Eliminate Federal Protections for State‑Legal Medical Cannabis Programs

The Trump administration’s budget proposal seeks to remove the long‑standing federal rider that bars the Department of Justice from interfering with state‑legal medical cannabis programs, a protection Congress has reinserted every year since it was first enacted in 2014. The proposal also calls for continuing a separate ban preventing Washington, D.C., from launching a regulated adult‑use market, while shifting funding away from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and toward DEA enforcement, a move critics argue undermines years of bipartisan progress on cannabis reform and would give federal agencies renewed authority to target compliant patients and businesses. (Ganjapreneur)

🧠 New Study Finds THC Can Disrupt Multiple Memory Systems and Create False Memories

A new Washington State University study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology finds that THC doesn’t just blur memories, it can generate false ones, with participants under its influence more likely to recall words they were never shown and struggle with everyday memory tasks like remembering to perform future actions. Researchers tested 120 regular cannabis users and found that both 20 mg and 40 mg THC doses broadly disrupted several memory systems at once, including verbal, visuospatial, prospective and source memory, suggesting even moderate amounts of THC can significantly impair how memories form and are retrieved. (ScienceDaily)

🧬 Cannabis Compounds Show Potential to Reverse the Most Common Chronic Liver Disease, New Study Finds

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reports that two non‑intoxicating cannabis compounds, CBD and CBG, significantly reduced liver fat and improved metabolic health in experimental models of metabolic dysfunction‑associated steatotic liver disease, a condition that affects roughly one‑third of adults worldwide and currently has few effective treatments. Researchers found that these cannabinoids boosted the liver’s energy reserves by increasing phosphocreatine levels and restored key cellular “clean‑up” enzymes, allowing the organ to better eliminate harmful lipids linked to inflammation, a discovery that suggests a promising plant‑based therapeutic pathway for a disease typically managed only through difficult lifestyle changes.

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🚫 Florida GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Admits He Sold Marijuana Despite Opposing Legalization

Florida congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds acknowledged for the first time that he sold small amounts of cannabis as a young adult, even though he has opposed marijuana legalization in Florida and worked to block sentencing reform in Washington, D.C., a contradiction highlighted during a CBS Miami interview in which Donalds said he made “terrible decisions” but benefited from a diversion program that cleared his record. Critics note that the same leniency that enabled his political rise is what he has sought to deny others, with Rep. Jasmine Crockett underscoring the double standard by pointing out that Donalds’s “second chance” is precisely the kind of relief he has worked to overturn for D.C. residents. (MarijuanaMoment)

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