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Oct 3, 2025

⚖️ Michigan’s 24% Tax • Oregon Export Fight • Nebraska Cannabis Clash

Michigan’s late-night cannabis tax vote averts shutdown, Oregon revives interstate export lawsuit, and Nebraska lawmakers challenge regulators over medical rules.

Oct 2, 2025

💰 $6B Cannabis Debt Wall • Shutdown Chaos • Newsom’s Cannabis Play

Cannabis faces $6B in looming debt, Congress stalls reform in shutdown chaos, and Newsom teases national leadership while California’s market strains.

Oct 1, 2025

⚖️ Courts Gut Hemp Loophole • Michigan Tax Hammer • Nebraska Misses Deadline

Federal courts hand states the power to crush hemp, Michigan lawmakers pass a 24% wholesale tax, and Nebraska’s cannabis commission misses its launch deadline after political turmoil.

Sep 30, 2025

💊 Pharma Cannabis Nears EU Shelves • Michigan Tax Showdown • Equity Buyouts

Europe weighs cannabis extract approval as U.S. operators watch the pharma split. Michigan’s tax vote tests California lessons. San Francisco’s equity exit exposes policy flaws.

Sep 29, 2025

💊 Trump Floats Medicare CBD • Michigan Tax Grab • Illinois Hemp Ban Threat

Trump pushes Medicare CBD coverage, Michigan advances a 24% wholesale tax, and Pritzker threatens an executive hemp ban.

Sep 26, 2025

🧪 THC Testing Scandal • Minnesota Cannabis Fest • 280E Tax Blow

High Times exposes systemic THC potency inflation, regulators crack down, and lawsuits pile up - threatening industry credibility during critical reform negotiations.

Sep 25, 2025

🔍 Colorado Random Testing • Michigan Surveillance Push • Cannabis + AI

Colorado launches random shelf testing, Michigan floats real-time surveillance, Virginia eyes 2026 sales, and cannabis could become America’s first AI-native industry.

Sep 24, 2025

📜 Trump’s Tariffs Hit Rolling Papers • MA Kids & Hemp • McConnell vs. Farmers

Trump’s India tariffs hit cannabis rolling papers, Massachusetts blames hemp for ER spikes, Kentucky farmers plead with McConnell, and Germany proves legalization doesn’t boost teen use.

Sep 23, 2025

🌿 Minnesota’s Price Shock • Tennessee’s Liquor Play • Veterans Target GOP

Minnesota’s rollout reveals $40 eighths and fragile policy math, Tennessee defends hemp with liquor law arguments, and veterans put pressure on Republicans.