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January 20, 2026
Built by a former cannabis regulator, Policy, Decoded helps operators read the policy terrain before it shifts beneath their feet.
Todayās edition starts in West Virginia, where the state has collected roughly $34 million in medical cannabis revenue and disbursed none of it, turning a statutory promise into a confidence problem for the program and the industry. We also track Floridaās Medicaid settlement money colliding with marijuana politics, the growing gap between rescheduling headlines and real-world banking access, and the narrowing window for hemp as states and retailers brace for a federal clock that keeps ticking.
Todayās edition is supported by 1440 Media. This briefing is also supported by our day job at THC Group, where we provide strategic counsel for policy, regulatory, and political headaches that do not come with clean rulebooks. Want to sponsor a future edition? Reach out!
š¦ Money collected, trust withheld
š¾ Hemp on a deadline
š§¾ Governance under pressure
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