A late launch, incumbent conversions first, and a local-control fight the legislature had to override a veto to settle.
Aug 5, 2026
Budd moves to strip the hemp delay, 35 attorneys general back the November date, and marijuana's top trade group amplifies them. Plus North Carolina punts its hemp vote, and 280E goes to Tax Court.
Jul 30, 2026
The 2025 federal survey counts 21.4 million daily cannabis consumers. Plus Comer's conditional delay, Total Wine's shelf fight, and the Eighth Circuit tests Hemani.
Jul 17, 2026
Descheduling filed one day after the record closed. Plus: New Jersey revokes one license and extends Curaleaf's, Missouri hemp sues in federal court, and hemp drinks finally have a dataset.
Jul 2, 2026
The DEA hands opponents the floor as DOJ's stay answer comes due, then breaks for the holiday. Plus Pillen signs Nebraska's rules, Delaware overrides its own governor on zoning, and the alcohol lobby moves on hemp drinks.
Jun 26, 2026
Sen. Merkley refiled SAFE Banking with a bipartisan four, days before the DEA's hearing. Plus California's $227M enforcement bet, why Stop the Repeal is every legal state's fight, and Ohio's beverage ban now running brand by brand.
May 27, 2026
Curaleaf moves toward a U.S. uplisting with a 1-for-3 reverse split. Rhode Island writes its cannabis fix and picks a chair to run it. Delaware lawmakers can't agree which channel sells the same molecule. VA puts MDMA back in a randomized trial. Illinois routes hemp through the cannabis system.
May 26, 2026
Massachusetts puts a 75 to 125 percent band on THC labels. A federal judge tosses the Medicare hemp suit. Spanberger gets a poll she did not want. Scutari moves a 200-milligram hemp bottle.
May 6, 2026
The White House targets delta-8, delta-10, THC-O, and THCP while protecting full-spectrum CBD | SAM and NDASA take Schedule III to the D.C. Circuit | Tim Scott reconsiders cannabis banking
Apr 22, 2026
Virginia's sponsors may kill the bill rather than accept Spanberger's rewrite | Delaware catches an Arizona licensing scheme | Pritzker and Beshear spend 4/20 building their cannabis records
Apr 9, 2026
Rhode Island freezes licensure on a constitutional claim | Massachusetts finally chooses governability | Cannabist and Silverpeak land in court on the same day
Apr 6, 2026
Bondi fired, rescheduling "on track." Ohio's hemp law blocked on day one. Cannabist finds the bankruptcy door cannabis wasn't supposed to have.
Mar 26, 2026
Debt is keeping cannabis alive. The Army dropped its marijuana waiver. Ohio's brewers hit 10,000 supporters.
Mar 23, 2026
Lobbying ramps up in Washington while states redraw access, pricing, and retail control in real time.
Mar 13, 2026
Texas reshapes hemp, a federal court reinforces state cannabis borders, and regulators face the harder work of running legal markets.
Jan 19, 2026
On MLK Day, a sober look at the rules that shape opportunity: hemp deadlines, rescheduling process, and a circuit split that could redraw licensing risk.
Oct 17, 2025
Minnesota dispensaries are running dry weeks after launch, Ohio’s hemp fight intensifies, and The Hybrid dives deep on hemp’s uncertain future with Pam Epstein.
Sep 16, 2025
Republicans kneecap their own president on rescheduling, California doubles down on hemp bans, Maryland courts clear the way for crackdowns, and unions quietly become cannabis’s next power brokers.
Sep 2, 2025
Emerson poll shows 65% support for nationwide legalization as Trump weighs rescheduling. California freezes its tax hike, Texas expands medical access, and cheap U.S. cannabis fuels UK smuggling networks.
Aug 29, 2025
Governor Meyer’s veto locks in a Delaware oligopoly, Connecticut hemp farmers sue, Republicans push back on rescheduling, Canadian LPs seize Europe — plus football, salmon, and Labor Day signals.
Aug 18, 2025
Regional oversupply dynamics reshape West Coast strategy as regulatory failures cascade nationwide
Aug 7, 2025
Municipal dispensaries meet federal reality while regulatory systems implode nationwide
Aug 1, 2025
Delaware’s adult-use market launches triumphantly, while New York’s regulatory failures pile up and the feds appear cool with psychedelics despite rescheduling delays
Jul 31, 2025
Mid-Atlantic launch confirms capture patterns while California's $13M program becomes bureaucratic wealth transfer...
Jul 15, 2025
Florida’s cannabis market is cracking under pressure, ICE raids in California leave one dead, and GMP certification is becoming the price of admission for global cannabis trade. Start your day with sharp insights into where the market, and regulators, are headed next.
Jul 11, 2025
Congress delays the hemp crackdown for one year, but ICE raids in California show federal cannabis risks aren’t going away. Add state-level regulatory choke points and the picture isn’t pretty.
