Georgia

A narrow medical program, dispensing through pharmacies, and the federal attention that drew.

Nov 5, 2026

🏛️ “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.”

Lawmakers return Monday and the hemp cap takes effect December 11th, with the Senate math, Pennsylvania, four states, Missouri’s initiative amendment and Illinois on November 12th.

Oct 30, 2026

🎃 “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”

Rep. Steve Cohen filed a bill to take cannabis out of the CSA on his way out of Congress. Plus: Georgia’s mail fight, New York’s wage board, Ohio’s hemp ban at the register.

Oct 9, 2026

📜 "But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man."

Washington will write a medical certificate its own staff doubts DEA will honor. Plus Ohio's package limits, California's Prop 64 talk, Georgia's registry and the CCC's year.

Oct 6, 2026

🥩 "Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing."

DEA's new registration form asks medical licensees whether they also handle adult-use product, a question Treasury hasn't answered. Plus Healey's no on Question 8, a New Jersey grower's untagged plants, and Georgia's October 28th delivery date.

Oct 1, 2026

📮 Georgia approves delivery. Carriers haven't.

Georgia's commission adopted delivery by USPS and private carrier Wednesday, and no carrier has said yes. Plus Pittman shuts the door on legalization this session, Washington voids remote first visits, and Lawler's industry-funded ads.

Sep 4, 2026

🖊️ Signed. The hemp clock now runs to December 11th

Trump signs the four-week hemp reprieve while synthetics keep their November date. Plus the Eleventh Circuit revives Georgia's licensing fight, a sheriff's transcript that cuts both ways, and Sonoma's drones meet a warrant.

Aug 27, 2026

🌉 California killed the two cannabis bills aimed at its own regulator

Sacramento has until Monday, and DCC already got what it wanted. Plus Georgia arrests a licensed hemp dealer before the lab report, North Carolina counts its 175 drug recognition experts, and Oregon marks down nine years of cannabis revenue.

Aug 19, 2026

🏛️ DEA asks its own judge to hurry Schedule III

Justice restores gun rights to cannabis consumers, Connecticut closes a store for good and follows the money, and 79 percent of Massachusetts Democrats say keep the law.

Aug 18, 2026

📮 Georgia asks the mail to carry medical cannabis

The state's medical commission votes September 30th on USPS and FedEx delivery to patients. Plus Yale's $111 billion estimate, DEA's seventeen-hour turnaround, and Virginia's special session push.

Aug 17, 2026

📏 Virginia's hemp cap is law, and the judge explains why he let it land

Judge Robert Ballou lets the two-milligram line land at midnight. Plus the CCC potency audit's harder questions, kratom goes Schedule I, and Stop the Repeal's chair joins The Hybrid.

Aug 7, 2026

🐑 Budd's ban finds a Democrat

Gillibrand crosses the aisle as Vance brokers and Thune warns of a wreck. Plus Newton repays $2.4 million in impact fees, the CCC reopens its testing file, and a court tells California to read its own track-and-trace data.

Aug 6, 2026

🏛️ Trump called Budd. It didn't take.

Nine cosponsors on the amendment, Cotton calling it gas-station candy, and a White House liaison promising no more delays. Plus Oklahoma's ghost-licensing case reaches the attorney who drew up the paperwork, Michigan pulls a fourth license in three weeks, and Beacon Hill mostly hasn't answered.

Jul 24, 2026

🧪 The lab report Virginia didn't run

An accredited lab pulled Virginia shelf flower and found illegal THC, microbials, and a pesticide that becomes cyanide when smoked. Plus the White House backing Barr describes, Minnesota's plan to regulate a Schedule I product, and 89 percent.

Jul 15, 2026

🏁 Rescheduling rests its case. The DEA argued against itself.

Three weeks end in Arlington with the agency's own scientist on the opposition's witness list. Plus Albany's wage board reaches Hochul, and Maryland's equity stores finally open.

Jul 2, 2026

🧪 The government defends its record, twice

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.

Jul 1, 2026

🔬 The government's own science, on the stand

Day two turned on the two-part test the government swapped mid-analysis. Plus Pennsylvania's one-man gate, Nebraska approving rules it's still fighting in court, and a Minnesota city that did the math.

Jun 29, 2026

⚖️ Rescheduling hearings begin

Inside the hearing, plus a White House hemp fix and Ohio's ban hitting a Commerce Clause wall.

Jun 26, 2026

🏦 SAFE Banking, back before the hearing

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 14, 2026

🗳️ Stop counting bills. Count votes.

The 2026 midterms will matter more for cannabis than the next bill filed in Congress, because bills only move when the political environment supplies a path. Plus: Cannabis Caucus co-chairs speak past a Republican wall, Nevada quantifies its $80 million gaming barrier, five MSOs file DEA registrations, Stitt holds an ibogaine trials bill, and Bonta files 66 felony counts against an $80 million unlicensed operation.

May 6, 2026

🚨 The White House Goes After Synthetic Hemp In Its 2026 Drug Strategy

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 27, 2026

💰 Marijuana Rescheduling: Treasury Targets 280E First

Treasury signals 280E relief and an apportionment fight for mixed cannabis operators | Trump asks Congress to carve CBD out of the November hemp ban | MMJ's CMS suit previews the agency collision Schedule III created

Apr 10, 2026

🏛️ Beacon Hill Sends Cannabis Commission Overhaul to Healey in Three Days Flat

Federal judge halts Rhode Island's cannabis lottery on Dormant Commerce Clause grounds | Roger Stone asks who inside the White House is stalling rescheduling | Whitney puts 280E damage at $2.24 billion

Apr 3, 2026

🏛️ FDA Clears CBD Path for Medicare as Missouri Hemp Ban Heads to Governor

FDA stands down for Medicare CBD pilot | Missouri hemp bill survives 7-hour filibuster | Florida's ballot fight ends, fallout begins

Mar 26, 2026

💰 Cannabis Capital Picked Survival Over Growth

Debt is keeping cannabis alive. The Army dropped its marijuana waiver. Ohio's brewers hit 10,000 supporters.

Mar 13, 2026

⚖️ Ninth Circuit Walls Off Cannabis Markets As Texas Tightens Hemp Rules

Texas reshapes hemp, a federal court reinforces state cannabis borders, and regulators face the harder work of running legal markets.