Germany

Europe's largest legalization experiment, its clubs and pharmacies, and the reimbursement rules now deciding who the market is.

Aug 20, 2026

📜 DEA rests its case with the other side's witnesses

DEA's closing brief turns the opposition's own experts into government exhibits. Plus Aurora's mid-siege shopping trip, Germany's two-week reversal, and New Hampshire's override.

Aug 10, 2026

🗓️ December 11th. Now the House.

Sixty-one votes moved the federal hemp ban to December 11, and the House inherits the date. Square tells merchants to clear hemp by October 15 anyway, Rhode Island reopens retail licensing with the sunk costs unpaid, and a THC test can now open a child-welfare file.

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 3, 2026

🏛️ Hemp gets to December, maybe

Senate appropriators move the cliff to December 11th, and the House bill is silent. Plus Verano sues New Jersey, Virginia counts its inventory, and Trulieve's neighbors go to the county.

Jul 23, 2026

🌾 Barr and Craig move on November 12th

Their bill repeals the November ban outright instead of delaying it, and the White House is behind it. Plus North Carolina writes the ban into its own code, and Tennessee farmers stop waiting.

Jul 13, 2026

🛡️ The hemp ban gets a China sales pitch

Chad Wolf reframes the November hemp restriction as national security. Plus: Massachusetts repeal makes the ballot by 122 signatures, and DOJ builds a False Claims Act case from PPP paperwork.

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 11, 2026

🏛️ The Cannabis Control Board, revived and wounded

Laughlin's Cannabis Control Board died 27-23 when co-sponsors crossed, then revived on a reconsider. Plus a rescheduling freeze bid, three New York wins, and a study on personalized cannabis dosing.

Jun 3, 2026

🚪 Hemp's easy exits close

The Rules Committee blocks the hemp delay amendments, but the coalition isn't done. Plus Landry jails public smoking, an HHC suit hits DEA, and AYR hands three more states to its lenders.

May 28, 2026

⚖️ Indiana, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Bill Barr

Indiana, Nebraska, and Louisiana AGs went to the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday, and by Wednesday the court had consolidated their case with SAM and NDASA's. Cruz, newly the senior Texas senator after Cornyn's blowout loss, says hemp reversal is uphill. New Jersey courts split on cannabis hiring. Minnesota's omnibus hits Walz's desk. Maryland arms ATCC with seizure power.

May 19, 2026

🏛️ Congress Built This Middle

Forty-one groups tell Congress Schedule III doesn't finish the job. Plus: Connecticut's mold files show what oversight actually costs, Minnesota merges its supply chains, and Colorado still can't open a door past retail.

May 18, 2026

🩺 95%, including the kids

A Fort Lee doctor wrote cannabis authorizations for 95% of his patients, kids included, and prohibitionists now have their rescheduling exhibit. Plus Barr names who really doesn't want a hemp lane, House of Saka's Chapter 7, and Colorado can't measure its own inversion problem.

May 5, 2026

⚖️ The $1.6 Billion Question Reaches The Massachusetts SJC

Operators argue at the SJC that the SAM-funded repeal initiative is unconstitutional | The White House Drug Strategy talks tough on cannabis without mentioning Schedule III | A 320-page lawsuit names Cresco, GTI, and Verano

May 4, 2026

⚖️ Missouri Has A Cannabis Cartel, Two Cultivators Say

A class action targets the state's largest dispensary chain | DEA opens a 60-day federal door - and a disclosure trap | Virginia bets it can launch adult-use sales in eight months

Apr 29, 2026

🚦 Wisconsin Sent $36 Million In Cannabis Taxes To Illinois Last Year

Wisconsin sent $36M in cannabis taxes to Illinois in 2024 | Federal prosecutors charge 51 in Oklahoma marijuana diversion case | Hemp beverage operators face a self-policing reckoning before federal rules close the door

Apr 23, 2026

🏛️ The White House Takes Control Of Rescheduling As Virginia Forces Spanberger's Hand

West Wing orders agencies to prepare imminent action and a new DEA hearing | Virginia sends Spanberger a clean choice on adult-use sales | South Carolina's hemp compromise collapses into conference

Apr 6, 2026

🧭 The AG Is Out, The November Cliff Is Closer, and Nobody's Laying Rail

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 30, 2026

⚖️ 99 Days of Silence on Schedule III, Ohio Exports Its Hemp Economy, Mississippi Blocks Terminal Patients

DOJ ghosts Congress on rescheduling. Ohio bans the drink and loses the jobs. Mississippi says no to the patients who need it most.

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 23, 2026

🏛️ Hemp Money Hits D.C. As States Tighten Cannabis Markets

Lobbying ramps up in Washington while states redraw access, pricing, and retail control in real time.

Mar 17, 2026

💰 280E Comes Due As Washington Stalls And States Keep Building

IRS pressure hits MSOs, hemp supply tightens, and states move ahead without federal clarity.

Mar 16, 2026

🌿 Virginia Locks In Cannabis Sales, Ohio Tests Veto Power, Texas Hemp Faces March 31 Reckoning

Virginia finally builds its retail market. Ohio’s hemp fight becomes a constitutional test. Texas retailers face the real math of new hemp rules.

Feb 24, 2026

⚖️ Courts, Calendars, And A Market In Motion

Rhode Island in court, Florida resets, Ohio counts signatures, and hospitals prepare for rescheduling.

Feb 13, 2026

⚖️ 280E Pressure, FDA Drift, And Nebraska’s Implementation Gap

CRS reopens 280E debate, FDA messaging tightens, Nebraska stalls on medical rollout, and the hemp drink fight keeps escalating across state lines.