Seizures, cease-and-desist letters, and what states do when hemp products outrun their own rules.
Aug 31, 2026
Travis County sent the hemp plaintiffs back to narrow their own order while DSHS keeps detaining product under a word its rules never define. Plus the House votes the hemp delay under suspension, and Sand Springs had a stop order.
Aug 27, 2026
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 26, 2026
The FBI counted more possession arrests last year than the year before, in a country half-legal. Plus the closed rescheduling record, the Tompkins trial, and Massachusetts reopens testing.
Aug 14, 2026
Hawaii's hemp crackdown came with a paper trail, Ohio's customers still drive to Michigan, and the Rogers family bought Levia back. Virginia's shelves wait on a judge in Roanoke.
Jul 31, 2026
California's treasurer wants Prop 64 replaced outright. Plus Virginia stands up an intoxicants unit, North Carolina nears its unamendable hemp vote, and Texas's line lands today.
Jul 28, 2026
North Carolina's law enforcement associations are pushing the House to regulate hemp before November. Plus Texas can enforce its THCA rule, and Vireo pays for Planet 13 in stock.
Jul 23, 2026
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 14, 2026
Judge Helmick's injunction reaches past the ten plaintiffs to anyone selling their products. Plus Morgan Tweet's federal framework, Pennsylvania's budget shuts the door again, and Curaleaf takes Spain's first two numbers.
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 29, 2026
Inside the hearing, plus a White House hemp fix and Ohio's ban hitting a Commerce Clause wall.
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.
Jun 23, 2026
Plus Virginia's market finally clears the legislature, out-of-state money drives Maine's repeal push, Missouri rebuilds its equity licenses, and the legal cannabis workforce shrinks for the first time.
Jun 12, 2026
North Carolina falls back to a hemp and kratom age limit after broader regulation stalled. Plus New York restores OCM's search power, Rhode Island staffs its commission, and SAM's repeal gets caught.
Jun 1, 2026
Six weeks after Schedule III, state regulators say they can't advise their own licensees, with the DEA hearing two weeks out. Plus three Republican plays to stop November's hemp ban and Robinhood's open door.
May 28, 2026
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 13, 2026
DOJ's Schedule III order leaves hemp's November cliff fully intact, and Congress just told DEA to start enforcing. A Florida ALJ reopened the MMTC scoring. Ohio puts $20M into messaging while its regulator runs on a $9M budget. Inside today.
Apr 16, 2026
Pure Oasis closes under $400K in back taxes and a $2.2M judgment | Colorado MED targets hemp inversion and $1 transfer pricing | Rhode Island appeals federal injunction halting its license lottery
Apr 14, 2026
Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division opens emergency rulemaking against licensed operators slipping hemp-derived THC into the regulated channel | Maine's House votes down medical cannabis testing for what feels like the tenth time | New Jersey redraws its hemp line but leaves liquor-store beverages in place through the federal deadline
Apr 1, 2026
SAM targets CMS in federal court. Texas smokable hemp ban takes effect. New Jersey opens multi-serving hemp drinks.
Mar 31, 2026
FDA's CBD file finally moves. New Jersey reshapes its hemp beverage channel. Michigan's 40% tax burden hits the campaign trail.
Mar 27, 2026
Virginia's equity clock is ticking. Ohio's hemp ban landed. Missouri sorts its market one threat letter at a time.
Mar 26, 2026
Debt is keeping cannabis alive. The Army dropped its marijuana waiver. Ohio's brewers hit 10,000 supporters.
Mar 18, 2026
South Carolina, Texas, and Rhode Island reshape hemp markets while federal systems still treat cannabis as risk
Mar 13, 2026
Texas reshapes hemp, a federal court reinforces state cannabis borders, and regulators face the harder work of running legal markets.
Mar 11, 2026
States move to regulate hemp drinks, courts test enforcement power, and investors react to rescheduling chatter.
