Nevada

A tourism market, consumption lounges ahead of most states, and tight regulatory control throughout.

Jul 28, 2026

🚨 The sheriffs want the hemp bill

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.

Jun 24, 2026

⚖️ Opponents only, by the rules

DEA seated only reform's critics for the June 29th hearing, and a standing rule is why. Plus Durrett reads the two-tier order for Nevada, Perris tests cannabis billboard bans at the Ninth Circuit, and Virginia prices public use at $250.

Jun 16, 2026

🥤 A Republican lifeline for hemp drinks

Van Duyne drafts a federal carve-out for hemp drinks as the November cliff nears. Plus a Harvard witness enters the rescheduling fight, Hanna takes CANNRA, and High Tide trades up to a Big 5 bank.

Jun 9, 2026

🗳️ Idaho asks voters to lock their own door

Idaho's legislature put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot asking voters to give up their own power to legalize cannabis, while Massachusetts fights a push to repeal the market its voters passed. Plus Cresco's $50M bank line and who it leaves out, federal marijuana cases at a record low, and Vireo buying up the supply chain.

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 15, 2026

🧪 NJ comes for the labs

The Cannabis Regulatory Commission is using public commission discussion to do enforcement statute alone could not. Collins pulls Patel onto Maine grow houses. The House sends Veterans back to a conference room that has stripped it every year since 2015. Healey will post the deadbeats. Good Day Farm faces a second antitrust suit. The hemp clock keeps ticking.

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 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 30, 2026

🏛️ DEA's Dispensary Portal Forces Operators To Pick A Lane

Oklahoma sets a 60-day clock and Trulieve files first | South Carolina could stumble into a medical program | Indiana's $2 billion border problem travels

Apr 28, 2026

🏛️ DEA Opens The Federal Medical Lane, And Bill Barr Is Already Lining Up The Lawsuit

Medical operators get a federal protection lane with federal supervision attached | SAM retains Bill Barr to challenge Blanche's rescheduling order | Massachusetts industry organizes against a repeal effort built on misleading attacks

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 21, 2026

📊 Blanche Takes The Rescheduling Pen, Colorado Considers Beverages

Todd Blanche replaces Bondi with direct incentives to deliver on rescheduling. Colorado considers hemp beverages in bars while MPP's new data shows the arrest gap at 8-to-1.

Mar 20, 2026

🚫 Ohio Draws The Line, Washington Hesitates, Markets Keep Moving

Ohio locks in its ban, CMS tests CBD limits, and states redraw who gets to sell what

Feb 11, 2026

🚆 CCC Meltdown, Federal Seizures And Florida’s Counting Problem

Massachusetts drama, federal checkpoints, Florida court fights, and the growing hemp beverage lane. Stability is scarce. Process still matters.

Feb 9, 2026

⏳ FDA’s Hemp Clock Starts Ticking As States Tighten The Screws

Daily quick briefs start today. We’re tracking FDA deadlines, antitrust risk, revenue pressure, and where enforcement is quietly tightening across markets.

Nov 10, 2025

🥤 McConnell’s Last Deal: How Hemp Became the Shutdown’s Collateral

McConnell used the shutdown to push hemp prohibition, turning a $28 billion market into campaign collateral.

Sep 15, 2025

🌾 GOP Hemp Patchwork • RI Market Limits • Plastic Pollution Paradox

Tennessee builds a red-state hemp template, Rhode Island bets on scarcity, and packaging rules create environmental contradictions.

Aug 25, 2025

🏈 Athletes Crack Cannabis Code + $50B Economic Breakdown + EU Pharma Squeeze

Former NFL stars unlock Trump's sports obsession while our economic analysis reveals the massive wealth transfer about to reshape cannabis.

Aug 22, 2025

🔬 CRS Hemp Framework, ICE Cannabis Deportations, Google Canada Pilot

CRS hands Congress hemp regulatory roadmap while ICE weaponizes prohibition's conviction database for deportation quotas.

Jul 16, 2025

Michigan's $3.7M Cannabis Crackdown + Arkansas Hemp Victory + THC Beverages Hit $382M

Why Michigan's violation spree signals trouble for MSOs nationwide, plus the Arkansas ruling that changes everything for hemp markets...

Jul 15, 2025

📢 Florida Falters, ICE Raids Turn Deadly, and GMP Sets the Global Standard

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.