Fast licensing, checkpoint seizures, and a market that grew quicker than the rules around it.
Sep 8, 2026
The December hemp coalition gets assembled product by product, and every ally arrives with a condition. Plus Maryland's rules go final with six days of runway, New Mexico operators itemize the cutover, and Switzerland's pharmacy pilot reports in.
Sep 3, 2026
Not guilty twice in Boston, in three and a half hours. Plus the two lobbies name their December terms, Aurora's answer to Curaleaf, and New York starts paying for the tags.
Aug 25, 2026
The Senate bought hemp until December 11th and the House may take it back. Plus FDA's missing definitions, California's packaging test, and Tennessee's 99 percent.
Aug 24, 2026
Julius orders 294 corrections to the rescheduling transcript before he recommends. Plus O'Brien sues the treasurer, New Mexico flips its tracking switch, and Minnesota's hemp count falls to 46.
Aug 21, 2026
The first general-electorate number on Question 8 lands the day the repeal's funder makes his case on GBH. Plus Booker and Trump's two federal tracks, Texas hemp's third lawsuit, and Tennessee's $54 million hemp tax hole.
Jul 15, 2026
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.
Jun 10, 2026
Kentucky's House whip wants cannabis licensees prosecuted for following Beshear's medical-marijuana order. Plus Texas hemp back by court order, Ohio's veto fight, and psychedelics at the Pentagon.
May 21, 2026
A Worcester Superior Court judge says Massachusetts municipalities had to document Community Impact Fees costs under the prior statute too. Curaleaf can sue to find out if they did.
Feb 16, 2026
On Presidents’ Day, executive power meets hemp deadlines, a Massachusetts license freeze, and mounting enforcement pressure across state markets.
Feb 11, 2026
Massachusetts drama, federal checkpoints, Florida court fights, and the growing hemp beverage lane. Stability is scarce. Process still matters.
Feb 2, 2026
Michigan puts the lab lane on notice. Colorado’s vape questions tighten the supply chain story. Ohio’s hemp beverage ban hits in March, with Congress still debating the national THC math.
Jan 21, 2026
Behind calm headlines, creditors are reshaping cannabis ownership. Hemp rules harden, petitions turn criminal, and 2026 money shows early.
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 11, 2025
Abbott takes THC regulation into his own hands, New York faces a class action crisis, and states wrestle with enforcement, equity, and market structure.
Aug 15, 2025
Republicans weaponize cannabis as electoral silver bullet while Massachusetts audit reveals growing pains and international operators position for expansion.
