Rhode Island

A small, late market working in the shadow of the one next door.

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 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.

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.

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.

Jun 30, 2026

📝 Rescheduling: DEA defends what it fought

Day one put cannabis's safety on the record the D.C. Circuit will weigh. Plus two House Republicans bet against their own rescheduling block, Virginia's market becomes law, and Massachusetts braces for a repeat repeal cycle.

Jun 23, 2026

⚖️ Curaleaf wins the argument and loses the motion

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 age gates

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 10, 2026

🧨 Beshear's order, now a prosecution threat

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 27, 2026

🪙 Curaleaf moves first

Curaleaf moves toward a U.S. uplisting with a 1-for-3 reverse split. Rhode Island writes its cannabis fix and picks a chair to run it. Delaware lawmakers can't agree which channel sells the same molecule. VA puts MDMA back in a randomized trial. Illinois routes hemp through the cannabis system.

May 26, 2026

🧪 The label test in Massachusetts

Massachusetts puts a 75 to 125 percent band on THC labels. A federal judge tosses the Medicare hemp suit. Spanberger gets a poll she did not want. Scutari moves a 200-milligram hemp bottle.

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 1, 2026

🌾 House Passes Farm Bill, Hemp Deadline Holds for November

Farm Bill clears House without moving the November cap | DEA registration asks operators to disclose years of federal exposure | Trump pulls Casey Means and nominates Nicole Saphier

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 17, 2026

🧯 A Lame-Duck Freeze, A Reshaped Retail Launch, And A Hemp Bill That Tests Federalism

Massachusetts freezes cultivation before dissolution | Virginia reshapes retail | Rand Paul readies a states'-rights hemp bill

Apr 16, 2026

🚪 Pure Oasis Closes Owing $400K To DOR And $2.2M In Judgments, Colorado MED Targets Hemp Inversion

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 Tightens Its Own Marijuana Supply Chain Against Hemp Inversion

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 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 9, 2026

⚖️ Rhode Island Freezes Cannabis Licensure as Courts Settle What Washington Won't

Rhode Island freezes licensure on a constitutional claim | Massachusetts finally chooses governability | Cannabist and Silverpeak land in court on the same day

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 18, 2026

🚧 States Tighten Hemp As Washington Hesitates And The Pentagon Holds The Line

South Carolina, Texas, and Rhode Island reshape hemp markets while federal systems still treat cannabis as risk

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.

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.

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 23, 2026

🔫 Federal Risk, State Crackdowns, And A Market Under Pressure

Supreme Court gun exposure, tighter oversight in Missouri and Rhode Island, Ohio testing shifts, and Michigan’s tax squeeze redraw the operating map.