No cannabis program, a substantial hemp industry, and a state moving to bring it under control.
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 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 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 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 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 29, 2026
Surovell and Lucas float folding cannabis sales into the July 1 budget to box the governor in. Plus: Congress leans on the IRS over 280E, ATACH lawyers up for the DEA hearing, and Tennessee's THCA ban hits July 1.
May 15, 2026
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.
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
Mar 13, 2026
Texas reshapes hemp, a federal court reinforces state cannabis borders, and regulators face the harder work of running legal markets.
Mar 9, 2026
Pennsylvania faces a hemp deadline, Ohio’s drink ban heads to court, and New York’s sales surge now depends on supply.
Jan 19, 2026
On MLK Day, a sober look at the rules that shape opportunity: hemp deadlines, rescheduling process, and a circuit split that could redraw licensing risk.
Jan 8, 2026
Florida’s 2026 adult-use fight turns on court language and a signature clock. Ohio’s market posts $836M. Banks start lending. Federal hemp limits pull retail into a decision year.
Jan 5, 2026
Courts could freeze the effective date and keep 280E relief stuck on paper. Congress can raise the cost. The hemp THC cap cliff is already set for November.
Dec 30, 2025
Ohio’s rules meet a federal rewrite, a veto, and a referendum clock. Meanwhile, Schedule III moves forward and CBD definitions stay in play.
Dec 1, 2025
Congress tightens hemp THC rules, Canada cuts veterans’ cannabis, Virginia advances legal cannabis sales, and regulators from California to Kentucky feel the pressure.
Nov 25, 2025
Federal rulings and state regulators reshaped the week’s risk map while The Hybrid dropped a holiday edition to listen to on your upcoming cousin walk.
Nov 17, 2025
Washington drew a new THC line. Now states might decide what survives. Kentucky defends farmers, Michigan rethinks beverages, and Tennessee and Rhode Island pause before the next move.
Oct 28, 2025
Contamination, chaos, and control - Maine finds Chinese pesticides in legal vapes, New York stalls a $30M recall, and Ohio lawmakers rewrite what voters approved.
Oct 24, 2025
Michigan’s enforcement void attracts organized crime while lawmakers pile on new taxes. Teen vaping data arms prohibitionists, and THC beverages keep reshaping retail.
Oct 10, 2025
Governors are declaring emergencies, legislatures are split, and courts are next. States are fracturing over intoxicating hemp - and the beverage industry’s on the line.
Sep 23, 2025
Minnesota’s rollout reveals $40 eighths and fragile policy math, Tennessee defends hemp with liquor law arguments, and veterans put pressure on Republicans.
Sep 22, 2025
Cornbread Hemp takes on Tennessee’s three-tier system, Texas hemp operators outmaneuver a THC ban, and Arizona valuations show why scarcity shapes cannabis strategy.
