Medical access on paper, a prohibitionist enforcement posture in practice, and a market shaped by both.
Aug 20, 2026
DEA's closing brief turns the opposition's own experts into government exhibits. Plus Aurora's mid-siege shopping trip, Germany's two-week reversal, and New Hampshire's override.
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.
Jun 29, 2026
Inside the hearing, plus a White House hemp fix and Ohio's ban hitting a Commerce Clause wall.
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.
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 30, 2026
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 23, 2026
West Wing orders agencies to prepare imminent action and a new DEA hearing | Virginia sends Spanberger a clean choice on adult-use sales | South Carolina's hemp compromise collapses into conference
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 10, 2026
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
Mar 30, 2026
DOJ ghosts Congress on rescheduling. Ohio bans the drink and loses the jobs. Mississippi says no to the patients who need it most.
Mar 19, 2026
Army discipline, Ohio crackdowns, and state infighting all point to the same truth: legalization is still uneven where it matters most.
Mar 18, 2026
South Carolina, Texas, and Rhode Island reshape hemp markets while federal systems still treat cannabis as risk
Mar 4, 2026
Virginia’s market build begins, Texas campaigns on THC, and the industry’s money trail complicates the politics of rescheduling.
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 7, 2026
March 2 arguments in Hemani, hemp’s 2026 definition squeeze, DeWine’s late beverage rug pull, plus Florida margin pressure, Virginia hospitals, and UK medical guidance.
Dec 3, 2025
Michigan puts a headcount on cannabis clout, while cities, commissions, and courts tighten around hemp, equity rules, and the next phase of this market.
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.
Oct 2, 2025
Cannabis faces $6B in looming debt, Congress stalls reform in shutdown chaos, and Newsom teases national leadership while California’s market strains.
Sep 17, 2025
Oklahoma consolidates from 14,000 to 5,000 licenses, Wanda James takes on a congressional heavyweight, and legalization paradoxically fuels new waves of enforcement.
Sep 10, 2025
New York faces a school-zone class action, Abbott preps an executive order on hemp THC, and the Empire State crosses $2B in sales. Plus insights on price vs brand loyalty.
Aug 29, 2025
Governor Meyer’s veto locks in a Delaware oligopoly, Connecticut hemp farmers sue, Republicans push back on rescheduling, Canadian LPs seize Europe — plus football, salmon, and Labor Day signals.
Aug 21, 2025
Federal cannabis enforcement faces constitutional meltdown as Trump weighs rescheduling while defending restrictions courts keep rejecting.
Aug 18, 2025
Regional oversupply dynamics reshape West Coast strategy as regulatory failures cascade nationwide
Jul 24, 2025
DEA judge retirement puts rescheduling directly in Cole's hands, while Leafwell builds the plumbing for post-prohibition cannabis health care. Political winds may be shifting faster than expected.
Jul 22, 2025
Cannabis testing fraud spreads as labs game the system while Trump's DEA pick heads to confirmation vote + Hemp retail hits the brakes in Rhode Island
