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One of the two original adult-use markets, running on rules that predate everyone else's.

🏛️ “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.”

Nov 5, 2026

🏛️ “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.”

Lawmakers return Monday and the hemp cap takes effect December 11th, with the Senate math, Pennsylvania, four states, Missouri’s initiative amendment and Illinois on November 12th.

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🏛️ “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.”

Nov 4, 2026

🏛️ “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.”

AP called Question 8 for No, so licensed adult-use sales continue in Massachusetts. Plus, Aurora's board backs Organigram's $401 million offer.

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📜 "But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man."

Oct 9, 2026

📜 "But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man."

Washington will write a medical certificate its own staff doubts DEA will honor. Plus Ohio's package limits, California's Prop 64 talk, Georgia's registry and the CCC's year.

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📮 Georgia approves delivery. Carriers haven't.

Oct 1, 2026

📮 Georgia approves delivery. Carriers haven't.

Georgia's commission adopted delivery by USPS and private carrier Wednesday, and no carrier has said yes. Plus Pittman shuts the door on legalization this session, Washington voids remote first visits, and Lawler's industry-funded ads.

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🧾 $4.6M rides on whether a THC lemonade is hemp

Sep 22, 2026

🧾 $4.6M rides on whether a THC lemonade is hemp

Dogtown Pioneers shareholders take 280E to the Tax Court. Plus Michigan's reference lab that can't hold a sample, Nevada's 60-gram rule and Germany's 300 tons.

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🥃 Cannabis costs $15 in one state and $52 in another. Bourbon doesn't.

Sep 20, 2026

🥃 Cannabis costs $15 in one state and $52 in another. Bourbon doesn't.

Four states that have never traded a gram with each other all charge about $18. Everywhere else, the difference is a decision somebody made, and patients are paying for it.

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⚖️ Residency gets its day at the Court

Sep 17, 2026

⚖️ Residency gets its day at the Court

Kenneth Gay was turned away in Washington and Sacramento for living in Michigan, and now the justices get the question. Plus a $2 million Michigan fine three years in the making, the store counts behind what an eighth costs, and Tyler's Law clears the House.

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🏛️ Andy Harris can't amend the hemp delay, so he's voting against the rule

Sep 1, 2026

🏛️ Andy Harris can't amend the hemp delay, so he's voting against the rule

The hemp delay is on suspension tonight, so Andy Harris is voting no on the rule that carries the rest of the week. Plus DEA's 26 questions for Colorado dispensaries, the Sand Springs affidavit, and Perullo on cross.

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⚖️ Union mandates, struck from cannabis licenses

Aug 14, 2026

⚖️ Union mandates, struck from cannabis licenses

Hawaii's hemp crackdown came with a paper trail, Ohio's customers still drive to Michigan, and the Rogers family bought Levia back. Virginia's shelves wait on a judge in Roanoke.

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🏢 Curaleaf goes hostile, and Aurora forms a committee

Aug 12, 2026

🏢 Curaleaf goes hostile, and Aurora forms a committee

A $272 million unsolicited bid meets a special committee. Plus the alcohol industry endorses the hemp beverage bill, and Virginia defends its cap in Roanoke.

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🔁 Vireo buys the wind-down

Jul 21, 2026

🔁 Vireo buys the wind-down

Cannabist's five-state liquidation becomes Vireo's 230-store map. Plus Oklahoma's reference lab races its own market, Nebraska prices entry before patients exist, and Menominee's ninth license turns scarce.

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⚖️ Standing could sink Schedule III

Jun 17, 2026

⚖️ Standing could sink Schedule III

An industry-side analysis says the D.C. Circuit could stay and reverse rescheduling if standing clears. Plus the FDA's missing hemp lines, Virginia's market caught in a data-center budget fight, and what rescheduling still hasn't done for banking.

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🏦 Trulieve didn't wait for June 29

Jun 8, 2026

🏦 Trulieve didn't wait for June 29

Trulieve carved out its adult-use business to list a medical-only company on the NYSE, the first U.S. operator on a major exchange. Plus the DEA's June 22 roster, Texas hemp back in court, and what a Michigan license is really worth.

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🧪 The label test in Massachusetts

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.

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🏛️ Trump Reschedules Medical Cannabis And Signals A New Hemp Floor On The Same Day

Apr 24, 2026

🏛️ Trump Reschedules Medical Cannabis And Signals A New Hemp Floor On The Same Day

Washington reopened every major cannabis and hemp question today and answered none of them | DOJ moves state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III while routing adult-use to a June 29th hearing | The 3 mg CMS Medicare standard is the clearest signal yet about where a revised federal hemp floor might land

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📊 Blanche Takes The Rescheduling Pen, Colorado Considers Beverages

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.

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🌿 Michigan, Virginia And Hemp Rules Show Cannabis Policy Splitting State By State

Mar 24, 2026

🌿 Michigan, Virginia And Hemp Rules Show Cannabis Policy Splitting State By State

Michigan’s tax fight, Virginia’s market design, and a hemp industry being sorted in real time

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⚖️ Ninth Circuit Walls Off Cannabis Markets As Texas Tightens 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.

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⚖️ SCOTUS, THC Insurance, And A New Hybrid Episode With Mackenzie Slade

Mar 2, 2026

⚖️ SCOTUS, THC Insurance, And A New Hybrid Episode With Mackenzie Slade

Gun rights at the Supreme Court, insurers eye THC coverage, THCA crackdowns expand, and The Hybrid drops a new episode.

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🍺 280E Reality, Federal Gun Law, And THC’s Pressure On Beer

Feb 25, 2026

🍺 280E Reality, Federal Gun Law, And THC’s Pressure On Beer

IRS posture stays firm, Virginia and Kentucky accelerate, hemp tightens, and brewers finally quantify what THC is taking.

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🥤 Liquor Stores, Hemp Caps, And A New Enforcement Mood

Feb 20, 2026

🥤 Liquor Stores, Hemp Caps, And A New Enforcement Mood

Hemp is tightening, retail is shifting, and enforcement is staying loud. Plus Illinois and Washington price compression, Texas distribution, and a reality check on Medicare CBD chatter.

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⚖️ 280E Pressure, FDA Drift, And Nebraska’s Implementation Gap

Feb 13, 2026

⚖️ 280E Pressure, FDA Drift, And Nebraska’s Implementation Gap

CRS reopens 280E debate, FDA messaging tightens, Nebraska stalls on medical rollout, and the hemp drink fight keeps escalating across state lines.

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🏛️ New York OCM’s Next Chapter, Hemp’s Federal Trapdoor, and THC Drinks Hit The Arena

Jan 27, 2026

🏛️ New York OCM’s Next Chapter, Hemp’s Federal Trapdoor, and THC Drinks Hit The Arena

New York needs boring, steady governance. Congress tightens the hemp clock. United Center tests low-dose THC beverages at scale.

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🏥 The Care Cliff Meets Cannabis Policy, Plus The Hemp Clock And New England Politics

Jan 23, 2026

🏥 The Care Cliff Meets Cannabis Policy, Plus The Hemp Clock And New England Politics

Washington rethinks cannabis in care facilities. Congress punts on hemp again. New England politics test market stability.

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🎆 Trump Marijuana Rescheduling And Hemp THC Rules Set The 2026 Agenda

Dec 31, 2025

🎆 Trump Marijuana Rescheduling And Hemp THC Rules Set The 2026 Agenda

New Year’s Eve edition. Trump’s Schedule III push heads toward publication and court, while Congress’ hemp THC crackdown forces product and channel decisions for 2026.

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