Hawaiʻi Cracks Down on Unlicensed Hemp-THC Retailers Statewide
Hawaiʻi's Department of Health has moved to pull hemp-derived THC gummies, pre-rolls and drinks off retail shelves statewide, enforcing a rule that treats these federally legal hemp products as
Federal Hemp Rewrite Threatens to Criminalize Cannabis Seed Sales
A single section buried inside the FY2026 Agriculture Appropriations Act is set to upend the American cannabis seed trade. Signed into law in November 2025, the bill redefines hemp under the
Missouri Hemp Beverage Ban Faces Delay Tied to Federal Funding Fight
Missouri's Nov. 12 deadline to pull intoxicating hemp products from store shelves is now tangled up in Washington's budget process, and the outcome could split the state's hemp market into winners
Planet 13 Posts Narrower Loss as Merger With Vireo Nears Close
Planet 13 Holdings reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $22.9 million, down 14.9% from a year earlier, but the multi-state operator's real story is margin recovery, not top-line growth. Gross
Green Thumb's Cash Discipline Sets a Bar Few Cannabis Peers Clear
Five years of cannabis market history have delivered one unambiguous lesson: revenue growth without cash generation is a trap, not a milestone. Dozens of multi-state operators chased square footage,
Nigeria Customs Seizure Exposes Cannabis and Firearms Smuggling Routes
A single flagged shipping container at Tincan Island Port has surfaced two distinct smuggling operations at once: knocked-down pump-action rifle components and a cache of cannabis-infused consumer
Verano Executives to Brief Investors on Multi-State Cannabis Strategy
Verano Holdings Corp., one of the larger vertically integrated multi-state cannabis operators trading on Cboe Canada and OTCQX under the ticker VRNO, will send members of its executive leadership
Buttigieg's Nebraska Remarks Spotlight Medical Cannabis Rollout Fight
Pete Buttigieg waded into a state-level cannabis dispute last week, telling an audience in Nebraska that marijuana's medical value has "made a difference" for people he knows personally. The former
House Extends Military Psychedelics Research, Blocks Cannabis Waiver Vote
The House of Representatives voted this week to lock in six more years of Pentagon-backed psychedelics research and to write parts of a Trump-era executive order into federal statute, even as
La Mesa Hits Its Dispensary Cap, Testing a Zoning Model
La Mesa is about to run out of room for cannabis retail. The city's 14th and final dispensary is under construction at University and 70th, and once it opens, zoning rules leave no path for another