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PolicyThe acting AG won't say whether adult-use rescheduling is coming
Todd Blanche declined to commit past April's medical-only order, days after the DEA's hearing record closed with no decision date attached.
2mo ago · 3 min read
BusinessSurterra is closing the greenhouses that supply its own stores
211 jobs and 330,000 square feet gone in Florida while all 44 dispensaries stay open — the flower has to come from somewhere.
3mo ago · 4 min read
ScienceThe NFL paid for a cannabis study. The results made the case for less stigma, not more testing.
Elite athletes told researchers cannabis beats painkillers for recovery — and that teams still won't give them a straight answer about using it.
3mo ago · 4 min read
DropsB-Real's first national hemp gummy ships to 21 states — for about 15 more weeks
KANHA and INSANE put out a 15mg Sour Black Cherry collab, sold direct into a channel Congress has already voted to close.
3mo ago · 3 min read
BusinessIllinois sold more weed than ever in the first half of 2026 — and it's still getting cheaper
Unit sales grew faster than the year before even as average prices kept sliding, six years into adult-use.
3mo ago · 3 min read
PolicyHouse Republicans are quietly drafting their own weed bill
A GOP-only proposal would strip marijuana from the federal drug schedule entirely — with none of the expungement or equity provisions Democrats have pushed for years.
3mo ago · 4 min read
BusinessHemp drinks grew 133% last year. In November, most of them become illegal.
1.6 million cases, 305,000 points of distribution, and a federal 0.4mg-per-container cap that lands on November 12.
3mo ago · 4 min read
PolicyThe DEA hearing is done. Now the paperwork fight starts.
Judge Derek Julius gave both sides until Aug. 17 to file closing briefs on rescheduling — and still won't say when he'll actually rule.
3mo ago · 4 min read
Business50 workers are losing their jobs at the plant Vireo didn't buy
The Cannabist Company is shutting its Denver grow — the old Medicine Man site — even as it sells most of its other assets to Vireo Growth.
3mo ago · 4 min read
CultureNew Jersey's cannabis sales reps just unionized. That's a first.
The Botanist's New Jersey sales team joined UFCW Local 360, pushing cannabis organizing past the grow room and the dispensary floor.
3mo ago · 3 min read
Vireo just bought Cannabist's assets in five states — for up to $35 million
Up to 25 dispensaries, a grow, and a production plant change hands as Vireo picks through another restructured MSO — and becomes the country's second-largest dispensary network on paper.
3mo ago · 4 min read
ScienceOklahoma has 13 labs left, and producers are shopping between them
An Oklahoma Watch investigation lays out how potency numbers get bought — and why the honest labs are the ones going out of business.
3mo ago · 5 min read