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BusinessFour of the biggest MSOs each wrote a $2.5 million check to a Trump-linked PAC
New FEC filings show Trulieve, Curaleaf, Verano, and a Green Thumb subsidiary put $11.5 million into America First Agriculture Action in June — pushing industry money to Trump-connected committees past $15 million.
3mo ago · 4 min read
PolicyMissouri's hemp THC ban just got dragged into federal court
A coalition led by CBD Kratom's parent company is suing to stop HB 2641 before it wipes out the state's intoxicating-hemp market on November 12.
3mo ago · 4 min read
DropsJeeter finally lands in Ohio — made in Cincinnati, of all places
King City Gardens locked up exclusive Ohio manufacturing and distribution rights for the country's biggest pre-roll brand, with a launch weekend at its own Garden dispensaries.
3mo ago · 3 min read
DropsCuraleaf's 74th Florida shop comes with a new vape nobody's seen yet
The Edgewater dispensary opened with Curaleaf's new Select Briq 2 — a 2-gram all-in-one built to keep flower flavor from fading halfway through the cart.
3mo ago · 3 min read
CultureThe Pentagon wants troops to know: rescheduling doesn't mean you can smoke
As the DEA's hearing wrapped and legalization keeps spreading state by state, the Department of War sent a blunt reminder that none of it applies if you're in uniform.
3mo ago · 3 min read
CultureLong Beach's first equity dispensary is open — with a $350K assist from the city
Off the Charts opened on Atlantic Avenue as the first storefront licensed through Long Beach's Cannabis Equity Program — a rare case of equity grant money turning into an actual open door.
3mo ago · 3 min read
BusinessGreenlight just hit Ohio's dispensary ceiling — and brought its own factory with it
Four new stores and an in-state manufacturing buildout take the Kansas City operator to the max eight licenses Ohio allows any single company to hold.
3mo ago · 4 min read
PolicySchumer's back with full legalization — aimed straight at Trump's Schedule III
Senate Democrats reintroduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act with 17 cosponsors, betting that descheduling — not rescheduling — is the fight worth having.
3mo ago · 5 min read
DropsMissouri's newest drop is a 100mg shot — and a vape full of melted diamonds
Terrabis launched Joint Company's nano-emulsified Jelly Roll Shots alongside its new Mind Melt liquid-diamond vapes, exclusive to four of its Missouri stores.
3mo ago · 3 min read
PolicyThe DEA hearing is over. The government's own witness just handed cannabis a win.
Three weeks of testimony ended July 15 with an unexpected concession from an opposition witness — and now the fight moves from a courtroom to paperwork nobody outside D.C. will read.
3mo ago · 5 min read
DropsA penny stock just got Texas's blessing to sell you a wellness cookie
Cannabis Bioscience International's first commercial product is a menopause-and-stress cookie line, cleared to ship in Texas the same week the DEA hearing wrapped.
3mo ago · 3 min read
ScienceThe science on weed isn't settled — and that's actually the honest answer
New coverage of this year's cannabis research pulls the encouraging findings and the ones that should make heavy users pay attention into one place, especially around chronic vomiting and high-potency products.
3mo ago · 4 min read