9 Steps to Winning The War on Cannabis
The cannabis industry is under siege. Here's how we fight back with sustainable strategies, partnerships, and smart advocacy. The cannabis industry is under siege. Here's how we fight back with sustainable…
Kentucky Auditor Says Democrats’ Medical Marijuana Investigation Records Requests Are ‘Intimidation Tactics’
“You could be a thin-skinned public official who shows resistance or expresses outrage when your office is expected to produce records, but it tends to undermine your credibility.”By McKenna Horsley,…
Arizona hemp industry moves to protect unlicensed retailers from criminal penalties
Because the 2018 Farm Bill draws a line between marijuana and lower-THC hemp products, hemp industry representatives say selling hemp products like delta-8 without a license doesn’t violate Arizona’s marijuana…
Arizona hemp industry moves to protect unlicensed retailers from criminal penalties
Because the 2018 Farm Bill draws a line between marijuana and lower-THC hemp products, hemp industry representatives say selling hemp products like delta-8 without a license doesn’t violate Arizona’s marijuana…
Banking on Green
Needham Bank embraces cannabis banking, offering secure, compliant financial services for an underserved, cash-heavy industry. Needham Bank embraces cannabis banking, offering secure, compliant financial services for an underserved, cash-heavy industry. Read More
Why Choosing Craft Cannabis Helps Small Farmers and Local Communities
[[{"value":" The cannabis market is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Yet amid the rush for mass production, one truth remains clear: craft cannabis, cultivated by small farmers and community-driven businesses,…
How Craft Cannabis Keeps the Culture Alive in a Corporate Market
[[{"value":" The story of cannabis has always been intertwined with community, craftsmanship, and culture. Long before legalization opened the door for corporate investment and mass production, cannabis thrived through passionate…
Why Protecting Craft Cannabis From Corporate Takeover Matters Now More Than Ever
[[{"value":" The cannabis industry has rapidly evolved from grassroots movements to a booming multi-billion-dollar economy. Legalization in many states has opened the floodgates for new businesses, but not all players…
Why Mass-Produced Cannabis Can’t Compete With Craft Quality
[[{"value":" Art by Sarah Ceniceros. Table of Contents Show The Difference Begins at CultivationTerpene Profiles: Nature’s Blueprint for QualitySmall Batch Means Consistent ExcellenceSupporting Local Economies and True EntrepreneursEnvironmental Stewardship Through…
Why Supporting Small Batch Craft Cannabis Brands Matters More Than Ever
[[{"value":" Photo by Kampus Production. The cannabis market has experienced explosive growth over the past decade. With legalization spreading across the United States, new brands and corporate players have flooded…
New cannabis dispensary co-owned by Ice-T opens in North Jersey
The Medicine Woman Jersey City dispensary had its grand opening on April 19, where various celebrity guests joined owners Charis Burrett and Ice-T. The Medicine Woman Jersey City dispensary had its…
Large-scale marijuana cultivator launching its first Kentucky facility
[[{"value":"WINCHESTER, Ky. — Momentum is growing in the state’s medical marijuana rollout. On Tuesday, one of the first large-scale cultivation operations, Cresco Labs cut the ribbon on its first Kentucky facility.What…
Cannabis Industry Builds Buzz Around 4/20
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New Hampshire: House-Backed Marijuana Reform Bills Stall in Republican-Led Senate New Hampshire: House-Backed Marijuana Reform Bills Stall in Republican-Led Senate
[["value":" House-backed legislation depenalizing adult-use marijuana possession and expanding patients’ access to medical cannabis has stalled in the state’s Republican-led Senate. Senators voted largely along party lines to table two…
The Cannabist Co. Launches Adult-Use Sales at 3rd New Jersey Dispensary
[PRESS RELEASE] – CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 22, 2025 – The Cannabist Co., one of the most experienced cultivators, manufacturers and retailers of cannabis products in the U.S., announced the kickoff of adult-use…
Potential THC Ban Puts Veterans and Disabled At Risk
[[{"value":"Avery Mack has complex regional pain syndrome, a chronic condition that causes “excruciating” pain to run through the 12-year-old’s body daily. Her only reprieve is certain hemp products, but she…
Will Texas Roll Back Hemp Product Legalization?
Six years after Texas legalized hemp products in the state, Texas lawmakers say the sales have led to abuses and safety issues and now want to reconsider the legality, NPR…
DEA MARIJUANA SCAM: As DEA Cannabis Program Implodes This 4/20, MMJ Stands Alone in Pursuit of Real Medicine
MMJ International Holdings 3 min readMMJ's DEA lawsuit continues moving through the federal courts. The 8 organizations who have been issued DEA federal cannabis registrations since 2021, all are incapable…
A year of sheriff calls to Monroe County’s 20 marijuana businesses. See the results.
Learn the reasons why Monroe County Sheriff's Office was called to the county's 20 cannabis businesses from July 31, 2023 to Aug. 1, 2024. Learn the reasons why Monroe County Sheriff's…
‘The black market is going to thrive’ | Knoxville hemp store owner reacts after bill largely banning THC-A heads to Gov. Lee’s desk
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - For months WVLT News has talked with Blom Shop owner Travis McKinney and others about a bill making headway in the state capitol.The bill, sponsored by…
The Air Jordan 1 Spools A Natural “Hemp” Edition
[[{"value":"Those who have been following Nike’s calendar for years will likely some of its typical biggest days empty-handed. Air Max Day only delivered a fraction of its usual releases, and…
Hemp dispensaries in jeopardy in Tennessee
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South Dakota leads U.S. hemp industry, though USDA report shows Texas rapidly gaining ground
South Dakota continued to expand its industrial hemp footprint in 2024 as Texas quickly gained ground, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Hemp Report released Thursday. South Dakota continued…
Prosecutorial Overreach: How can you be inebriated on hemp if hemp is not inebriating?
The line between legitimate traffic violations and prosecutorial overreach has become the center of a controversial Ohio Supreme Court case that could have profound implications for hemp users across the…
Chicago’s first queer-owned dispensary confronts hemp market challenges
[[{"value":"When Sway opened last spring in Northalsted, its founders envisioned more than a cannabis dispensary—they hoped to build a safe, stigma-free space rooted in community and equity.Kevin Hauswirth, who co-founded…
Make the high holiday work as retail aid
[[{"value":"The last year has been a brutal one for cannabis nationally, and we are feeling it right here in Massachusetts as well.Storefronts have closed, small businesses have disappeared due to…
NYC-Based Cannabis Brand Silly Nice Beats Chinese Tariffs With American-Made Packaging
[PRESS RELEASE] – NEW YORK, April 15, 2025 – As rising tariffs and supply chain disruptions continue to squeeze cannabis businesses across the country, one independently owned brand based in…
NYC-Based Cannabis Brand Silly Nice Beats Chinese Tariffs With American-Made Packaging
[PRESS RELEASE] – NEW YORK, April 15, 2025 – As rising tariffs and supply chain disruptions continue to squeeze cannabis businesses across the country, one independently owned brand based in…
Cannabis businesses in metro Detroit are getting robbed, smashed, and left to fend for themselves
[[{"value":" Update: After this story went to press, another cannabis business was targeted. The calls almost always come in the dead of night. For George Brikho, owner of Jazz Cannabis…
Some people like to drive while high on marijuana. Two AAA surveys revealed why they do it
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released the results of two studies just days before 'Weed Day' April 20 The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released the results of two studies…
Florida Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Bill To Make Medical Marijuana Cards Free For Military Veterans
A Florida House panel on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would exempt military veterans from state registration fees for medical marijuana cards, allowing them to obtain the certifications for free.The…
How One European Company Is Flooding America With Cannabis Seeds
[[{"value":"While U.S. cannabis companies fight over dispensary licenses, banking reform and federal decriminalization, a quieter revolution is underway—one that's being seeded, quite literally, from across the Atlantic. In basements and…
Aurora Cannabis Introduces Inhalable Resin Carts for Patients in UK
[PRESS RELEASE] – EDMONTON, Alberta, April 15, 2025 – Aurora Cannabis Inc., the Canadian-based leading global medical cannabis company, announced the availability of medical cannabis concentrates to patients in the United Kingdom. This…
Hemp in Idaho – AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
[[{"value":" David Sparks Ph.D.Since it first became legal to produce hemp in Idaho, in 2022, acres have more than doubled each year, from 459 in 2022 to 1,274 in 2023…
‘If we have it on the shelf, we’ll do our best to get it selling’: Local stores preparing to sell recreational marijuana on Tuesday
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - In less than a day, adults 21 and over will be able to purchase recreational marijuana in Colorado Springs. Stores with an approved license will…
Retail marijuana permits ramp up in Colorado Springs – Colorado Springs Business Journal
Native Roots dispensary on Austin Bluffs. Credit: Andrew Rogers The City of Colorado Springs is continuing to issue permits for existing medical marijuana sales, cultivation and production facilities to enter…
Michelle Salzman to offer taxation amendment on hemp as House irons out policy details on caps
[[{"value":"Rep. Michelle Salzman may be giving Florida a clearer picture of what hemp legislation could pass out of the Legislature this year.The Pensacola Republican is leading the effort to craft House…
Snoqualmie’s Fireweed Cannabis Company to Celebrate One Year of Business on 4/20
[[{"value":"Fireweed Cannabis Co., a retail cannabis store owned by the Above it All Corporation, a separate business entity of the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, will celebrate its one-year anniversary of business…
Delaware House Passes Marijuana Bill To Address Dispute With FBI That Threatens To Delay Recreational Market Launch
The Delaware House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill meant to fix an issue with the state’s marijuana legalization law that led FBI to reject its request to create…
The Call Is Coming from Inside the Industry: A Scientific Wake-Up for Cannabis
Special thanks to Bethany Moore for her research, editorial support, and coordination in preparing this article.The call is coming from inside the house.No, this isn’t a horror movie—but it should…
Fentanyl-laced marijuana kills Rhode Island woman
A Rhode Island woman has died from smoking marijuana laced with fentanyl.Police in Warwick, near Providence, found a 27-year-old woman unresponsive at an unnamed hotel last week around 2:30 a.m.The…
Scotts cuts Hawthorne Collective loose as it pivots away from cannabis
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) made it official. The gardening behemoth has officially transferred its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Hawthorne Collective, Inc., to an independent strategic partner.Scotts established its hydroponic…
Opinion | Alabama’s hemp ban is bad policy with dangerous fallout
[[{"value":" Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In less than five minutes — with no debate and no amendment — Alabama lawmakers advanced a bill that could criminalize legal products,…
Redmond Welcomes Marijuana
[[{"value":"The Redmond City Council voted in favor of allowing marijuana dispensaries within city limits on April 10. The vote implemented a 3% tax on the sale of marijuana items, and…
Women Grow continues to elevate and unite women in the cannabis industry and more D.C. padlocks
[[{"value":"Women Grow continues to elevate and unite women in the cannabis industryDr. Chanda Macias, CEO of Women Grow, discusses her journey from cellular biology research to leading efforts to empower…
Lawmaker pushes for restrictions on THC products
Photo Courtesy: Justine LloydThe Florida Senate is moving forward with new legislation for restrictions on THC products with Senate Bill 438, which seeks to regulate packaging, advertising, sales locations and…
Michigan court rules marijuana smell insufficient for car searches by police
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that police can't use the smell of marijuana to justify... The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that police can't use the smell of marijuana to justify... Read More
Southern lawmakers float tighter controls on consumable hemp
State lawmakers across the U.S. are grappling with how to regulate the booming market for psychoactive hemp products, and a pair of the South’s biggest economies recently tried to take…
Attorneys Defending Nebraska’s Voter-Passed Medical Marijuana Law Blast Former GOP Senator’s Lawsuit As ‘Meritless’
[[{"value":"“There is no ‘great public interest’ in invalidating a law approved by a massive supermajority of Nebraska voters.”By Zach Wendling, Nebraska ExaminerThe new commissioners set to regulate medical cannabis in…
Pennsylvania Voters Prefer Legalizing Marijuana Through Private Stores Instead Of State-Run Model, Poll Finds
As Pennsylvania lawmakers consider proposals to legalize marijuana, a new poll shows that voters say they favor a model where cannabis is sold by licensed private businesses, rather than through…