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Cannabis consumers are souring on Trump's weed record as rescheduling drags
Approval of the administration's cannabis moves fell to 29% among consumers in legal states, down from 48% last quarter and 73% the quarter before.
Read the story →Democrats running for governor are pitching legal weed in red-leaning states
Kansas, Wisconsin and Nebraska Democratic nominees are campaigning on cannabis access, from full legalization to a day-one medical marijuana order.
Read the story →Kentucky medical cannabis now reaches all 11 dispensary regions
Gov. Andy Beshear says patients can now buy medical cannabis in every licensing region, with 26 dispensaries open and more than 28,000 approved patients.
Read the story →Hemp ban countdown: Square cuts off CBD, farmers bail, fix bills sit untouched
Square's deadline to pull hemp and CBD items passed Oct. 15. Growers are switching crops, the FDA hasn't published key lists, and no rescue bill has gotten a vote.
Read the story →Full marijuana rescheduling is on pause after opponents wave a GAO report
The DEA judge stayed the Schedule III case Sept. 29 over a new GAO report, then ordered more filings Oct. 14. DEA now owes a response by Oct. 21.
Read the story →Idaho votes Nov. 3 on taking marijuana off the ballot for good
HJR 4 would give only the Legislature power to legalize marijuana, medical included, and end citizen initiatives on it. Two governor candidates say vote no.
Read the story →New York's legal weed market passes $4 billion in total sales
State regulators say adult-use sales have hit about $4.1 billion since late 2022, with $512.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 alone.
Read the story →It's law: the federal hemp THC ban now hits December 11
The House passed the stopgap 370-48 and the President signed it, moving most of the hemp THC ban to Dec. 11. Synthetics still get cut off Nov. 12.
Read the story →Federal judge won't pause Texas ban on delta-8, THCA flower and other hemp THC
A Galveston federal judge denied an emergency order to stop Texas's new hemp THC rules. Low-dose delta-9 stays legal; delta-8, delta-10, THCP and THCA flower don't.
Read the story →Senate votes 90-6 to push the federal hemp THC ban back a month
The stopgap spending bill moves the hemp THC ban from Nov. 12 to Dec. 11. An amendment to keep the original date got tabled 61-32.
Read the story →Massachusetts repeal measure squeaks onto the November ballot
State officials certified the initiative to end adult-use sales and home grow, now Question 8, after it cleared the signature bar by about 120 names.
Read the story →SAFE Banking is back: bipartisan senators refile the cannabis banking bill
Sens. Merkley, Murkowski, Warren and Daines reintroduced the SAFE Banking Act, arguing partial rescheduling still leaves weed businesses stuck in cash.
Read the story →Virginia finally gets legal weed stores, starting July 1, 2027
Gov. Abigail Spanberger and lawmakers folded retail cannabis sales into the state budget: up to 350 stores, a 6% state tax and an optional local tax on top.
Read the story →Pennsylvania's governor race is a straight vote on legal weed
Gov. Josh Shapiro wants adult-use legalization in every budget. GOP nominee Stacy Garrity says she'd veto it. Pennsylvania still doesn't have it.
Read the story →DEA moves medical marijuana to Schedule III, but rec weed stays in Schedule I
A final DEA rule, effective immediately, puts FDA-approved marijuana drugs and state-licensed medical marijuana in Schedule III. Adult-use cannabis waits on a separate hearing.
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