The Business of Cannabis

Former Acting DHS Secretary Warns Chinese Criminal Organizations Are Infiltrating America’s Hemp Industry

Jul 9, 2026 | National

Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf sent a letter to House lawmakers Tuesday urging them to investigate the “growing role that Chinese-linked actors and foreign criminal organizations are playing in the proliferation of...

Michigan Limits How Courts Can Prohibit Marijuana Use For Probationers

Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region

In a Monday ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously held that trial courts can’t ban “legal marijuana use” as a probation condition, based solely on federal law. Justice Elizabeth Welch wrote in the 17-page opinion issued by the court that because the Supreme...

Opinion: Federal Laws Need Massive Rewrites To Match Medical Cannabis Rescheduling

Jul 9, 2026 | National

The federal war against medical cannabis has been raging just a little longer than Warren Zevon’s 1978 song “Lawyers, Guns and Money” has been worming its way into Americans’ minds.   Patients are ready to hear a new tune from Washington on medical cannabis...

Cannabis, The Billion-Dollar Industry Learning To Manufacture Like One

Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, National

The cannabis industry did something remarkable. It turned a black market into a boardroom story, built brands that compete with legacy consumer packaged goods companies, and generated $33.8 billion in U.S. retail sales in 2025 across dozens of legal markets, all...

Federal Government Rests Its Case; DEA Administrative Hearings Continue

Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, National

The ongoing Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrative hearings in Arlington, Virginia—which began on June 29, 2026, and are scheduled to conclude by July 15, 2026—have reached a critical turning point as the federal government has officially rested its...