The Business of Cannabis

GOP Senators File Bill To Ramp Up Criminalization Of ‘Candy-Flavored’ Marijuana Edibles

Jun 18, 2025 | National

A coalition of Republican senators have reintroduced a bill that would increase criminal penalties for a wide range of offenses, including manufacturing or selling Schedule I drugs like marijuana in the form of candy or beverages if there is “reasonable...

High Times Magazine Returns After Acquisition By RAW Rolling Papers Owner

Jun 18, 2025 | National

High Times, the single most recognized brand in counterculture, cannabis and psychedelics, has been resurrected and is set to resume publication, Cannabis Cups and the rebuilding of a free-thinking counterculture community, according to a press release. Josh...

US Lawmakers Aim to Close Hemp, THCA ‘Loophole’ In New Budget Proposal

Jun 11, 2025 | National

U.S. House lawmakers are taking up a must-pass appropriations bill that proposes rewriting the rules on hemp so that the legality of intoxicating products such as delta-8 THC edibles is no longer debatable. The House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year...

Pot Stock Euphoria Vanishes As US Legalization Remains Elusive

Jun 11, 2025 | National

The stock market’s marijuana boom is over. And for the once high-flying cannabis industry, a euphoric dream of never-ending growth has turned into a survival nightmare as it navigates through the bust. The comedown has been brutal, with the largest exchange-traded...

House GOP Committee Approves Bill To Ban All Hemp Products With THC

Jun 6, 2025 | Feature, National

A GOP-led House committee has approved a spending bill containing provisions that hemp stakeholders say would devastate the industry, prohibiting most consumable cannabinoid products that were federally legalized during the first Trump administration. Just...

Study: Hotels See Significant Boost In Revenue Following Cannabis Legalization

Jun 6, 2025 | Feature, National

A new study exploring the impacts of adult-use marijuana legalization on the hospitality industry finds that “hotel revenue increases by 25.2% (or $63,671 monthly) due to dispensary legalization, with the effect continuing to grow even six years after legalization.”...