The Business of Cannabis

Massachusetts Voters To Decide Marijuana Repeal Question After Challenge Rejected

Jul 23, 2026 | Feature, National

Massachusetts voters will decide in November if legal marijuana will be repealed after a challenge to the proposal was rejected Tuesday. The State Ballot Law Commission overruled an objection to the petition seeking to end the Bay State’s recreational cannabis law,...

Wyoming Opts Out Of Federal Medical Cannabis Rescheduling

Jul 16, 2026 | National

Wyoming Attorney General Keith Kautz has determined that the medical cannabis rescheduling advanced by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and implemented by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in April won’t apply to his state. In a press...

Virginia Might Have Accidentally Legalized Weed Sales

Jul 16, 2026 | National

According to the top prosecutor in Williamsburg and James City County, marijuana distribution in Virginia might now be legal — a year earlier than planned — based on what he says is an apparent mistake in the recently passed state budget. But the Virginia Division of...

Idahoans Won’t Get To Vote On Legalizing Medical Cannabis This Fall

Jul 16, 2026 | Feature, National

Idaho voters will not get to choose this year if they want to make medical cannabis legal across the state. The Secretary of State’s Office said Tuesday that an initiative that would have put the question before voters did not garner enough signatures to make it on...

Study: Cannabis-based Treatment Eases Agitation In Dementia

Jul 16, 2026 | National

A new Phase II clinical trial has found that a carefully formulated cannabis-based treatment may help alleviate agitation in people with advanced dementia. The findings offer hope for patients and caregivers who face one of the most distressing symptoms of the...

Waiting on Washington: A Cannabis Retailer’s View from the Middle of the Story

Jul 14, 2026 | Feature, National

In a follow-up conversation, Pablo Palomino, Chief Branding Officer at Mint Cannabis, checked back in on a topic we discussed a month earlier: the possible federal rescheduling of marijuana and what it might mean for operators like Mint. Since that first talk,...