Former Acting DHS Secretary Warns Chinese Criminal Organizations Are Infiltrating America’s Hemp Industry
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 hemp-derived...
Michigan Limits How Courts Can Prohibit Marijuana Use For Probationers
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
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
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
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...
Cannabis Policy In Wisconsin Is At An Inflection Point
While one coalition of Wisconsin lawmakers is attempting to legalize medical marijuana, another group introduced a bill to clamp down the sale of hemp-based products. Senate Bill 534, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, and Senate President Mary...
New York Boosts Funding To $35M For Community Cannabis Program
New York State is investing $15 million in community organizations through its Cannabis Reinvestment Program. The program directs new funding to grassroots groups in communities most impacted by past drug policies. State officials say the money will help organizations...
New York Opens Nation’s First Cannabis Center For Doctors
New York has opened the nation’s first center that is intended to help doctors make sense of cannabis, a step that shows how sharply the state has moved from treating marijuana as a crime to treating it as a matter of public health. The Center of Excellence for...
Rollout Of Top Cannabis Brand Means 60 Jobs For Greater Cincinnati
King City Gardens, the Forest Park-based cannabis cultivator, has secured exclusive rights in the Buckeye State to distribute Jeeter, a popular cannabis brand and lifestyle giant known for its premium infused pre-rolls, or a ready-to-smoke cannabis cigarette infused...
‘It’s Not A High Bar’: Pike Co. Cannabis Grow House Workers Go On Strike
Workers at a cannabis grow house in Pike County, Illinois started picketing on Thursday, June 25, with the union vice president accusing the company of violating the National Labor Relations Act. “We have over two-thirds of our workforce out here standing up for each...
