The Business of Cannabis

Is Wisconsin Losing Millions To States Where Cannabis Is Legal?

Mar 26, 2026 | Great Lakes Region

Cannabis isn’t legal in Wisconsin, so residents are purchasing it in states where it is, generating tax money for those states.  Wisconsin borders three states with legal recreational cannabis: Michigan, which legalized it in 2018; Illinois, which legalized it in...

Boston: Lawmakers Skeptical About Rolling Back Recreational Marijuana Law

Mar 26, 2026 | National

Lawmakers cast a skeptical eye Monday towards a ballot initiative that would essentially undo 2016’s vote to legalize marijuana, an idea the one supporter who testified framed as a matter of comfort. Massachusetts voters legalized recreational cannabis through a 2016...

Cannabis Compounds Could Help Treat A Common Liver Condition That Affects Nearly A Quarter Of US Adults

Mar 23, 2026 | Feature, International, National

NAFLD, also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is a common condition that the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases estimates affects about 24 percent of US adults. It is strongly linked to obesity,...

New York Approves Cannabis For Anxiety — Science Says It May Not Help

Mar 23, 2026 | Feature, National

He was 18, on a rooftop overlooking the Old City in Israel during a gap year program. The nighttime view, ancient stone buildings lit up against the dark, pulsed and blurred. His anxiety, the shapeless dread of an uncertain future, lifted for the first time he could...

Virginia Lawmakers Who Sponsored Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Celebrate Its Passage

Mar 18, 2026 | National

Five years after Virginia legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana but failed to create a way for people to legally buy it, state lawmakers last week approved legislation establishing a regulated retail market for adult-use cannabis, potentially ending years...