Seattle Nonprofit Trains Youth to Spot Cannabis and Tobacco Marketing Tactics
A Seattle-based nonprofit is taking a direct run at one of the more consequential - and underexamined - problems in regulated cannabis markets: the targeting of young people and communities of color
Rescheduling Reports Send Canadian Cannabis Stocks Surging - But Who Wins Most?
A single regulatory headline moved markets on Wednesday in a way that years of incremental reform never quite managed to. Reports that the U.S. may reclassify marijuana out of Schedule I - the most
Winston-Salem's Hemp Economy Faces a Federal Cliff - and Cannabis Legalization May Be the Only Net
More than 70 retail outlets selling cannabis-derived products operate inside Winston-Salem city limits today - more storefronts than the city has grocery stores or pharmacies. That number didn't
Federal Rescheduling Hearings Force Cannabis Operators to Rethink Their Market Position
For the first time in modern federal drug policy, government witnesses spent opening day of the DEA's marijuana rescheduling hearings defending the medical value of cannabis - not denying it. The
Virginia Sets 2027 Launch for Adult-Use Cannabis Retail After Years of Policy Stalemate
Virginia has a retail cannabis market on the books - finally. State budget legislation signed June 29 authorizes regulated adult-use sales to begin July 1, 2027, capping a years-long gap in the
Rhode Island Moves to Dissolve Injunction Blocking Recreational Dispensary Licenses
Rhode Island's Cannabis Control Commission is asking a federal judge to lift the court order that froze its entire recreational retail licensing process - and the argument rests on a pair of bills
Germany's Record Heat Wave Tests the Limits of Folk Weather Forecasting
Germany recorded its hottest Siebenschläfer Day - the traditional "Seven Sleepers' Day" observed on June 27 - since meteorological records began, with temperatures climbing past 40°C across wide
Bipartisan SAFE Banking Bill Returns, Offering Dispensaries a Path Out of Cash Dependency
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has refiled the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act - better known as the SAFE Banking Act - in a direct bid to end the financial isolation that has defined
Virginia's Licensed Cannabis Market Puts Real Pressure on North Carolina Revenue
Virginia is set to open a licensed, adult-use cannabis retail market in July 2027, and North Carolina lawmakers are already doing the math on what that means for their state's tax base. Governor
New York Cannabis Regulators Push Compliance Education Ahead of Major Tourism Surge
With thousands of international visitors expected to flood the New York metropolitan area this summer for a series of high-profile soccer matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, the state's Office