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S. net, Inc. The suit, first reported by Law360’s Sam Reisman, alleges that Planet 13 scanned thousands of customers’ government-issued photo IDs at its Las Vegas SuperStore, and that the images were later found for sale on the…
On September 11, 2026, the Florida Department of Health announced its Final Order, officially closing the April 2023 Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) application process and granting 22 new licenses.
Rescheduling did not just change tax treatment and licensing options for cannabis operators. It also changed the assumptions baked into thousands of existing cannabis contracts.
On August 12, 2026, Senate Bill 26-007 (Colorado’s non-mandatory version of California’s “Ryan’s Law”) will take effect. This new law permits (but does not require) a health facility to allow certain patients who are terminally…
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virginias-cannabis-program-picking-up-speed-rwmje/
This is the second installment in a series on what 1,446 pages of FOIA-ed IRS cannabis training materials reveal. ” This one is about something the IRS places too much faith in: your cannabis business’s METRC data.
While the medical marijuana rescheduling order made clear that the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) would prioritize the review of medical marijuana applications submitted during the first sixty (60) days of the application…
Thailand’s cannabis regulatory framework continues to move away from the broad commercial liberalization that followed decriminalization in 2022. The latest regulatory developments do not amount to a full recriminalization of…
The March 2026 hemp rules are back in play in Texas, and they are bad for the THCa flower market. , the injunction) that prohibited enforcement of the most damaging provisions.
Article by: Ivy Perez-Bader, Raza Lawrence, Jana Weltzin, Greg Cowan, and Tom Zuber
Article by: Ivy Perez-Bader, Raza Lawrence, Jana Weltzin, Greg Cowan, and Tom Zuber
On April 23rd, the DEA issued a final order moving certain marijuana classifications from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Minnesota continues to refine its cannabis framework with an Omnibus Cannabis Bill affecting licensed cannabis (marijuana) businesses, hemp operators and medical patients. The new package was signed by Governor Waltz last week.
The federal regulatory landscape governing cannabis in the United States is undergoing its most significant transformation in over fifty years.
The Minnesota cannabis program is online and rolling out slowly. Too slowly, in this writer’s humble opinion. That said, a handful of tribal dispensaries have been operating since 2023, and adult use sales at non-tribal shops…
This is the eleventh of 13 posts describing the impacts of marijuana’s rescheduling. An homage to Phish’s historic run at Madison Square Garden in the Summer of 2017, Budding Trends Baker’s Dozen will address how rescheduling…
Marijuana’s proposed move from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act has renewed focus on what rescheduling could mean for marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) and the financial institutions that serve…
The week of April 18 through April 23, 2026 produced two distinct and legally consequential federal actions on controlled substances. On April 18, President Trump signed Executive Order 14401, directing the federal government to…
On April 23, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) took a historic step the cannabis industry has awaited for years: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed a final rule…