Daily cannabis and hemp policy intelligence - summarized, clarified, and delivered by a former regulator.
Apr 17, 2026
Massachusetts freezes cultivation before dissolution | Virginia reshapes retail | Rand Paul readies a states'-rights hemp bill
Apr 16, 2026
Pure Oasis closes under $400K in back taxes and a $2.2M judgment | Colorado MED targets hemp inversion and $1 transfer pricing | Rhode Island appeals federal injunction halting its license lottery
Apr 15, 2026
Virginia's governor signs hospital access and parental rights into law, then sends lawmakers amendments that reinstate criminal penalties and gut resentencing | Idaho voters clear the signature threshold while the legislature races them to the same November ballot | Pure Oasis goes dark in Grove Hall and leaves vendors and employees holding the bag
Apr 14, 2026
Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division opens emergency rulemaking against licensed operators slipping hemp-derived THC into the regulated channel | Maine's House votes down medical cannabis testing for what feels like the tenth time | New Jersey redraws its hemp line but leaves liquor-store beverages in place through the federal deadline
Apr 13, 2026
A Travis County judge temporarily blocks Texas from enforcing its THCA hemp ban | NJEDA opens a $15 million loan pipeline that makes the state a cannabis creditor | Oregon writes medical cannabis into hospice and residential care with HB 4142
Apr 12, 2026
The supply chain already exists. The agencies touching it were built for other work. A former regulator on what coordination would actually require.
Apr 10, 2026
Federal judge halts Rhode Island's cannabis lottery on Dormant Commerce Clause grounds | Roger Stone asks who inside the White House is stalling rescheduling | Whitney puts 280E damage at $2.24 billion
Apr 9, 2026
Rhode Island freezes licensure on a constitutional claim | Massachusetts finally chooses governability | Cannabist and Silverpeak land in court on the same day
