🏛️ House GOP Blocks Trump on Cannabis • CA Hemp Ban • Labor’s Power Play

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House Republicans voted to strip their own president’s authority on cannabis rescheduling. California regulators moved to permanently ban hemp products with any detectable THC. Maryland courts cleared the way for hemp crackdowns after a two year freeze. Delaware launched a milestone based equity grant program, New York scheduled its first psilocybin hearing, and Verano prepared to move its corporate home from Canada to Nevada. At the same time unions are reshaping the industry’s political future with resources that far exceed what cannabis trade groups can deploy.

🏛️ House GOP blocks Trump on rescheduling
🚫 California hemp ban takes shape
✊ Labor emerges as cannabis’s new power broker

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