Cannabis & Courts

Sep 17, 2025

🌾 Oklahoma Market Correction • Wanda James Runs • The New War on Weed

Oklahoma consolidates from 14,000 to 5,000 licenses, Wanda James takes on a congressional heavyweight, and legalization paradoxically fuels new waves of enforcement.

Sep 12, 2025

🌴 Florida’s $1B Paradox • RFK’s Youth Pivot • NJ Homegrow Shift

Florida’s booming medical market collides with DeSantis’s prohibition playbook, while Washington dithers and states improvise their own fixes.

Sep 11, 2025

🚨 Texas Hemp Order • NY School Zone Lawsuit • Cannabis DUI Standards

Abbott takes THC regulation into his own hands, New York faces a class action crisis, and states wrestle with enforcement, equity, and market structure.

Sep 10, 2025

🗽 NY Cannabis Lawsuit • Abbott’s THC Order • $2B Empire State

New York faces a school-zone class action, Abbott preps an executive order on hemp THC, and the Empire State crosses $2B in sales. Plus insights on price vs brand loyalty.

Sep 9, 2025

🌽 Nebraska Plant Cap Fight • MA Cafes & Med Market • Tyson on Rescheduling

Nebraska’s governor forces emergency plant caps, Massachusetts faces café backlash and a collapsing medical market, and Mike Tyson says “good news” on rescheduling is coming. Plus: equity tours, senior use, and NC’s smell test.

Aug 27, 2025

🔒 Ohio Cannabis Data Breach Sparks Class Action • Minnesota Meltdown • Medical Market Erosion

A federal class action over 1M exposed records signals cannabis’s liability shift, plus Minnesota’s licensing disaster, psilocybin delays, GOP hemp fractures, and more.

Aug 13, 2025

🔥 MAGA Cannabis War Erupts + SAM’s Cold Leftovers

Trump allies battle over rescheduling as prohibitionists panic and states advance strategic, reactionary positioning.

Aug 4, 2025

🏗️ MSO Meltdown + Trump's Private Cannabis Promises + NY's $250K Relocation "Fix"

AYR's liquidation exposes how prohibition turns distressed cannabis companies into lender acquisition opportunities

Jul 30, 2025

🌿 Hemp Dodges Federal Ban, NY's OCM Disaster Deepens, Cannabis Substitutes for Alcohol

Senate strips hemp restrictions after Paul's threat, New York's proximity scandal gets worse, and federal data shows Americans trading booze for cannabis

Jul 22, 2025

🔬 NY testing lab vanishes after recall scandal + Senate advances Trump's DEA pick

Cannabis testing fraud spreads as labs game the system while Trump's DEA pick heads to confirmation vote + Hemp retail hits the brakes in Rhode Island

Jul 21, 2025

🚨 Texas GOP splits on THC while NC courts expand police powers + DOGE cuts federal cannabis research

Patrick vs. Abbott feud overshadows special session while North Carolina hemp ruling empowers searches + Trump's efficiency team targets University of Mississippi marijuana program

Jul 17, 2025

Federal Cannabis Contradictions Exposed: USDA Says "Medicinal" While DEA Keeps Schedule 1

Daily cannabis and hemp policy intelligence — built by a regulator, decoded for operators.

Jul 16, 2025

Michigan's $3.7M Cannabis Crackdown + Arkansas Hemp Victory + THC Beverages Hit $382M

Why Michigan's violation spree signals trouble for MSOs nationwide, plus the Arkansas ruling that changes everything for hemp markets...

Jul 15, 2025

📢 Florida Falters, ICE Raids Turn Deadly, and GMP Sets the Global Standard

Florida’s cannabis market is cracking under pressure, ICE raids in California leave one dead, and GMP certification is becoming the price of admission for global cannabis trade. Start your day with sharp insights into where the market, and regulators, are headed next.

Jul 14, 2025

📜 Power, Profits, and a Hemp Lawsuit in NC

A lawsuit against a top North Carolina lawmaker exposes the fragile trust between politics and hemp. Plus: cannabis equity lessons, federal shakeups, and why CEOs should rethink “power proximity.”

Jul 11, 2025

🌱 Federal Hemp Pause. State-Level Headwinds.

Congress delays the hemp crackdown for one year, but ICE raids in California show federal cannabis risks aren’t going away. Add state-level regulatory choke points and the picture isn’t pretty.

Jul 10, 2025

🛑 Two Legalization Flashpoints: Maryland and Thailand

Courts freeze Maryland’s cannabis licensing, and Thailand walks back its legalization experiment. Regulators worldwide face the same challenge: keeping fragile markets alive amid political and legal crosswinds.

Jul 9, 2025

⏳ DEA Delay. Hemp Crackdown Looms. THC Labs Under Fire

88% of Americans back cannabis legalization, but Congress isn’t moving. Meanwhile, regulators wrestle with tax hikes, illicit markets, and Schedule III limbo.

Jul 8, 2025

🚨 Hemp Crackdowns, Market Warnings, and a SEAL’s Psychedelic Take

North Carolina takes aim at the hemp loophole. Cannabis markets wobble in New Jersey and DC. And a Navy SEAL adds weight to the psychedelics-for-PTSD debate.

Jul 7, 2025

Cannabis Research Gridlocked, Markets on Edge

We’re back after the holiday with a federal research paradox, enforcement heat in Canada, and market signals from New Jersey to Thailand. Here’s what’s moving...and what’s not.

Jul 3, 2025

🎆 Markets Stalled, Courts Busy, and a 4th of July Pause

Happy Independence Day from Policy, Decoded. We’re taking tomorrow off, but today’s edition is packed with market warnings, lawsuits, and regulatory rumblings you’ll want on your radar. And seriously: don’t mix cannabis and fireworks.

Jul 2, 2025

Policy, Decoded: Congress Checks Out. Debt Piles Up. Enforcement Gets Real.

Cannabis policy evolves daily while Congress stays missing. Financial distress, license revocations, enforcement crackdowns, and policy fractures are reshaping the landscape in real time.

Jul 1, 2025

Policy, Decoded: Potency Fights. Gaming Cracks. Enforcement Heats Up.

Potency caps, gaming restrictions, and enforcement sweeps are reshaping the cannabis map. Colorado, Florida, Alabama, and New Mexico step up penalties. Operators should treat these signals like live fire.

Jun 30, 2025

Policy, Decoded: Labor Rule Struck. Ohio Launches. Lawsuits Stack Up.

Oregon’s labor peace rule is dead. Ohio opens adult-use sales. Alabama and Oklahoma face legal battles. The paperwork is the risk, and the map is still moving.

Jun 27, 2025

Policy, Decoded: Liability. Research. Revenue Fights. Nebraska Cracks Down.

Product liability just became real for cannabis retailers. Nebraska’s medical rollout gets more restrictive by the hour. California bets $30M on research. The tax fight over legalization revenue heats up.