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Sep 18, 2025

🎙️ Trump’s Drug Czar Testimony • Ohio Data Breach • Alabama Stalled Again

Trump’s drug czar pick keeps cannabis rescheduling “on the table” while the DEA process remains frozen. Ohio exposes nearly one million patient records, Alabama hearings drag on four years after legalization, and lawmakers rediscover cannabis reform only when Trump brings it up.

Sep 16, 2025

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

Republicans kneecap their own president on rescheduling, California doubles down on hemp bans, Maryland courts clear the way for crackdowns, and unions quietly become cannabis’s next power brokers.

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 4, 2025

🚨 Texas THC Ban Collapses • Labor Strikes • Pumpkin Spice Weed?!

Texas kills its own THC ban as a $10B hemp economy proves untouchable. GTI workers strike in PA, THC beverages surge past $1.1B, delta-8 use doubles in prohibition states, and Switzerland unveils its legalization framework.

Sep 3, 2025

🏛️ Congress Orders Cannabis Study • Psychedelics • Debt Restructuring • THC Beverages on Tap

Congress directs agencies to assess state cannabis frameworks while blocking D.C. sales. RFK Jr. signals a federal psychedelic play, operators restructure debt, THC beverages move onto taps, and sidebars from podcasts to potency shifts.

Aug 29, 2025

⚖️ Delaware Cannabis Veto • Hemp Lawsuits • GOP Rescheduling • Canadian EU Playbook

Governor Meyer’s veto locks in a Delaware oligopoly, Connecticut hemp farmers sue, Republicans push back on rescheduling, Canadian LPs seize Europe — plus football, salmon, and Labor Day signals.

Aug 26, 2025

🎯 GAO Exposes Federal Cannabis Messaging Chaos + Scotts $2B Writeoff

Federal agencies burn billions on contradictory marijuana campaigns while institutional cannabis bets collapse from cultural incompetence

Aug 25, 2025

🏈 Athletes Crack Cannabis Code + $50B Economic Breakdown + EU Pharma Squeeze

Former NFL stars unlock Trump's sports obsession while our economic analysis reveals the massive wealth transfer about to reshape cannabis.

Aug 22, 2025

🔬 CRS Hemp Framework, ICE Cannabis Deportations, Google Canada Pilot

CRS hands Congress hemp regulatory roadmap while ICE weaponizes prohibition's conviction database for deportation quotas.

Aug 21, 2025

⚖️ Courts Demolish Gun Ban • DC Agents Go Viral • EU Hemp Breakthrough

Federal cannabis enforcement faces constitutional meltdown as Trump weighs rescheduling while defending restrictions courts keep rejecting.

Aug 20, 2025

🕊️ Cannabis Patient Data in HIPAA Purgatory + Richard Lee's Legacy 💰

Ohio breach exposes nearly a million medical cannabis records while industry pioneer Richard Lee passes at 62.

Aug 14, 2025

🔬 Testing Crisis + Abbott's Polling Puzzle + Crime Labs Reality Check

Cannabis testing failures expose systemic fraud while Texas politics defy conventional wisdom.

Aug 12, 2025

🚨 Trump Reviews Cannabis Rescheduling + State Revenue Collapse + Arizona Corruption

President sets weeks timeline for federal decision as operators face 70% tax rates, Italy weaponizes enforcement, and Hobbs aide corruption exposed.

Aug 11, 2025

⚖️ Trump Signals Rescheduling Decision • Conservative Backlash Accelerates • Cannabis Prices Collapse

White House Chief of Staff reviews agency reports as retail traders pile into cannabis stocks despite Sean Spicer's legalization warning

Aug 8, 2025

🎯 Regulatory Maturation • NJ Fines Curaleaf $610K • Trump Cannabis Predictions

Cannabis enforcement evolves from partnership to professional oversight as markets mature.

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 31, 2025

🎭 Delaware's Incumbent Playbook + LA's Equity Extraction Exposed

Mid-Atlantic launch confirms capture patterns while California's $13M program becomes bureaucratic wealth transfer...

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 29, 2025

🎭 DEA's Rescheduling Vanishing Act, CT's $2.5M Cannabis Fraud, Testing Labs Sue for $1B

Cole drops cannabis from priorities despite confirmation promises, Connecticut cracks down on fake license schemes, and equipment fraud exposes industry's testing vulnerability

Jul 25, 2025

🔍 DEA Chief Consolidates Cannabis Power as Texas Hemp Wars Heat Up

Cole's rescheduling authority, Arizona's $120K testing fine, and Supreme Court gun rights showdown reshape federal dynamics

Jul 24, 2025

🏛️ Judge Retires, Cannabis Rescheduling Shifts to Trump's DEA Chief + Health Care Infrastructure Takes Shape

DEA judge retirement puts rescheduling directly in Cole's hands, while Leafwell builds the plumbing for post-prohibition cannabis health care. Political winds may be shifting faster than expected.

Jul 23, 2025

🏛️ Federal DEA Chief, Texas Hemp Ban, and Big Alcohol's Cannabis Strategy

Governor wants regulation, Senate wants prohibition, and 8,500 retailers hang in the balance

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.

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