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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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🗽 NY Switches to Metrc • PA Gridlock • TX Hemp Tease • 🌍 Rescheduling Shockwaves

Sep 8, 2025

🗽 NY Switches to Metrc • PA Gridlock • TX Hemp Tease • 🌍 Rescheduling Shockwaves

New York pivots to Metrc, Pennsylvania gridlock stalls reform, Abbott hints at hemp rules, and Thailand’s “Cannabis King” takes power. Plus: how U.S. rescheduling could unleash global supply chain disruption.

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

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.

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

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.

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📉 Washington market decline, NY dispensary lawsuits, Ohio festival chaos

Aug 18, 2025

📉 Washington market decline, NY dispensary lawsuits, Ohio festival chaos

Regional oversupply dynamics reshape West Coast strategy as regulatory failures cascade nationwide

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🔥 MAGA Cannabis War Erupts + SAM’s Cold Leftovers

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.

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

Aug 8, 2025

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

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

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🏛️ Minnesota Muni Cannabis • NY Track-and-Trace Relief • Delaware's $625K Launch

Aug 7, 2025

🏛️ Minnesota Muni Cannabis • NY Track-and-Trace Relief • Delaware's $625K Launch

Municipal dispensaries meet federal reality while regulatory systems implode nationwide

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💸🔋📊 Ohio Tax Bait-and-Switch, Hemp Battery Vanishes, State Implementation Patterns

Aug 6, 2025

💸🔋📊 Ohio Tax Bait-and-Switch, Hemp Battery Vanishes, State Implementation Patterns

Cities discover cannabis tax promises evaporate while market saturation patterns emerge across mature states

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

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

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🌱 Delaware’s Adult-Use Win, NY’s Regulatory Meltdown, and Federal Progress...on Psychedelics

Aug 1, 2025

🌱 Delaware’s Adult-Use Win, NY’s Regulatory Meltdown, and Federal Progress...on Psychedelics

Delaware’s adult-use market launches triumphantly, while New York’s regulatory failures pile up and the feds appear cool with psychedelics despite rescheduling delays

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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🛒 Retail Revolution Drives Sales as Pennsylvania Battle Shapes Cannabis Future

Jul 28, 2025

🛒 Retail Revolution Drives Sales as Pennsylvania Battle Shapes Cannabis Future

Bodega-style shopping boosts dispensary revenues while Pennsylvania's legalization battle reveals how early policy choices lock in market dynamics for decades

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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Policy, Decoded: The Cannabis Debate Is Over - The Fight Isn’t

Jun 25, 2025

Policy, Decoded: The Cannabis Debate Is Over - The Fight Isn’t

Senator Tillis says it’s time to regulate cannabis like alcohol. Meanwhile, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ohio prove the backlash is still in full swing. Today’s brief breaks down the policy whiplash, and what operators need to do next.

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