Pennsylvania

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 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.

Aug 28, 2025

⚖️ German Cannabis Crackdown • Pennsylvania Cannabis Lawsuit • $3B Industry Debt Crisis

Germany’s cannabis restrictions threaten Europe’s €12B market, Pennsylvania operators launch lawsuit over hemp sales, California cuts taxes at childcare’s expense, and U.S. cannabis faces $3B in looming debt maturities.

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 19, 2025

🏛️ Texas Hemp Ban • Federal Restrictions Advance • Reality TV Rescue

Abbott isolated as prohibition momentum builds across state and federal levels

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 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 7, 2025

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

Municipal dispensaries meet federal reality while regulatory systems implode nationwide

Aug 5, 2025

💰🚫🧠 Cannabis PAC's Trump Bet, Hemp Ban Blocked, Senate Discovers Own Research Barriers

Industry deploys sophisticated influence strategy while Congress realizes Schedule 1 restrictions were inside job all along

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 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

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 18, 2025

Why hemp's Big Alcohol courtship could backfire + PA's $1.6M cannabis equity battle

Cannabis unity fractures as hemp seeks legitimacy through alcohol's political machine + Pennsylvania's $1.6M lobbying battle over who controls the legal market

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 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 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 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.