Social Consumption

Sep 22, 2025

⚖️ Cornbread’s Commerce Clause Challenge • Texas Hemp Lobbying • Arizona’s Premium Puzzle

Cornbread Hemp takes on Tennessee’s three-tier system, Texas hemp operators outmaneuver a THC ban, and Arizona valuations show why scarcity shapes cannabis strategy.

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 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.

Sep 5, 2025

🌵 Texas Hemp Victory • $8B Market Risk • Global Shifts • New Podcast Episode

Patrick’s THC ban collapses but Texas hemp faces a looming reckoning. Michigan prosecutes grows with tax law, Massachusetts ballot bids threaten $8B sales, and Thailand elevates its “Cannabis King.” Plus, The Hybrid podcast drops a new episode.

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.

Sep 2, 2025

📊 Two-Thirds Back Legalization • CA Tax Freeze • TX Expansion • UK Smuggling Surge

Emerson poll shows 65% support for nationwide legalization as Trump weighs rescheduling. California freezes its tax hike, Texas expands medical access, and cheap U.S. cannabis fuels UK smuggling networks.

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 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 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 19, 2025

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

Abbott isolated as prohibition momentum builds across state and federal levels

Aug 15, 2025

🎯 Republican Cannabis Strategy + MA Audit Reality + Global Expansion

Republicans weaponize cannabis as electoral silver bullet while Massachusetts audit reveals growing pains and international operators position for expansion.

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 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.

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