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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 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.

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 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 18, 2025

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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