United States

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 19, 2025

🏛️ Congressman’s Cannabis Hypocrisy • 280E Relief Push • Privilege Protection Racket

Rep. Donalds blocks D.C. youth from second chances, NCIA pushes 280E relief, and our deep dive decodes privilege protection in federal cannabis policy.

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 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 15, 2025

🌾 GOP Hemp Patchwork • RI Market Limits • Plastic Pollution Paradox

Tennessee builds a red-state hemp template, Rhode Island bets on scarcity, and packaging rules create environmental contradictions.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 19, 2025

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

Abbott isolated as prohibition momentum builds across state and federal levels

Aug 18, 2025

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

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

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.