Graham Abbott

A Queens County Superior Court judge has ruled that the New York City law enabling local law enforcement to crack down on unlicensed cannabis sales is unconstitutional because it violates the shop owners’ right to due process.

Multi-state cannabis operator Green Dragon, which operates cultivation and dispensary sites in Colorado and Florida, is shutting down. The company is a subsidiary of Eaze Technologies, Inc., a California cannabis tech firm that is also closing by the year’s end.

Kentucky is conducting the state’s first lottery for medical cannabis business licenses today. The first round of lottery-based licensing will cover medical cannabis cultivators and processors.

Voter support for South Dakota’s ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis is trailing in the latest polls, with just 45% of voters saying they plan to vote yes for legalization.

A recent poll found that 66% of Florida voters are planning to vote yes on Amendment 3, which would make Florida the latest — and one of the largest — adult-use cannabis markets to launch in the U.S.

A New York judge this week ordered the owner of an unlicensed cannabis retailer in upstate New York to pay $9.5 million for selling cannabis without a license.

A recent poll conducted by Noble Predictive Insights found that about half of Utah voters support legalizing adult-use cannabis.

A Montgomery Circuit judge in Alabama has appointed a mediator to help resolve the legal dispute over the state’s attempts to license integrated operators for its long-embattled medical cannabis program.

The Army has updated its policies to officially ban the use of delta-8 THC and other intoxicating hemp products by soldiers.

After two years of legal adult-use sales, New York cannabis tax grants are finally available to fund reinvestment in the state’s communities most heavily affected by prior drug policies.

California cannabis regulators revoked the license of cannabis vape manufacturer K.U.S.H. Collective, ordering product recalls for vape cartridges and integrated vaporizer products from 12 brands associated with the company.

Officials with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture recently released new rules regarding the sale of hemp-derived THC products. Under the new rules, which will take effect this December, some cannabinoid products currently available in the state could no longer be legal.

A new study found that cannabis use is “significantly associated with higher prevalence of physical activity” and that physical exercise in general was more common in states and territories with legal cannabis access.

In a recent campaign agenda update discussing plans “to deliver for Black men and their families,” Vice President Kamala Harris (D) pledged to federally legalize cannabis if she is elected to be the next U.S. president.

A federal judge overturned part of New Jersey’s law restricting the sale of intoxicating hemp products because it violated the federal dormant commerce clause, which prohibits states from interfering with interstate commerce.

A report by the Texas Department of Public Safety found the state’s medical cannabis program does not provide “statewide access” for qualifying patients and suggested that officials should take steps to expand the program’s accessibility.

The New Hampshire House this week voted overwhelmingly to override the governor’s veto of a proposal to let medical cannabis dispensaries build and grow cannabis inside of greenhouses, but state Senators blocked the effort.

Regulators with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission this week issued fines totaling $165,000 to Curaleaf and Ascend Wellness, two of the state’s largest cannabis companies, for self-reported violations including improper pesticide use and failing to follow the state’s track-and-trace program.

Eaze Technologies Inc., a well-funded cannabis delivery service operating in California and Michigan, is laying off nearly 500 employees and will “wind down operations” this year, according to its CEO.

An elections official in Arkansas said the petition to expand the state’s medical cannabis program had garnered enough signatures to qualify for November’s ballot. The state Supreme Court had ordered officials to continue verifying signatures after the secretary of state said previously the initiative failed to qualify.

Proposals under consideration by Pennsylvania’s health secretary would let nurse practitioners and podiatrists recommend patients for the state’s medical cannabis program.

Activists in Portland, Oregon are planning to pursue a ballot initiative in 2026 to decriminalize natural psychedelics including psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca after lawmakers this year voted to undo the state’s voter-approved drug decriminalization policy.

New York officials this week released a three-year implementation report covering the state’s cannabis reform process. The report highlights the industry’s trends, successes and shortcomings, and more.

Cannabis operators hoping to land a retail license in the Redford suburb of Detroit, Michigan camped out for weeks in line for the jurisdiction’s first-come-first-served cannabis licensing process, which kicked off on Thursday.