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| Mar 10, 2026 |
Florida Supreme Court Won’t Review Cannabis Signatures; Adult-Use Legalization Dead for 2026 Florida's elected officials 2; citizen-initiated adult-use legalization campaigns, 0. The Florida Supreme Court, on March 9, declined a motion to rehear Smart & Safe Florida’s lawsuit against Secretary of State Cord Byrd, stemming from nearly 71,000 disqualified signatures for a petition to legalize adult-use cannabis in the November 2026 election. |
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| Mar 10, 2026 |
Colorado Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals Heads To Governor’s Desk The Colorado House of Representatives has sent a bill to the governor that would allow terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana in healthcare facilities such as hospitals—with recently added provisions that advocates argue undermine the measure’s original intent. |
| Mar 10, 2026 |
I Was a Cop Who Enforced Marijuana Laws. Now I’m Speaking Out. I started researching crime statistics, effective policing, community-based alternatives, and how other countries approach law enforcement. The conclusion I reached surprised me: I began to feel that much of what we were doing relied on outdated methodologies, often created the issues we claimed to enforce, and that cannabis laws were rooted in racist ideology while functioning largely as a revenue stream for courts. |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
Budtenders at a cannabis store in Ontario join UFCW as union membership in the industry continues to grow Budtenders at Canna Cabana cannabis store in Waterloo, Ontario, recently voted to join UFCW Locals 175 and 633. Union representatives say the group of cannabis retail workers came together to improve their workplace and address key issues, including better scheduling, fairer compensation, and fair treatment on the job. |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
Washington State Lawmakers Send Bill Allowing MMJ Use in Hospitals to Governor Lawmakers in Washington State have approved a proposal that would allow patients with terminal illnesses to use medical marijuana in certain healthcare facilities, including hospices, hospitals, and nursing homes. The measure now awaits action from Governor Bob Ferguson. |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
Tennessee Lawmakers Launch 'Pot for Potholes' Legalization Campaign Tennessee State Senator Heidi Campbell, D-Nashville, and Representative Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, have launched a series of infomercials and a public petition to build support for their Pot for Potholes Act (SB 2440/HB 2525). Their legislation would legalize and tax marijuana in Tennessee and invest the revenue in rebuilding crumbling roads, bridges and transit infrastructure. |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
The hardest job in cannabis – and the most lucrative – is in cultivation As cannabis cultivation permits shrink and price compression hits retailers, brands that can produce reliable flower at scale are winning. That means they need a master grower - and they'll pay handsomely for it. |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
Patient Protect Launches to Support UK Medical Cannabis Patients Facing Discrimination A new UK-wide service supporting medical cannabis patients who face discrimination has launched, as the private sector continues to fill gaps left by the absence of systematic government support. |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
Ohio Brewing Companies Sue to Keep Hemp THC Beverages Legal
Four stakeholders in Ohio’s hemp-derived beverage market filed a lawsuit on March 6 in the state’s Supreme Court to stop what they call Gov. Mike DeWine’s "lawless executive overreach." |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
Virginia Bill To Protect Rights Of Parents Who Use Marijuana Heads To Governor’s Desk Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill to protect the rights of parents who use marijuana in compliance with state law. |
| Mar 9, 2026 |
A Republican Weed CEO Wants To Be Governor. Can Cannabis Be His Bridge Issue? Duke Rodriguez runs Ultra Health and is running for governor of New Mexico as a Republican. In a moment when "rescheduling" is still only a federal directive, not a finished reality, he argues cannabis can shift from a partisan fight to a practical test of governance: rules people can follow, honest labeling, real oversight, and a legal market that can actually compete with the illicit one. |
| Mar 8, 2026 |
Gen Z's weed habits are flipping California's cannabis industry Gen Z has shredded a long-held dynamic in the cannabis industry. For centuries, cannabis flower has been the king of marijuana. And since legalization, flower has always been the most popular product at legal pot shops in California. But that dominance is now all over, largely thanks to Gen Z. Cannabis vapes surpassed flower in June and are consistently the top-selling product category in California, according to state data. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Health Canada reminds cannabis producers of rules for facility tours As part of its compliance and promotion efforts, Health Canada is reminding cannabis producers that facility tours must follow the limitations under the federal Cannabis Act and Regulations. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Virginia Legislation To Provide Marijuana Resentencing Relief For Prior Convictions Heads To Governor’s Desk Virginia lawmakers have sent the governor legislation to provide a pathway to resentencing for people with prior marijuana convictions. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Teens Didn't Just Discover Weed. So Why Is The Wall St. Journal Acting Like They Did? Vapes are newer. Teen cannabis use isn’t. The Wall Street Journal frames a familiar school problem like legalization invented it, even as the data says youth use has declined. The Wall Street Journal has a new teen-cannabis panic on offer: vape clouds in school bathrooms, sneaky hits during class and administrators playing cat-and-mouse with students who keep finding ways to get high. The gadgets are newer. The hardware is newer. The hiding spots may be newer, too. But the underlying behavior? Please. American teenagers did not just discover weed because a dispensary opened in town. What the Journal really found is an old adolescent ritual in updated packaging, then stretched it into a referendum on legal cannabis. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Living soil and retractable roofs: Scale's cultivation strategy in South Africa All the roads lead to cannabis, or something like that, I guess. It is the role of proverbs to be applied to different facets of life, so no hard feelings towards the Roman Empire. That is anyway the long story short that would summarize one of Scale's founders Cyrus Renfrew's career. At the same time, one may say that his approach is the embodiment of "look before you leap". "I started in this industry growing CBD in Spain," he recounts. "I always wanted to get into the THC side of things, but 10–11 years ago, it was just not worth it. But mainly, I wanted to navigate that space first while fully aware this was just a first step." A quite successful first step, even, as Cyrus used to run one of the biggest CBD operations in Spain. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Georgia Considers Bill to End Cannabis Odor as Basis for Police Searches
A proposal now before the Georgia legislature could significantly change how law enforcement officers handle traffic stops and searches, focusing on the long-debated practice of using the odor of cannabis as grounds for action. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Another Hawaii Committee Approves Bill To Let Patients Access Medical Marijuana Without Waiting For Registration Processing Another Hawaii Senate committee has approved a bill to allow patients to immediately access medical cannabis once their registrations are submitted, instead of having to wait until their cards are delivered as is the case under current law. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Control and sale of alcoholic beverages and cannabis, April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 Sales of recreational cannabis by provincial cannabis authorities and other retail outlets increased 6.1% or $0.3 billion from the previous fiscal year to $5.5 billion in 2024/2025. Nevertheless, this was a marked slowdown from the sales increases in 2023/2024 (+11.6%) and 2022/2023 (+15.8%). The price of recreational cannabis decreased 1.1% from March 2024 to March 2025. |
| Mar 6, 2026 |
Why Medical Cannabis Clinics Should Be Knocking on Union Doors
Medical cannabis clinics like Releaf, according to Shah, 'have the data, the legal partnership, and the patient base' educate union reps. "We're ready to work with any union that wants to get ahead of this." |