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Mar 21, 2026 New Ohio Restrictions On Marijuana And Hemp THC Products Take Effect After Referendum Push Fails
The changes made by Republican state lawmakers to Ohio’s voter-passed weed law have now taken effect, including new criminal charges, along with the state’s new intoxicating hemp ban—which includes THC and CBD beverages.

Ohio Senate Bill 56 became law Friday after Ohioans for Cannabis Choice failed to get enough signatures to get a referendum on the November ballot for voters to block the law.

Mar 21, 2026 Five Years In: What New York Cannabis Got Wrong—and What’s Finally Going Right
Five years after New York created the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), the state’s legal cannabis industry is still finding its footing.

When New York created the OCM, it felt like the state had a chance to rewrite the cannabis playbook and address many of the harms created by the War on Drugs. With lessons learned from markets like Colorado and California, the hope was that New York could build an adult-use system that worked differently.



Mar 20, 2026 Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Exceeds Statewide Signature Count To Make November Ballot, Campaign Reports

An Idaho campaign says it’s collected enough signatures for a medical cannabis legalization initiative to exceed the statewide threshold for ballot qualification.

But because it’s unclear how many are valid and whether activists have met a separate requirement for regional distribution of petitions, the Natural Medicine Alliance of Idaho (NMAI) is continuing to hold signature gathering events across the state to widen their coalition of supporters in the run-up to the May 1 submission deadline.

Mar 20, 2026 Federal Agencies Retain Employee Marijuana Testing Guidelines
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced that federal workplace drug testing programs will continue screening for cannabis metabolites, maintaining the current approach.

The announcement comes despite a December 2025 executive order by President Trump which called for cannabis to be reclassified from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act as quickly as federal procedures allow.

Mar 20, 2026 Beyond the Abstract: What the Landmark Lancet Psychiatry Cannabinoid Review Shows
A major new systematic review has concluded that the available evidence rarely justifies the routine prescribing of cannabinoids for mental health conditions and substance use disorders.

Mar 20, 2026 Meet Bloomwell, The Telehealth Company Growing Germany’s $900 Million Cannabis Industry
Brother and sister duo Niklas and Anna-Sophia Kouparanis built Bloomwell to help patients get a prescription for medical marijuana—and have it delivered to their door. It’s a preview of what’s to come in Europe as they build the Amazon of pot.

Mar 20, 2026 Indiana Will 'Have To Address' Marijuana Legalization Because It’s 'Lagging' Behind Neighboring States, Governor Says
The Republican governor of Indiana says the fact that four neighboring states have moved to legalize marijuana in some form means Hoosiers are “probably going to have to address” the issue, while also likening cannabis reform to sports betting.

Mar 20, 2026 Canadian Cannabis Sales Began 2026 with Growth
Statistics Canada released January retail sales for the country, with cannabis sales decreasing from the December levels, down 8.4% to C$466.1 million from the all-time high monthly total. The sequential decrease was up the same 8.4% on a per-day basis more due to the equal number of days than in the prior month. December, originally reported at C$503.7 million, was revised slightly higher to C$508.6 million. The sales in December were up 6.4% from a year ago, down from the level in May at 8.3% and 7.5% in June but better than the prior lowest annual growth rate since legalization commenced of -0.9% in September 2024 and then -1.6% in October due to the BC strike. In December, growth was much slower at just 3.9%. In 2024, total sales increased 4.5% to C$5.39 billion, and they were up 4.1% in 2025 to C$5.62 billion.

Mar 19, 2026 Conservatives’ cannabis contradictions on full display in Rogan/Poilievre interview
The surprising part, for Canadians who don’t have the political memory of a gnat, was Poilievre’s agreement with Rogan on the topic and principles of cannabis legalization. Despite Poilievre’s agreement with Rogan that the government should not be preventing people from consuming something like cannabis, cheeseburgers, or whisky, he and his entire party (save for one, who was punished for it) voted against legalizing cannabis in Canada.


Mar 19, 2026 Study Finds That Marijuana Legalization Lowers Crime Rates
A new study suggests that marijuana legalization may be linked to changes in crime patterns over time. Researchers found that allowing cannabis for recreational use among adults appears connected to gradual declines in violent offenses, while laws permitting medical marijuana are associated with decreases in property-related crimes.

Mar 19, 2026 Tilray Medical Announces Major Expansion of Medical Cannabis Portfolio in Australia
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tilray Medical, a recognized global leader in medical cannabis and a division of Tilray Brands, Inc. ("Tilray") (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), today announced its largest portfolio expansion in Australia to date. The expanded medical cannabis offering reinforces Tilray Medical’s long-term commitment to the Australian market and supports increased patient access to regulated, clinically supported medical cannabis products.

Mar 19, 2026 Japan: Consumer products containing cannabis-derived CBN to be banned starting June
Japan’s health ministry announced Wednesday that it has classified cannabinol (CBN), a compound derived from cannabis, as a “designated drug,” banning its manufacture, import, sale and use starting June 1, except for limited medical purposes.

Mar 18, 2026 Georgia House Approves Bill Easing Medical Marijuana Program Access
The Georgia House of Representatives has approved medical marijuana legislation designed to broaden patient access. The proposal cleared the chamber with strong bipartisan support, passing 138 to 21.

The measure, Senate Bill 220 by Senator Matt Brass, proposes expanding the number of medical conditions that qualify for treatment, revising possession limits, and allowing patients to use vaporized cannabis products.

Mar 18, 2026 DEA’s New 'Drug Quiz' Admits That Youth Marijuana Use Is Declining As Legalization Expands
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is acknowledging that, even as more states have legalized marijuana, youth cannabis use has "declined" over the past several decades.

Mar 18, 2026 Where Does Marijuana Grow Naturally in the U.S.?
Marijuana does not grow naturally in the U.S. as a native species, but feral cannabis populations can still be found today—primarily in Midwestern states where historic hemp farming allowed the plant to naturalize.

Mar 18, 2026 ‘Equal representation’: cannabis advocates push for public pot zones
There are hookah lounges and smoking zones — and now, advocates are pushing the provincial government for public places to consume weed.

The Cannabis Business Association of Manitoba is calling on Premier Wab Kinew to green-light public cannabis consumption spaces.

Mar 18, 2026 Celebrity cannabis brands continue to perform, but there’s a secret behind the success
It’s no longer enough to slap a celebrity’s name and face on a generic jar of cannabis for operators to sit back and watch sales soar.

Over the past three years, brands linked with famous personalities who also evoke cannabis culture have gradually but steadily outsold other celebrity cannabis brands, national sales data shows.

Mar 17, 2026 Compliance Check Data From Legal States Confirms That Licensed Retailers Don’t Sell Cannabis to Minors
Licensed cannabis retailers are in strict compliance with their state’s minimum age requirements and nearly always deny access to underage patrons. That’s according to compliance check data provided by regulators in California, Colorado, Washington, and several other states.



Mar 17, 2026 N.S. RCMP issues more cannabis tickets as crackdown on First Nations stores continues
Nova Scotia RCMP say they issued two summary offence tickets at what they say were illegal storefronts in First Nations communities in the province.

RCMP say they conducted inspections at two stores in the Cape Breton communities of Whycocomagh and Eskasoni on March 12 and 13.

Mar 17, 2026 UK fights to keep selling more potent cannabis products in EU ‘reset’ talks
The UK is fighting to keep more potent cannabis products on the market after any “reset” trade deal with the EU, complicating talks between the two sides.

The country wants to continue allowing drinks and food supplements that contain up to 10mg of marijuana or hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD), five times the EU safe limit of 2mg per day, to preserve a competitive advantage.


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