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| Feb 12, 2026 |
Washington state lawmakers weigh legalizing home cannabis grows Growing recreational cannabis at home is illegal in Washington state - but lawmakers in Olympia are considering a bill this year to legalize it. |
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| Feb 11, 2026 |
California Activists Warn of Environmental Damage from Illegal Cannabis Farms Pot has been legal in California for a decade, but a sprawling black market persists for crops cultivated outside the law. In a February 9 report from CalMatters, environmentalists and politicians sounded the alarm regarding the challenges they face in mitigating environmental damage caused by illegal marijuana farms. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
Cannabis retail's frontline workers are carrying more than we think In the early days of legalization, the budtender was cast as the friendly guide in a brave new world, part educator, part concierge, and part cultural translator. Over eight years later, that role has hardened into something far more complex: regulator, brand ambassador, salesperson, and sometimes security buffer, all at once. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
Canada's Medical Cannabis Research Is Changing the Global Debate For more than a decade, medical cannabis has existed in a strange policy limbo. Patients have benefited from it. Physicians have debated it. Regulators have tolerated it. But the kind of rigorous, longitudinal evidence that typically moves medical consensus has been slower to materialize - particularly evidence grounded in real-world patient outcomes. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
Bipartisan Wisconsin Lawmakers Circulate Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Bipartisan Wisconsin lawmakers will soon be introducing a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession for first-time offenses. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
South Dakota Senators Reject Bills To Repeal Medical Marijuana Program After Federal Rescheduling And Limit THC Potency South Dakota lawmakers have rejected a pair of bills that would have ended the state’s medical marijuana program if the plant is federally rescheduled and to set strict THC potency caps on cannabis products for patients. |
| Feb 10, 2026 |
Why the US Should Avoid Making Canada’s Medical Marijuana Mistake
President Donald Trump’s executive order issued on December 18 signaled a shift in US medical cannabis policy, opening new paths for research and fueling a wave of mergers and acquisitions across the sector. However, one essential issue remains unresolved: how will patients receive medical marijuana in a way that resembles standard healthcare? |
| Feb 10, 2026 |
Florida Officials Miss Counting 54,000+ Signatures for Cannabis Legalization Petition Florida election officials appear to have short-changed an adult-use cannabis legalization campaign by more than 54,000 valid signatures. |
| Feb 10, 2026 |
New cannabis exhibition addresses historical erasure and policy legacy in black communities As Canada's regulated cannabis market enters its eighth year, a Toronto-based health consultancy is advancing a thesis rarely articulated within the industry: that commercial legitimacy depends on historical reckoning. |
| Feb 10, 2026 |
Health Canada cannabis guidance exposes "absurd" education gap in healthcare TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New federal guidance on cannabis for medical purposes is drawing attention to a growing gap in Canadian healthcare: patients are increasingly using cannabis to manage symptoms, but often without consistent clinical education, dosing support, or medication-interaction screening. (January 2026) : https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/topics/accessing-cannabis-for-medical-purposes/cannabis-medical-purposes/cannabis-medical-purposes.pdf |
| Feb 9, 2026 |
Florida spent $4 million in opiate settlement to defeat marijuana legalization Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration spent $4 million in cash from a national opiate crisis settlement to defeat a 2024 adult-use marijuana legalization initiative. |
| Feb 9, 2026 |
'Our position will remain the same': Newmarket council not moving on allowing cannabis stores Newmarket council indicated it would not change its position on allowing retail cannabis stores in town until it gains more planning control. |
| Feb 8, 2026 |
Advocates push for change on retail cannabis
Advocates are once again urging Newmarket council to reconsider its ban on retail cannabis stores. |
| Feb 8, 2026 |
Online Cannabis Sales Are Booming in Germany - and the Government Is Racing to Catch Up A few years ago, Lukas, a 20-year-old who lives outside Berlin, would have had to wander through a park at night or arrange an illicit street pickup if he wanted to buy marijuana. Now, all he needs is five minutes and an internet connection. Since Germany liberalized its cannabis laws two years ago, online telemedicine platforms with suggestive names like Cannadoc24 and Weed.de have become the preferred way for buyers—technically, patients—to access both pharmacist-vetted weed and doctors’ notes to order it legally. |
| Feb 7, 2026 |
Cannabis Culture Can’t Afford to Keep Fighting Itself Cannabis has never been a single experience. It was never one molecule, one effect, one intention, or one lane. It has always been plural—used for healing, ritual, relief, escape, communion, and survival, sometimes all at once. The plant made room for contradiction long before regulators tried to flatten it into categories that could fit on a spreadsheet. |
| Feb 6, 2026 |
Turning spare change into meaningful impact in cannabis Dutchie has announced Round Up the Change, a new checkout feature that allows dispensary customers to round up their purchase total to support nonprofit organizations and industry associations advancing cannabis justice reform and legalization. |
| Feb 6, 2026 |
Ohio Sues Major U.S. Cannabis Companies Over 'Anti-Competitive Conduct' In an antitrust lawsuit, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has accused nine multi-state cannabis operators of engaging in anti-competitive conduct to reduce product choice and keep prices artificially high, harming both consumers and smaller, Ohio-based cannabis businesses. |
| Feb 6, 2026 |
Opioid Use Dropped in States That Legalized Recreational CannabisOpioid Use Dropped in States That Legalized Recreational Cannabis
Legalizing cannabis for both medical and recreational use may lead to a decline in daily opioid use among people who inject drugs in the United States, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher (BUSPH). |
| Feb 6, 2026 |
Alberta cannabis growers call for tax revenue reinvestment, regulatory reform Cannabis growers say the Alberta government needs to do more to help the industry thrive in the province. |
| Feb 6, 2026 |
Canada's massive medical cannabis mistake - and how the U.S. can avoid it Canada committed a grave error and left medical cannabis patients behind with legalization. The U.S. can avoid this mistake. |