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13 Aug 2026

Virginia Hemp Retailers Seek Court Order to Block New THC Limits

A federal judge spent nearly five hours Wednesday weighing whether to freeze Virginia's new hemp restrictions before they take effect Saturday, as store owners testified the rules could wipe out

• Virginia

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13 Aug 2026

Missouri Hemp Beverage Ban Hinges on Federal Funding Vote

A federal funding bill working through Congress could give Missouri hemp retailers a reprieve - but only a partial one. The U.S. Senate voted 61-31 early Saturday to approve a stopgap spending

• Missouri hemp ban

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13 Aug 2026

Sweed Opens Its Platform With a Public API for Dispensary Storefronts

Sweed has launched a public API that lets cannabis retailers build their own storefront experience while running on Sweed's backend - inventory, checkout, and compliance included. It's a structural

• Sweed

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10 Aug 2026

Rhode Island Reopens Dispensary Licensing After Residency Ruling Voids Applications

Rhode Island's retail cannabis licensing process is running again, but not from where it left off. Every application and every social equity certification submitted before April is void, wiped out

• Rhode Island

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10 Aug 2026

Fake Snack Packaging Exposes Gaps in Cross-Border Cannabis Tracking

Nigeria's drug enforcement agency is now telling parents to treat gummies and cookies with suspicion, after customs officers intercepted two shipping containers at Tin Can Island Port loaded with

• nigeria

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06 Aug 2026

Delaware's Cannabis Market Doubles Sales in First Year of Adult-Use Retail

Delaware's recreational cannabis market has cleared a threshold worth watching: more than $53.4 million in adult-use sales during its first year, according to the Office of the Marijuana

• Delaware cannabis market

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23 Jul 2026

House Extends Military Psychedelics Research While Blocking Cannabis Waiver Vote

The House of Representatives voted this week to extend a Department of Defense psychedelics research program by six years and to write parts of a Trump-era psychedelics executive order into

• House of Representatives

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23 Jul 2026

Massachusetts Repeal Vote Puts Cannabis Retail Revenue on the Line

Massachusetts operators are staring down a ballot question that could shut off adult-use cannabis sales entirely, even as the medical market stays intact. Question 8, headed to voters on November

• Massachusetts

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22 Jul 2026

States Push Medical Cannabis and Psychedelic Therapy Options for Traumatized First Responders

A growing number of state legislatures are moving past conventional PTSD treatment models for first responders - expanding access to medical cannabis protections, psilocybin research, and emerging

• medical cannabis

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06 Jul 2026

Grocery Chains Rethink Loyalty Programs as Retail Rewards Arms Race Intensifies

Five grocery chains restructured or launched loyalty programs within the same week, a cluster of moves that signals something more than coincidence. Kroger, The Fresh Market, Save Mart, US Market,

• grocery chains