Legal Affairs
Navigating Local Cannabis Regulations: A State-by-State Guide
NEW YORK — Cannabis regulation in the United States functions ...
Minnesota Approves Hemp Seed Meal for Laying Hens
LOS ANGELES- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has authorized ...
Kool Cigarettes Sues Bloom Cannabis For Logo Infringement
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Tobacco producer ITG has sued a California ...
Aurora Cannabis Stands Its Ground as Curaleaf’s Sweetened Bid Falls Short
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. confirmed that its board, acting unanimously on the recommendation of its Special Committee of independent directors, is advising shareholders to REJECT the revised hostile takeover offer from Curaleaf Holdings Inc. ...
A $31.8 Million Cannabis Verdict Vanished in Federal Court. Some California Harvest Contracts Could Face the Same Test
LOS ANGELES- A licensed Michigan grower contracted to sell its harvest to a Curaleaf subsidiary, grew product that passed testing, and watched the buyer refuse further deliveries when prices fell. A jury awarded the grower ...
Khalifa Kush Enters NY Legal Market in Skyworld Cannabis Deal
LOS ANGELES – Khalifa Kush announced that Skyworld Cannabis will handle the brand's cultivation and distribution within the state. Products are scheduled to reach shelves beginning October 31. The initial lineup includes two strains, KK ...
Glass House Brands Achieves GACP Certification for California Farms
LONG BEACH – Glass House Brands Inc. has secured third-party certification under the PJRFSI Cannabis Safety Standard for Good Agricultural and Collection Practice (GACP) across its primary Southern California cultivation infrastructure. The certification confirms the ...
Compass Builds a Commercial Case for COMP360
NEW YORK – Compass Pathways is advancing COMP360, its proprietary synthetic psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), through a rolling FDA New Drug Application, with a commercial launch targeted for H1 2027. Alongside the regulatory push, ...
Illinois Legal Cannabis Sales Hit New Highs While Tax Revenues Drop
SPRINGFIELD – When Illinois released its annual Cannabis report this month, the numbers looked troubling on the surface. Total reported retail sales dropped to about $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2026, down from nearly $2 ...
Cantourage Locks In Green Karat as EU-GMP Certified Supplier
BERLIN – Cantourage Group SE has announced an expanded supply agreement with Canadian craft producer Green Karat, following the company's receipt of EU-GMP certification, effective October 1, 2026. Under the arrangement, Cantourage serves as Green ...
Aurora Cannabis Stands Its Ground as Curaleaf’s Sweetened Bid Falls Short
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. confirmed that its board, acting unanimously on the recommendation of its Special Committee of independent directors, is advising shareholders to REJECT the revised hostile takeover offer from Curaleaf Holdings Inc. ...
A $31.8 Million Cannabis Verdict Vanished in Federal Court. Some California Harvest Contracts Could Face the Same Test
LOS ANGELES- A licensed Michigan grower contracted to sell its harvest to a Curaleaf subsidiary, grew product that passed testing, and watched the buyer refuse further deliveries when prices fell. A jury awarded the grower ...
Khalifa Kush Enters NY Legal Market in Skyworld Cannabis Deal
LOS ANGELES – Khalifa Kush announced that Skyworld Cannabis will handle the brand's cultivation and distribution within the state. Products are scheduled to reach shelves beginning October 31. The initial lineup includes two strains, KK ...
Trump Signs Hemp THC Ban Delay
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, pushing back sweeping federal restrictions on hemp-derived THC products from November 12 to December 11, 2026. Embedded in a must-pass ...
Aurora vs Curaleaf: M&A Clash Reaches Shareholder Decision Point
EDMONTON - STAMFORD – Aurora Cannabis Inc. filed its Directors' Circular, unanimously urging shareholders to REJECT the unsolicited takeover bid from Curaleaf Holdings Inc., calling the offer inadequate and warning it puts long-term shareholder value ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – Some weeks move the needle. The past fortnight moved the whole dial. A Phase 3 breakthrough, a nine-figure pharma bet, a federal price tag on legalization, hemp THC ban delay, and a ...
ATB Cormark Conference: Cannabis Operators Focus on Debt and Cash Flow
NEW YORK – Senior executives from major MSOs, including Green Thumb Industries, Trulieve Cannabis, Verano Holdings, Curaleaf and Vireo Growth are scheduled to hold private meetings with institutional fund managers in Manhattan next week at ...
Cresco Labs Closes Pennsylvania Dispensary Deal
CHICAGO – Cresco Labs Inc. announced the closing of its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding equity interests in PharmaCann Penn, LLC for an aggregate consideration of $50 million. The deal covers nine operational retail ...
Grön Scatters Pearls Over Four States at Once
PORTLAND – Grön officially announced that its flagship Pearls line is now available in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Nevada – the company's largest simultaneous multi-state rollout to date. The expansion places Grön inside some of ...
Headset Settles Federal PPP Loan Claims
SEATTLE – Headset Inc. agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle claims that it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan in February 2021, according to an announcement from First ...
Oregon Consolidates Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Under One Regulator
PORTLAND – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officially completes its administrative consolidation of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), giving rise to a unified oversight body formally called the Oregon ...
Alaska Calls to Change Cannabis Taxes, Lawmakers Are Slow to Answer
ANCHORAGE – Alaska taxes legal Cannabis at one of the highest rates in the country. Since legalization in 2015, the state has collected an excise tax on every ounce cultivators sell to retailers – a ...
CSP C-Store Cannabis Board Teams with Element Training on Hemp and Cannabis Certified Education
CHICAGO – The CSP C-Store Cannabis Board has formalized a partnership with Element Training to deliver structured Hemp and Cannabis Education to convenience store operators and their staff. The program covers product knowledge, age verification, ...
SAMHSA Urges States to Prepare for Psychedelic Medicine Approval
WASHINGTON – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a detailed policy report urging state officials to begin preparing for the fiscal, legal, and operational realities that federal approval of psychedelic medicines ...
High Times Cannabis Cup Debuts in Montana
HELENA – A competition that helped define American Cannabis culture is coming to a new state. Big Sky Country is preparing for its first-ever High Times Cannabis Cup. The event is set for Saturday, September ...
Canada Is Now the World’s Largest Cannabis Market
OTTAWA – Supported by 3,420 licensed stores and roughly 7.1 million past-year consumers, Canada's legal industry generated C$5.42 billion (approx. US$3.98 billion) in retail sales in 2025, making it the world's largest federally-legal Cannabis market ...
DEA MJ Rescheduling Transcript Goes Public
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the complete, corrected transcript from its 11-day marijuana rescheduling hearing, giving the public its first detailed account of the testimony that will guide DEA Chief Administrative Law ...
JARS Cannabis Acquires Sonoran Roots, Claiming Arizona’s Retail Top Spot
PHOENIX – JARS Cannabis and Sonoran Roots have signed a definitive agreement under which JARS will acquire Sonoran Roots, creating Arizona's largest Cannabis retail network – 27 dispensary locations operating under a single platform. The ...
California Tightens Rules on Cannabis Packaging Attractive to Kids
LOS ANGELES – California's effort to draw a sharper legal line around child-appealing Cannabis packaging has cleared the legislature, sending AB 2249 to Gov. Gavin Newsom for final action. The measure, sponsored by Assemblymember Jacqui ...
Massachusetts Opens New Round of Social Equity Applications for Cannabis
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will begin accepting new applications for its Social Equity Program on September 1, with the intake period running through November 30. The commission will also hold four virtual ...
Fewer Americans Drink Alcohol as Cannabis Shows Up to the Party
LOS ANGELES – For generations, alcohol held an unquestioned place at the center of adult social life. A drink after work. Beer at the game. Wine with dinner. That relationship is now under measurable pressure: ...
Aurora Disputes the Narrative Behind Curaleaf’s Hostile Bid
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. fired back at Curaleaf Holdings Inc., rejecting the claims the Connecticut-based MSO has been advancing to Aurora shareholders to justify its unsolicited takeover bid. In a statement issued today, Aurora's ...
Grown Rogue Pushes East with Planned PharmaCann Acquisition
MEDFORD – Grown Rogue International Inc. announced it has taken the first steps toward the planned acquisition of PharmaCann Inc.'s New York license and assets, through the formation of Grown Rogue New York, LLC (GRNY) ...
Portugal Medical Cannabis Outpaces 2025 Export Run Rate
LISBON – Portugal's medicines regulator, Infarmed, has confirmed that the country exported 66,305 kilograms of medical Cannabis between January and June 2026, equivalent to more than 80% of everything it shipped in all of 2025. ...
UMiami Hands Over Its 1994 Ibogaine Research to Washington
LOS ANGELES – The University of Miami has donated its original 1994 investigational new drug (IND) application for ibogaine to the federal government, giving Washington direct operational authority over the foundational FDA authorization that made ...
CRB Monitor and NCS Analytics Partner to Bridge the Cannabis Compliance Data Gap
DENVER – Two of the industry's most data-intensive platforms that have long operated on parallel tracks in the Cannabis compliance space announced a formal partnership, combining regulatory licensing records with real-time operational analytics into a ...
Decibel Reports Q2 2026 Financial Results
CALGARY – Decibel Cannabis Co. Inc. reported second-quarter net revenue of $35.6 million for the period ended June 30, 2026, the best three-month result in the company's history. A licensed Canadian Cannabis producer simultaneously raised ...
Organigram Pulls Sanity Group Into a Single Global Structure
TORONTO – Organigram Global Inc. did not wait out the calendar. Roughly four months after the April 2026 closing of its acquisition of Sanity Group GmbH, the Canadian Cannabis producer announced an accelerated integration of ...
