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Global cannabis legislation, decriminalization efforts, and legal battles shaping the industry.

Texas Officials Take Key Step To Expand Medical Marijuana Program

Texas officials have taken an initial step toward implementing a law to expand the state’s medical marijuana program, with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) previewing proposed rules to significantly increase the number of licensed dispensaries. As a controversial Senate-passed bill to ban hemp THC products remains stalled in the House due to a lack…

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The Rebrand No One Asked For

How legal weed is leaving the people and the culture behind. Scene: a white-walled, hermetically sealed dispensary that looks less like a place to buy weed and more like a backdrop from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It smells faintly of ionized air conditioning and plastic. Sleek iPads, LED mood lighting, and a curated playlist engineered…

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Rand Paul Is Working To ‘Reach A Compromise’ On Hemp

A Republican senator says he has plans to meet with House lawmakers to “reach a compromise” on an approach to regulate hemp in light of his opposition to a proposal in Congress to ban products with any “quantifiable” amount of THC. Part of that compromise, he said, is to address concerns he and other stakeholders…

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Ascend Wellness Reports $127M in Q2 Net Revenue

[PRESS RELEASE] – NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2025 – Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. (AWH), a multistate, vertically integrated cannabis operator, reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Financial results are reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and all currency is in U.S. dollars.Business HighlightsFully repaid the company’s existing $60 million term loan…

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Alabama Judge Dismisses Lawsuit From Parents Whose Children Could Benefit

“Petitioners…do not have standing to bring a claim individually related to the patient registry.” By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector A state judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit from parents of children who are potentially eligible to receive medical cannabis who wanted to force the state to create a patient registry. Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson…

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Workers at Cannabis Software Firm Dutchie File for Landmark Union

[PRESS RELEASE] – BOSTON, Aug. 8, 2025 – Product support agents and analysts from cannabis software company Dutchie filed to form a union with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1445. Dutchie, a cannabis software tech company founded in 2017, provides business software to more than 6,500 dispensaries across the country and is…

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TerrAscend Reports $65M in Q2 Revenue From Continuing Operations

[PRESS RELEASE] – TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2025 – TerrAscend Corp., a leading North American cannabis company, reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025. All amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars and are prepared under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), unless indicated otherwise.The following financial measures are reported as results from…

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Americans are Now Growing Their Own Weed

Grow Your Own – True Legalization As I gaze out my window at the morning light filtering through the leaves of my garden, I can’t help but reflect on the peculiar state of cannabis “legalization” across America. Here’s a hard truth many advocates don’t want to face: if you can’t grow your own cannabis at…

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Planet 13 Kicks Off Monthly ‘Planet the 13th Night Market,’

[PRESS RELEASE] – LAS VEGAS, Aug. 7, 2025 – Planet 13 Holdings Inc., a leading vertically integrated multistate cannabis company, announced the launch of Planet the13th Night Market—a new indoor art and makers market taking place on the 13th of every month in the Planet 13 Entertainment Complex.The first event launches Aug. 13, 2025, from 6–10 p.m. at Planet 13,…

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NORML’s Facebook Was Hacked

Many of you have reached out to us over the past few days with concerns regarding NORML’s Facebook page. On Thursday, July 31, NORML’s Meta account was compromised and the spam content you are now seeing posted there is not from NORML. Meta Support has opened an investigation and informed us that it can take over…

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