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Governor Newsom announces 99.8% compliance with emergency regulations, signs bill to permanently protect children from hemp products

Governor Newsom announces 99.8% compliance with emergency regulations, signs bill to permanently protect children from hemp products

Loopholes in federal law, and an absence of any meaningful action to regulate or enforce, have led to a flood of intoxicating hemp products across the nation. As the federal government continues to abdicate their responsibility to protect...

Owner:  American Government
TEXAS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER SID MILLER SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON TEXAS HEMP REGULATION

TEXAS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER SID MILLER SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON TEXAS HEMP REGULATION

Texas Hemp Standards Align with Federal Rules and Regulations AUSTIN, TX—Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) today reaffirmed their commitment to protecting both Texas industrial hemp producers and the people of...

Owner:  American Government
Tilray, a Global Leader in Medical Cannabis, Announces Expansion of Premium Craft Cannabis Production at its Advanced EU-GMP Facility in Germany; Tilray Medical Enhances Tilray Craft Cannabis Portfolio with New Patient-Centered Offerings
Minnesota launches ‘Be Cannabis Aware’ Campaign

Minnesota launches ‘Be Cannabis Aware’ Campaign

News Release Sept. 25, 2025 Contact information The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has launched Be Cannabis Aware, a new public health campaign focused on educating youth under age 25—and the adults who support them—about cannabis use. The...

Owner:  American Government
Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty to Leading Massive Illegal Marijuana Operation

Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty to Leading Massive Illegal Marijuana Operation

ALBUQUERQUE – Dineh Benally pleaded guilty in federal court to leading a vast illegal marijuana cultivation and distribution ring that spanned several years, exploited workers, and polluted the San Juan River on tribal lands. Benally pleaded...

Owner:  American Government
Protecting sensitive habitats across California, state officials remove 21,000 illicit cannabis plants

Protecting sensitive habitats across California, state officials remove 21,000 illicit cannabis plants

An illegal cannabis grow site in San Bernardino that CDFW raided in August 2025. Cannabis plants are growing among western Joshua trees with a visible container of rodenticide and hosing used to illegally divert water. Water from this natural...

Owner:  American Government
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Lawmakers approve 2026 budget, including 24% marijuana tax

Lawmakers approve 2026 budget, including 24% marijuana tax

The budget votes began two days into the start of the 2026 fiscal year, after lawmakers passed a stopgap budget Oct. 1. The budget cuts many state agencies but provides about $1.1 billion extra for the Michigan Department of Transportation....

Owner:  Gannett Co. Inc.
Lawmakers finally approve Michigan’s 2026 budget, adding a 24% marijuana tax

Lawmakers finally approve Michigan’s 2026 budget, adding a 24% marijuana tax

LANSING, MI - As the Michigan Senate gaveled in just after midnight Friday morning, Sen. Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing, delivered a brief invocation: “Dear God, please help us pass this budget, amen.” It wasn’t until a few hours later that Anthony, who...

Owner:  Newhouse Family
Court limits police vehicle searches based on cannabis odor

Court limits police vehicle searches based on cannabis odor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida police can’t search a vehicle solely because it smells like marijuana, a state court said on Wednesday. According to CBS12's media partners, News Service of Florida, the 2nd District Court of Appeal's main...

Owner:  Smith Family
Florida appeals court rules smell of marijuana not enough for car searches

Florida appeals court rules smell of marijuana not enough for car searches

GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Florida law enforcement now need more than just the smell of marijuana to search your car. A Florida Court of Appeals cited the 4th amendment of the constitution, which protects against unnecessary searches and seizures, when...

Owner:  Smith Family
Pizzutillo: Cannabis market crisis

Pizzutillo: Cannabis market crisis

We’re writing an open letter as the Cultivator Working Group of Vermont Growers Association, a committee of locally-licensed cannabis growers of different types and production sizes to advance the mission of VGA to establish a just, prosperous and...

Owner:  George “Scoop” Sample
‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution over $400 of gummies

‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution over $400 of gummies

When Jarred Shaw, an American basketball player in Indonesia, stepped down to the lobby in his apartment complex earlier this year to collect a package containing illegally imported cannabis gummies, he thought that the medicine to ease his...

Owner:  The Scott Trust

Customs Officers Charged for Abetment to Import 151lbs of Weed Valued Millions

In late April, we broke the story of the customs officers under scrutiny for what we were told was 15 pounds of high grade marijuana that arrived in the country in a freight shipment from the US. Well, it turns out it was actually 151 pounds of...

Owner:  Jules Vasquez
‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies
New MD laws include tougher penalties for some traffic violations

Midd cannabis dispensary wins changes from state regulators

MIDDLEBURY — FLORA Cannabis and the Vermont Cannabis Action Fund (VCAF) have reached a negotiated settlement with the Vermont Cannabis Control Board (CCB) over FLORA’s free speech lawsuit, filed this past December. As part of the settlement, the...

Owner:  Lynn Family
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