December 30, 2025 Listen to this story (8 minutes) In November 2026, when Virginia anticipates launching a statewide retail cannabis market, the legal landscape along its 300-plus-mile southern border will change overnight. North Carolina will immediately neighbor a legal, integrated cannabis ecosystem even as it maintains some of the nation’s…
Daily e-EditionEvening e-EditionSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newslettersDaily e-EditionEvening e-Edition Trending: TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment filed a lawsuit Monday challenging directives by state elections officials that invalidated about 71,000 petition signatures.The lawsuit, filed in Leon County circuit court by the Smart…
Marijuana Saw Some Big Moments In 2025—From Trump’s Rescheduling Order To State Legalization MomentumTexas Officials Invite Comment On New Hemp Rules Covering Age Limits, Licensing Fees, Labeling And MoreOhio Activists Submit Signatures For Referendum To Block Lawmakers’ Move To Roll Back Marijuana Legalization And Restrict HempBipartisan Majority Of American Voters…
CULTUREDec 30, 2025, 11:14 AMA licensed cannabis retailer in Washington state, where new signage rules will allow more exterior advertising starting January 1. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)(Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)BY SEATTLE RED STAFFSeattle RedWashington’s marijuana retail landscape is about to get louder, brighter, and far more visible.Starting January…
23 New ArticlesFind Your Next Job ! As we close the book on 2025 and look ahead, we can’t help but feel a strong sense that we’ve been here before. On the one hand, with the federal government potentially eradicating consumable hemp in November and the president ordering urgent action on marijuana…
(The Center Square) – In 2025, Coloradans spent upwards of $1 billion on legal marijuana. That generated almost $200 million in tax and fee revenue for the state, according to monthly data published by the Colorado Department of Revenue.By the end of the year, the department anticipates Colorado will surpass…
Almost three years after Missouri allowed marijuana dispensaries to open to the general public 21 and older, the state’s marijuana microbusiness program is now gaining momentum.Microbusinesses operate on a smaller scale than other dispensaries. And the state’s program is designed to help disadvantaged residents join Missouri’s weed industry.Business owners must…
NKyTribuneNorthern Kentucky's NewspaperBy Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsKentucky’s first medical marijuana dispensary officially opened Saturday, Dec. 13, nearly one year after it became legal in the state on Jan. 1.The Post Dispensary, located in Beaver Dam, a small city in Ohio County, opened at 10 a.m. with plans to stay…