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State data show Minnesota has licensed 1,837 lower-potency hemp edible retailers but only 13 cannabis retailers, leaving most near-term legal access in the hemp channel while adult-use storefront growth stays constrained.
Read moreAustralia’s medicines regulator has sued Better Leaf, Better Life Aussie and their sole director over alleged medicinal-cannabis advertising, turning a long-running compliance warning into a court test that could reshape how clinics and telehealth operators find patients.
Read moreBoston goes into an August 5 cannabis hearing with a city-backed study showing resident demand supports about 65 retail licenses while 61 were already somewhere in the approval pipeline months earlier, tightening the room for additional stores before most approved sites have even opened.
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Minnesota’s legal retail buildout is not being carried, for now, by adult-use cannabis stores. It is being carried by hemp sellers.
Read moreAustralia’s medicines regulator escalated its campaign against medicinal-cannabis promotion on 4 August, announcing that it has started Federal Court proceedings against Better Leaf Pty Ltd, Better Life Aussie Pty Ltd and the...
Read moreBoston is moving into a new phase of its cannabis market. The city’s revised 2026 retail saturation study says resident demand alone can support roughly 65 cannabis retail licenses citywide. As of November 2025, 61 retail...
Read moreIllinois has changed how it taxes medical cannabis cultivation. Since July 1, 2026, licensed medical cultivation centers owe the state’s 7 percent cultivation privilege tax on taxable receipts from the first sale of medical...
Read moreCanada’s legal cannabis market is still selling a lot of product. It is also still throwing a striking amount of flower away.
Read moreCzechia’s medical-cannabis channel is moving at a scale that matters. Pharmacies dispensed 126,935 grams in the first quarter of 2026, according to KOPAC’s extraction of official monthly dispensing data published by the Czech...
Read moreMassachusetts is at the last formal comment stage before making a major change to who can scale in its adult-use cannabis market. Chapter 65, the state law enacted in April, raises the retail ownership cap from three marijuana...
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