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After testing 63 flower products, Massachusetts put 13 off the market for THC labels that fell outside the state’s accepted range, raising immediate pressure on growers, brands, labs, retailers, and medical operators ahead of a hearing on testing rules.
Read moreA new state licensing snapshot shows New Jersey is building its legal cannabis market around stores faster than growers or product makers, sharpening competition for shelf space, supply, and margins.
Read moreThe Senate blocked an effort to remove a stopgap hemp carve-out, giving most hemp-derived THC products a temporary path to December 11 while leaving a November 12 federal trigger in place for certain products tied to chemically made cannabinoids and other still-covered categories.
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Massachusetts has published the first hard enforcement data in its fight over inflated THC labels. On August 13, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission said 13 of 63 cannabis flower products sampled from 62 producers fell...
Read moreNew Jersey’s latest official cannabis count is not close. As of August 5, 2026, the state had 614 cannabis businesses licensed to operate, including 350 adult-use retailers, 71 adult-use cultivators, and 83 adult-use...
Read moreThe Senate has given most hemp-derived THC products a little more time, and not much more than that. On August 8, senators voted 61-32 to block Sen. Ted Budd’s attempt to remove Section 2019 from H.R. 6500, a stopgap funding...
Read moreUtah’s medical cannabis market is still growing, and in July the strongest category was not flower. State data show cartridges and pens brought in $8,616,600 in July 2026 sales, compared with $5,621,600 for flower. That is a gap...
Read moreThailand's cannabis market has now lost a large share of its licensed storefront base in official records. The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine says 11,386 cannabis establishments remain active out of...
Read moreBrazil’s medicinal-cannabis market has crossed its first hard compliance checkpoint under the country’s 2026 rule rewrite. Anvisa, the national health regulator, said products that were already authorized under the prior...
Read moreThe European Union has set explicit THC ceilings for hemp leaves sold to be brewed in water and for ready-to-drink hemp-leaf infusions. Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/1828 fixes maximum delta-9-THC-equivalent levels at 40...
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