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Illinois Medical Cultivators Face First August Filing Under New Receipts-Based Tax

Illinois medical cannabis cultivation centers now calculate the state’s 7 percent cultivation tax from the taxable receipts on their first sale, a shift that takes effect in the July 2026 return due August 20.

Illinois 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 cannabis, not on the sales price per ounce.

GLOBALAug 2, 2026

Canada’s Upstream Cannabis Glut Deepens as Destroyed Flower Hits 18.1% of Output

Health Canada’s latest data shows licensed producers destroyed a record share of bulk dried cannabis in early 2026 even as Canadian retail sales stayed near C$482 million a month, underscoring a persistent mismatch between what is being grown and what the legal market will absorb.

Canada’s legal cannabis market is still selling a lot of product. It is also still throwing a striking amount of flower away.

Czech Medical Cannabis Dispensing Is Running Above Half a Tonne a Year

Czech pharmacies dispensed 126,935 grams of medical cannabis in the first quarter of 2026, a pace that suggests recent prescribing and reimbursement changes are turning into steady pharmacy demand.

Czechia’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 medicines regulator, SÚKL.

Massachusetts Is About to Double the Retail Cannabis Ownership Cap

A final comment hearing on July 30 could lock in Massachusetts rules that let cannabis operators grow from three stores to six, with the sixth store reserved for social-equity businesses during the first year after applications reopen.

Massachusetts 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 retailer licenses to six. The Cannabis Control...

Germany Cuts Reimbursed Medical Cannabis Flower Out of Statutory Insurance

A health-insurance reform approved in Berlin removes dried medical cannabis flower from public reimbursement while leaving extracts and certain cannabinoid medicines covered, forcing a rapid shift in Germany’s biggest medical-cannabis sales channel.

Germany has turned a spring proposal into a concrete market change. On 10 July, the Bundestag approved the GKV-Beitragssatzstabilisierungsgesetz, a law aimed at stabilising contribution rates in the statutory health insurance system, and the Federal Health Ministry said the...

Minnesota’s Adult-Use Launch Is Being Built by Microbusinesses

Minnesota’s latest license data show the state’s first adult-use cannabis market is being shaped mainly by microbusinesses that can grow, make, and sell under one license, not by standalone stores.

Minnesota’s first adult-use cannabis market is not taking shape around standalone stores. It is taking shape around small integrated operators.

Missouri’s Final Required Microbusiness Round Reaches Deadline With 77 Licenses Planned

Missouri is closing applications for the third and last constitutionally required cannabis microbusiness round, with at least 77 licenses planned and a temporary rule change that cuts one upfront step for applicants.

Missouri is in the final day of applications for the third and last cannabis microbusiness licensing round required by the state constitution. The Department of Health and Senior Services says the round will issue at least 77 microbusiness licenses, the largest tranche yet, and...

New York Puts a Hard Number on Supply Growth With 49 Canopy Expansion Approvals

New York said 49 approved cultivation expansions could add about 97,700 pounds of dry cannabis, giving the market its clearest official sign yet that supply may be catching up as more legal stores open.

New York has finally published a supply-side number the market can use. At the July 2 meeting of the Cannabis Control Board, the state said 49 canopy-expansion amendments had been fully approved since March. In the state’s own estimate, those approvals represent about 1.51...

New Jersey Adult-Use Flower Falls to $6.51 a Gram as Sales Hold Above $115 Million

State data show New Jersey cannabis flower prices fell sharply in June even as legal recreational sales stayed above $115 million, increasing pressure on retailers and growers in a market that is still adding stores.

New Jersey’s latest official market deck shows that adult-use cannabis flower is still getting cheaper at a notable pace. The average price for bud and flower reached $6.51 per gram in June 2026, down 21.8 percent from $8.33 a year earlier, according to slides presented for the...

Massachusetts Publishes Its First Public No-Delivery Map for Adult-Use Cannabis

Massachusetts says 13 municipalities have already won waivers to block adult-use cannabis delivery, giving delivery businesses and customers their first clear view of where the state’s new default-on system still stops at the town line.

Thirteen Massachusetts municipalities have already blocked adult-use delivery under the new statewide rule

GLOBALJul 17, 2026

Australia’s Medicinal-Cannabis Licensing Data Points to Modification, Not a New Wave of Entrants

New Australian data show far more medicinal-cannabis licence changes than new licence applications, suggesting the market’s upstream growth is now being shaped more by existing operators reworking approvals than by fresh entrants joining the system.

Australia’s medicinal-cannabis licensing data has shifted from a story about market entry to a story about market adjustment.

GLOBALJul 16, 2026

Australia’s Veteran Cannabis Reimbursement Pool Hits 12,000 as DVA Deadline Nears

Australia’s veteran medicines payer says funded medicinal-cannabis use rose to 12,000 patients last financial year, just as older prescriptions must be moved onto a tighter reimbursement framework by 31 August 2026.

Australia’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs has disclosed that 12,000 Veteran Card holders accessed medicinal cannabis through its medicines program in fiscal year 2024-25, up 50% from 8,000 a year earlier. That is a large jump in a publicly funded patient pool, and it turns...

Spain’s Medical-Cannabis System Appears to Reach Its First Product Registrations

Spain’s medicines agency appears to have formally registered two cannabis preparations for the hospital-pharmacy medical pathway, turning the country’s 2025 framework from a rulebook into a live supply system.

Spain’s medical-cannabis framework appears to have crossed an important line. Curaleaf said on 13 July that Spain’s medicines agency, AEMPS, formally registered two standardized cannabis preparations under Royal Decree 903/2025, with registry numbers CAN-1 and CAN-2.

Pennsylvania Dry-Leaf Wholesale Has Fallen to $2.80 a Gram as the Medical Market Keeps Expanding

Pennsylvania’s latest medical-cannabis board data show dry-leaf wholesale pricing at $2.80 per gram through May 2026 and retail at $7.49, underscoring how new cultivation and store capacity is arriving into an already cheaper flower market.

Pennsylvania’s latest official medical-cannabis data show a clear change in the economics of flower. In a June 24 program update presented to the state’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board, the Department of Health said average wholesale pricing for dry leaf reached $2.80 per gram...

Washington’s 29% Cannabis License-Fee Increase Is Now Live for Existing Operators

Washington has put a $400 annual fee increase into effect for standard cannabis producers, processors, and retailers, raising the renewal cost to $1,781 and adding a new fixed expense for businesses that already hold licenses.

Washington has raised the annual state license fee for standard cannabis producers, processors, and retailers to $1,781 from $1,381. The increase took effect in practice on July 1, 2026, when the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, the state regulator for cannabis and...