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Virginia Is About to Close the Old Intoxicating-Hemp Workaround

From August 15, hemp products with more than 2 milligrams of total THC per package can no longer be made or sold as hemp in Virginia, forcing brands and stores off the old high-CBD ratio model.

Virginia is days away from drawing a much harder line around hemp products that can intoxicate. Beginning August 15, 2026, a product with more than 2 milligrams of total THC per package can no longer be produced or sold as a hemp product in the state.

GLOBALAug 8, 2026

Israel Reopens Dumping Case Over Canadian Medical-Cannabis Flower

Israel has reopened an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian medical-cannabis flower, putting tariffs or minimum-price deals back on the table for a major supply route into Israeli pharmacies.

Israel has formally reopened its anti-dumping case over Canadian medical-cannabis flower. The immediate number driving the story is stark. In the reopening materials, Israel’s Trade Levies Commissioner said the file shows an apparent dumping margin of about 125%, based on...

Ukraine’s Medical Cannabis Market Has Moved From Paper to Patients

Ukraine has set 2026 controlled-substance quotas, confirmed six registered cannabis-based substances with 18 more in review, and reached first patient dispensing, turning a policy project into an operating medical market.

Ukraine’s medical-cannabis story is no longer mainly about legislation. It is now about whether a live supply chain can serve patients.

Minnesota’s Legal Retail Buildout Is Running Through Hemp Stores

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.

Minnesota’s legal retail buildout is not being carried, for now, by adult-use cannabis stores. It is being carried by hemp sellers.

GLOBALAug 5, 2026

Australia Takes Better Leaf Medicinal-Cannabis Advertising Fight to Federal Court

Australia’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.

Australia’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 companies’ sole director. The agency says the...

Boston Nears Its Own Retail Cannabis Demand Limit as New Hearing Opens

Boston 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.

Boston’s August 5 hearing arrives with a city study that puts resident-only retail demand at about 65 stores

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...