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Massachusetts Adult-Use Cannabis Repeal Reaches November Ballot, Putting a $1.65 Billion Market at Risk

Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to repeal legal adult-use cannabis sales, creating immediate uncertainty for a $1.65 billion market while leaving medical marijuana in place.

Massachusetts’ top court has cleared a ballot initiative that would repeal legal adult-use cannabis sales, turning a live business into a live political risk. On June 12, the Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, rejected the challenge to the measure and allowed it...

California Opens Rulemaking After Estimating Lab Shopping in Nearly a Quarter of Cannabis Tests

California regulators have started a new rulemaking after estimating that lab shopping affected 23.3% of cannabis testing in 2024, a finding that could tighten how samples move to labs, how retailers log data, and how consumers get test results.

California has turned a long-running testing complaint into a quantified enforcement problem

EU Drug Agency Puts CBD on a Precursor Track After Illegal Conversion Sites Were Found

A new EU drugs report says illegal cannabinoid conversion sites were dismantled in 2024 and confirms CBD is now being assessed as a possible precursor, raising immediate risk for hemp extract and cannabinoid supply chains across Europe.

Europe’s main drugs agency has attached a concrete enforcement number to a risk that much of the hemp and cannabinoid trade preferred to treat as background noise. In its European Drug Report 2026, published on 9 June, the European Union Drugs Agency said that in 2024 at least...

Iowa Doubles Medical Dispensary Cap, but the Sales Pool Per Store Could Be Cut in Half

A new Iowa law lets the state expand from five to as many as 10 medical cannabis dispensaries, improving access for patients while sharply reducing the sales base available to each store unless demand grows.

Iowa has raised the ceiling on its medical cannabis retail network. Governor Kim Reynolds took final action on House File 990 on June 2, and the Legislature lists the law as taking effect on July 1. In practical terms, the change lets the state select and license up to 10...

Michigan’s April Cannabis Rebound Looks Thin Once It Is Split Across Stores

State data show Michigan’s adult-use cannabis market generated about $316,480 per active retailer in April, suggesting that even a 4/20 sales month is no longer enough to hide heavy store competition and weak pricing.

Michigan’s adult-use cannabis market sold $269,957,758.67 in April, according to the state’s monthly market report. Set against 853 active retailer licenses, that works out to about $316,480 in adult-use sales per active retailer for the month.

GLOBALJun 4, 2026

Panama Publishes the Forms That Make Medical Cannabis Operational

A June 1 resolution approved the paperwork patients and physicians need to enter Panama’s medical-cannabis system, moving the country’s main bottleneck from licensing to real-world enrollment.

Panama has now published the paperwork that lets patients enter its medical-cannabis system. Official Gazette No. 30536-A, published on June 1, carried Resolution No. 0406 approving two documents: the Formulario de Usuarios de Cannabis Medicinal y Acompañantes Autorizados, which...

Denmark Is Now Projected to Be the EU’s Largest Legal Cannabis Producer in 2026

A new international update puts Denmark’s 2026 legal cannabis output at 52,603 kilograms, a sharp rise that would move it ahead of Portugal and Spain just as the country’s permanent medical-cannabis system takes hold.

Denmark is now projected to produce 52,603 kilograms of legal cannabis in 2026. That figure, refreshed on June 2 by the International Narcotics Control Board, is up from 28,000 kilograms in the 2025 table, an 87.9 percent jump in a single year.

New York Slashed Its Medical Cannabis Operator Fee by 90%

New York cut the fee for medical cannabis registered organizations to $20,000 from $200,000, giving legacy operators immediate relief as the state’s adult-use market expands and the medical patient base keeps shrinking.

New York cut the medical operator fee just as eight incumbent companies came up for renewal

Massachusetts’ New Two-Ounce Cannabis Limit Generated 900 Above-Cap Purchases in Two Days

State data show the higher adult-use purchase limit immediately created legal sales that stores could not have made before, offering an early sign of bigger basket sizes in a mature market.

Massachusetts has its first hard read on what a higher adult-use cannabis purchase limit does at the register. Data surfaced by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on May 28 show that consumers made 900 legal adult-use purchases above the former one-ounce ceiling on...

GLOBALMay 30, 2026

Uruguay’s Pharmacy Cannabis Sales Jump as Store Expansion Starts to Convert Into Volume

Uruguay’s latest adult-use cannabis report shows the legal pharmacy channel selling much more product as the retail network spreads to more parts of the country.

Uruguay’s legal adult-use cannabis market sold 525 kilograms through pharmacies in March 2026. A year earlier, the same month produced 348 kilograms. That is a 51 percent increase in the country’s main commercial retail channel.

Czech Medical Cannabis Dispensing Jumps 61.9% in Q1 as Pharmacy Demand Keeps Climbing

Czech pharmacies dispensed 126,935 grams of medical cannabis in the first quarter of 2026, showing that easier prescribing and strong reimbursement are still pulling patients into the regulated market.

Czechia’s regulated medical-cannabis channel has posted another sharp growth quarter. Pharmacies dispensed 126,935 grams in the first three months of 2026, according to figures compiled from the country’s official monthly dispensing data. That was 61.9% above the 78,405.98 grams...

Georgia Turns Its Low-THC Oil Program Into a Broader Medical Cannabis Market

Georgia has signed a law that replaces its old 5% THC limit with a 12,000-milligram possession cap, letting licensed medical businesses build stronger products and new formats, including vaping for adult patients.

Georgia has changed the core unit of its medical cannabis law. The state’s newly signed SB 220 scraps the old rule that defined legal patient products by a maximum of 5% THC by weight and replaces it with a possession-based cap of up to 12,000 milligrams of THC in medical...

Maryland Moves to Give Conditional Cannabis Licensees Up to a Year More Time

Maryland’s cannabis regulator has advanced a rule change that could stretch a conditional license from 24 months to as much as 36 months, giving lottery-selected operators and their backers a longer window to clear zoning, financing, buildout, and inspection delays.

The state’s cannabis regulator said on May 18 that it submitted a draft rule package for formal review that would let conditional license holders request up to two additional six-month extensions. That matters because Maryland already expanded the standard conditional-license...

Washington Puts a Hard Revenue Number on Its Cannabis License Fee Increase

Washington has raised annual cannabis producer, processor, and retailer license fees to $1,781 and now says the change should bring in about $11.16 million through 2035, adding a fixed cost for operators while rulemaking is still open for objections.

Washington has now attached a firm revenue estimate to its cannabis license-fee increase. Under Engrossed House Bill 2681, the annual fee for cannabis producer, processor, and retailer licenses rose to $1,781 from $1,381, a 29 percent increase. The state’s ten-year cash-receipt...

Massachusetts Draws a Hard Line on THC Labels With New Potency Audits

Massachusetts regulators have told cannabis companies that products testing outside 75 percent to 125 percent of the THC stated on the package can be put on hold and pulled from sale until the label or product is corrected.

Massachusetts has moved a common industry complaint into an enforceable rule. In a bulletin issued on May 22, the Cannabis Control Commission said a cannabis product is not in substantial compliance if its observed THC potency falls outside 75 percent to 125 percent of the...