VA Psilocybin Trial Will Enroll 240 Veterans
The VA psilocybin trial, called PIVOT, is a Phase 3 study in veterans with treatment-resistant depression. Nobody has been dosed yet.
New York Cannabis Farmers Markets Fix Signed
A new law lets New York cannabis microbusinesses satisfy the showcase permit partnership rule themselves — but OCM guidance has not caught up yet.
CDC: Cannabis Hyperemesis ER Visits Jumped 3.7x
CDC data show cannabis hyperemesis ER visits rose 3.7x after a new diagnosis code — but the agency says the jump is mostly better counting, not more illness.
Verano Sues New Jersey Over Labor Peace Deals
A labor peace agreement lawsuit filed by Verano asks a federal court to void its own union contracts and strike New Jersey licensing rules as preempted.
Square CBD Ban: Merchants Cut Off October 15
The Square CBD ban gives merchants until October 15, 2026 to strip hemp and CBD items from their catalogs — a month before the federal date.
California’s 97% Problem: Local Bans Feed the Illicit Market
Ten years after Prop 64, the California cannabis map has a pattern you can see from space: the illegal grows cluster where the legal ones are banned. New Department of Cannabis Control data — obtained and first reported by State Affairs, and covered by Marijuana Moment — shows that 96.6 percent of illicit marijuana seized […]
Marijuana Drug Testing Is Dying — Because Workers Keep Failing It
The numbers on marijuana drug testing tell you everything about where American drug policy actually is — not in Congress, but in HR departments. Quest Diagnostics’ 2025 workforce data, drawn from roughly 8 million tests and reported by the Wall Street Journal: urine marijuana positivity hit 4.4 percent, up from 3.9 in 2021. Hair testing […]
The IRS Wants Its 280E Refunds Back — TerrAscend Sued for $8.3 Million
The 280E refund gold rush just met the collections department. The Department of Justice is suing multistate operator TerrAscend for $8.3 million plus interest, arguing the refund it collected on amended returns was “erroneous” because the deductions were barred by Section 280E (the docket is here; MJBiz coverage here). TerrAscend received the money in June […]
The Army Raided Four Texas Smoke Shops Selling THC to Soldiers
Army Raids Texas Smoke Shops Over THC Sales When the Army is the one kicking in the door of Texas smoke shops, you know the state’s hemp mess has reached a new level. On July 1, the Army Criminal Investigation Division’s Central Texas Field Office executed search warrants on four smoke shops in Killeen and […]
Seniors Are the Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Patients
Seniors Medical Marijuana: The Fastest-Growing Group Forget the stoner stereotype: the fastest-growing seniors medical marijuana patient is probably your grandmother, and she’s using it to get off the pills. A physician’s first-person piece in STAT News (July 9) makes the case that older adults are now the fastest-growing group of medical-cannabis users in the country. […]