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Michigan Supreme Court: Legal Weed Can’t Be Banned on Probation

Can a judge ban you from using legal weed just because you’re on probation? In Michigan, as of July 6, the answer is no — not if the only reason is federal law. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled unanimously in People v. Hess that trial courts cannot prohibit marijuana use that complies with state law […]

Hemp Houses Are Keeping Europe Cool in the Heat Wave

Everybody fights about THC. Meanwhile the boring half of the plant is quietly building carbon-negative houses. As a brutal heat wave baked Europe, hempcrete homes made headlines for staying cooler without cranking the air conditioning — proof that hemp’s biggest contribution might have nothing to do with getting high. CNN spotlighted the trend on June […]

Guam Just Issued Its First Cannabis Permit — Seven Years After Legalizing

Here’s a master class in why the rulebook, not the plant, runs the cannabis industry. Guam just issued its first Guam cannabis permit — nearly seven years after the territory legalized adult-use marijuana. The Cannabis Control Board unanimously approved a single cultivation facility, and there’s still nowhere legal to buy the product it grows. On […]

States Have Banked Nearly $15 Billion in Marijuana Taxes, New Federal Report Shows

If you want the single most persuasive argument for legalization, it’s a dollar figure from the federal government’s own bean counters. A new marijuana tax revenue report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows states have collected nearly $15 billion in cannabis taxes since late 2021 — including $825.1 million in just the first quarter of […]

The White House Just Asked Congress to Save Hemp Before the November Ban

In a move almost nobody saw coming, the White House told Congress to protect hemp products before a broad federal ban kicks in this November. On June 25, OMB Director Russell Vought sent House Speaker Mike Johnson a letter asking Congress to ensure the “fair treatment of hemp products” — by passing a real regulatory […]

DEA’s Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Opens June 29 — And Only the Critics Got a Seat

The DEA’s marijuana rescheduling hearing opens Monday, June 29, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET in Arlington, Virginia — and the single most important fact about it is who’s not in the room. All seven designated participants oppose moving marijuana to Schedule III, and not one industry voice made the cut. The hearing decides whether the […]

Trump Begs Congress to Save CBD From His Own Hemp Ban

The Trump hemp CBD ban story took its strangest turn yet on June 5: the White House Office of Management and Budget filed a Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 8646 — the House FY27 Agriculture spending bill — officially asking Congress to roll back part of the federal hemp ban President Trump himself signed […]

Cannabis Schedule III Is Here: This Week’s Cannabis News in 10 Stories

It actually happened. On April 22, 2026, the Department of Justice and the DEA moved cannabis off Schedule I for the first time in over fifty years. The lock came off — partially. State-licensed medical cannabis is now Schedule III. 280E goes away for that slice of the industry overnight. The DEA set June 29, […]