Ohio THC Drinks Are Back — For Exactly 10 Companies
Ohio THC drinks are legal again — if they come from the right ten companies. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick issued a preliminary injunction on Monday, July 13, blocking enforcement of Ohio’s intoxicating-hemp restrictions against ten companies that make and distribute hemp-derived THC beverages, extending relief he first granted by temporary restraining order on […]
The Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Is Over — Now One Judge Decides
The marijuana rescheduling hearing is over. After two weeks of testimony at DEA headquarters in Arlington, the evidentiary hearing on moving marijuana to Schedule III wrapped up on July 15 — and here is what a searcher actually wants to know: Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius gave participants until August 17 to file post-hearing […]
Legal on the Ground, Illegal in the Air: TSA Yanks a Flyer Over Weed
TSA Marijuana Rules: Flyer Booted at PDX Welcome to federalism’s dumbest layover: TSA marijuana rules just got a Portland traveler pulled off his flight for something he could legally buy a mile away. On the Fourth of July, a passenger at Portland International (PDX) was removed from his flight after TSA screeners found marijuana in […]
A Deadly Dispensary Robbery Is Really a Safe-Banking Story
Dispensary Robbery Turns Deadly in Beaverton A dispensary robbery in Oregon ended with a man dead and three officers on leave — and the root cause traces straight back to a banking policy Congress has refused to fix for a decade. On the night of July 5, a man robbed the Nectar dispensary in Beaverton, […]
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. […]
Kansas Marijuana Legalization Becomes a Governor’s-Race Wedge
Kansas Marijuana Legalization Splits Governor Race Kansas marijuana legalization just became a live issue in the governor’s race — in one of the last states with no medical-cannabis program at all. Heading into the August 4 primary, cannabis has emerged as a genuine wedge, according to KWCH. The quick lay of the land: on the […]
The Feds Published a Manual on How to Weigh Your Weed
NIST Cannabis Scales Report: What It Means It’s the wonkiest cannabis story of the week, and it matters precisely because it’s boring: the federal government just published a handbook on cannabis scales. On June 29, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released NIST SP 2200-08, “Suitability of Cannabis Scales” (2026 edition) — technical guidance […]
Marijuana Tax Revenue Is Falling in Mature States — Here’s Why
Marijuana Tax Revenue Is Falling in Older States Here is the number every statehouse quietly fears: marijuana tax revenue is now declining in six of the earliest-legalizing states. A widely syndicated analysis (via Arizona Capitol Times; also Dakota Free Press) found collections falling in Alaska, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The quick why: supply […]
DEA Rescheduling Hearing, Week Two: A Pain Doctor Takes the Stand
DEA Rescheduling Hearing: Week Two Testimony The DEA rescheduling hearing came back from its Fourth-of-July recess and kept doing the thing that still surprises people: the government is building the record for moving marijuana to Schedule III. The two-week administrative proceeding recessed July 3, reconvened July 6, and runs no later than July 15. Week […]