Alberta Dispensary Hiring Ad Reveals Real Budtender Compliance Burden
A job posting from Coalhurst Urban Leaf, a licensed cannabis retailer in Coalhurst, Alberta, looks at first glance like a routine part-time hiring notice. Look closer and it's a small case study in
Georgia Operator Opens Facility Doors to Push Stalled Medical Cannabis Bills
A decade after Georgia legalized medical cannabis, the program remains a fraction of what advocates envisioned, and the legislature's habit of letting expansion bills die in committee has become
Cannabis Retailers Fund Public Mural to Back LGBTQ+ Youth Services
Two Michigan cannabis retailers put their marketing budget toward something other than a discount promotion this month. JARS Cannabis and HYPE Cannabis cut the ribbon on "Polychromatic Super You," a
Nevada City Moves Toward Loosening Its Cannabis Retail Rules
Nevada City is inching toward a distinction few small municipalities in the region have claimed: a local government actively rewriting its cannabis code to reduce friction for operators rather than
Older Consumers Emerge as Untapped Growth Segment for Cannabis Retailers
Michigan's marijuana industry has spent years drowning in its own supply - too much flower, too many license holders, and wholesale prices that keep sliding toward the floor. But a demographic hiding
Pennsylvania Hemp Retailers Brace for Federal Crackdown on THC Drinks
A billion-dollar hemp economy in Pennsylvania is staring down a regulatory cliff, and the clock is set for December. Federal lawmakers are weighing whether to close the loophole that has let
Cannabis ETF Hits 2026 High as Trulieve Listing Fuels Rescheduling Bets
Money is moving into cannabis stocks at a pace the sector hasn't seen in years, and the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) is the clearest signal of it. As of May 31, the fund posted a
TSRgrow Expands Cultivation Software to Tie Data to Compliance
TSRgrow has rolled out a major expansion of GROWHub, its cultivation software platform, adding analytics, energy monitoring, expanded batch records, Metrc integration and building management system
Virginia Hemp Retailers Await Ruling on Emergency Injunction Bid
A federal judge spent nearly five hours Wednesday weighing whether to freeze Virginia's new hemp restrictions before they take effect Saturday, as store owners testified the changes could wipe out
Senate Rejects Bid to Fast-Track Federal Hemp THC Crackdown
A Senate effort to strip a 30-day delay out of the federal government's looming hemp restrictions failed on Aug. 8, when senators voted 61-32 to table an amendment from Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC. The vote