Cannabis News

By Matt Macosko — March 11, 2026 If you drive a truck, operate heavy equipment, fly planes, work on railroads, or hold any other DOT-regulated safety-sensitive job, listen up: the federal government just made it crystal clear that your state medical marijuana card means absolutely nothing when it comes to drug testing. The Department of […]

By Matt Macosko — March 11, 2026 Someone put a measure on the Massachusetts ballot to repeal marijuana legalization. The voters’ response? Not a chance. A new poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center shows 63% of Massachusetts voters oppose the repeal measure, with only 20% supporting it. That’s not a close call

By Matt Macosko — March 11, 2026 Florida’s shot at legal cannabis in 2026 is officially over. The state Supreme Court declined to hear the case on March 9, and there’s nowhere left to appeal. Smart & Safe Florida — the campaign that needed 880,062 valid signatures to get legalization on the ballot — came

By Matt Macosko — March 11, 2026 If you were holding out hope that the 2026 Farm Bill would save the hemp industry from the federal ban, I’m sorry to be the one to tell you — it’s not happening. The House Agriculture Committee voted 34-17 on March 5 to advance HR 7567, the “Farm,

By Matt Macosko — March 11, 2026 I’ve been in the hemp game long enough to know when a regulation is about protecting people and when it’s about killing an industry. Texas just chose door number two. Starting March 31, smokable cannabis and hemp products have to come off every shelf in Texas. Governor Abbott’s