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 […]
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Section 781, signed into law in November 2025, redefines what counts as legal hemp using a total THC standard that includes THCA and delta-8 THC. When enforcement begins on November 12, 2026, an estimated 95% of hemp-derived cannabinoid products currently on the market will become illegal overnight. Here is what consumers need to understand. What
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On March 9, 2026, veterans groups testified before both the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees, urging lawmakers to expand access to cannabis and psychedelics to address the veteran suicide crisis. It was one of the most powerful days of testimony Congress has seen on the issue — and it could finally move the needle
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The federal government’s ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect November 12, 2026. Delta-8 THC, HHC, and high-THCA products will become illegal overnight. Here’s what’s happening and why it matters.
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Texas Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly approved a cannabis legalization ballot measure by 80% to 20%, sending a clear message about where the Lone Star State stands on marijuana reform.
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It is 2026 and legal cannabis businesses in the United States still cannot get normal bank accounts. An industry that generated over $30 billion in legal sales in 2024 alone is still operating primarily in cash because the federal government has not figured out banking access. The SAFE Banking Act — a bill that would
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In November 2024, Florida voted on Amendment 3 to legalize recreational marijuana. The measure got 55.89 percent of the vote — a clear majority of Floridians said yes. But it failed anyway because Florida requires 60 percent to pass a constitutional amendment. More people voted yes than no and it still did not pass. Here
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The push to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III has been one of the biggest cannabis stories of the last two years. It started with a historic federal health recommendation, moved through DEA review, survived legal challenges, got complicated by a change in administration, and has gone through more twists than anyone expected.
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While everyone’s been watching the marijuana rescheduling drama unfold, Congress pulled a fast one that could devastate a huge part of the cannabis world. And almost nobody is talking about it. In late 2025, tucked inside a government spending package designed to avoid a shutdown, lawmakers slipped in language that effectively guts the hemp industry
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Here is something that should make your blood boil. In 2026, while 24 states have legalized adult-use cannabis and the industry is generating billions in tax revenue, there are still 19 states where you can be thrown in jail for having a bag of weed in your pocket. Not selling it. Not growing acres of
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Every year, we watch the same slow dance play out across the country. Some states take a step forward on cannabis. Others dig in their heels. And a few somehow manage to do both at the same time. 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most interesting years yet for marijuana legalization —
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If you told me five years ago that the NRA and NORML would be filing briefs on the same side of a Supreme Court case, I would have thought you were smoking something stronger than what we grow up here in the hills. But here we are. And honestly? This might be one of the
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