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Budding Trends

A Cannabis Law Chronicle

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Adult-Use Cannabis

Golden Years, Green Areas: What Assisted Living Facilities Need to Do About Marijuana Rescheduling“Will Work for Weed”: Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Are Falling Away as Positive Test Results Increase — What Employers Need to Do NowFollowing the Money: The Financial Implications of Medical Marijuana Rescheduling — Uplisting Arrives, Banking Lags

Advertising & Marketing

Budding Trends Baker’s Dozen: The Impacts of Marijuana’s ReschedulingI Guess You Could Say That: Rescheduling and the Dawn of First Amendment Protection for Medical Marijuana AdvertisingCloud Control: Alabama’s Newest Nicotine Regulation That’s Just Too “Juicy” to Ignore

Banking

The Vault Is Still Locked: A Banking Update on Cannabis ReschedulingThe Long and Winding Road: SAFE Banking Returns to Congress (Again)Following the Money: The Financial Implications of Medical Marijuana Rescheduling — Uplisting Arrives, Banking Lags

Business Operations

Up in Smoke: A $31.8 Million Marijuana Verdict Goes Down in Federal Appeals CourtWhere There's Smoke, There's Liability: Courts Remind Cannabis Companies That Raising and Deploying Capital Must Be Done CompliantlyI Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills: Gov. Spanberger Vetoes Adult-Use Sales Law

Cannabis

Up in Smoke: A $31.8 Million Marijuana Verdict Goes Down in Federal Appeals CourtThe Vault Is Still Locked: A Banking Update on Cannabis ReschedulingGolden Years, Green Areas: What Assisted Living Facilities Need to Do About Marijuana Rescheduling

CBD

The Greatest Trick: How a Hemp “Safety” Limit Outsources American CBD, Makes Americans Less SafeBudding Trends Baker’s Dozen: The Impacts of Marijuana’s ReschedulingWhy Next FDA Commissioner Will Have Historically Consequential Role in Cannabis and Psychedelic Policy

Featured

Alabama Medical Cannabis Application Window Is Open: [Insert Michael Scott “It’s Happening” Gif]Editors’ Roundtable: A New Biden Doctrine?Change (May) Come at Last? Biden Announces Review of Marijuana Scheduling and Mass Pardons for Simple Marijuana Possession

Federal Agencies

Inside the DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing: The Five Fights That Will Decide the CaseTrip Advisor: FDA Publishes Guidance on Psychedelic Drug TrialsStill Grounded: Why Rescheduling Doesn’t Mean Truckers and Pilots Can Light Up

Federal Law Developments

Up in Smoke: A $31.8 Million Marijuana Verdict Goes Down in Federal Appeals Court30 Days on the Clock: What the Federal Hemp "Ban" Delay Really Means for the IndustryInside the DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing: The Five Fights That Will Decide the Case

Hemp

30 Days on the Clock: What the Federal Hemp "Ban" Delay Really Means for the IndustryTwo Skeptics, One Runoff: What the South Carolina Governor’s Race Means for Medical Marijuana and Hemp in the Palmetto StateThe Greatest Trick: How a Hemp “Safety” Limit Outsources American CBD, Makes Americans Less Safe

Insurance

Golden Years, Green Areas: What Assisted Living Facilities Need to Do About Marijuana ReschedulingBudding Trends Baker’s Dozen: The Impacts of Marijuana’s ReschedulingDoctor's Orders: What Schedule III Means for Patient Access and Healthcare Facilities

Intellectual Property

Budding Trends Baker’s Dozen: The Impacts of Marijuana’s ReschedulingRescheduling and Intellectual Property: What Medical Marijuana Operators Can (and Can't) Do at the USPTO NowImpact Report: 7 Critical Cannabis Industry Blog Posts from 2025

Labor & Employment

“Will Work for Weed”: Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Are Falling Away as Positive Test Results Increase — What Employers Need to Do NowStill Grounded: Why Rescheduling Doesn’t Mean Truckers and Pilots Can Light UpBudding Trends Baker’s Dozen: The Impacts of Marijuana’s Rescheduling

Licensing & Applications

14 Applicants, Five Licenses, and One Very Patient Judge: Where the Alabama Medical Cannabis Hearing Stands NowBama's Big Stage: Integrated Medical Cannabis Facility Hearings Finally Kick Off in TuscaloosaGolden Years, Green Areas: What Assisted Living Facilities Need to Do About Marijuana Rescheduling

Litigation

Up in Smoke: A $31.8 Million Marijuana Verdict Goes Down in Federal Appeals CourtWhere There's Smoke, There's Liability: Courts Remind Cannabis Companies That Raising and Deploying Capital Must Be Done Compliantly2026 Cannabis Predictions: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again? 

Medical Marijuana

Inside the DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing: The Five Fights That Will Decide the Case14 Applicants, Five Licenses, and One Very Patient Judge: Where the Alabama Medical Cannabis Hearing Stands NowBama's Big Stage: Integrated Medical Cannabis Facility Hearings Finally Kick Off in Tuscaloosa

Novel Cannabinoids

Impact Report: 7 Critical Cannabis Industry Blog Posts from 20252026 Cannabis Predictions: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again? Great – Just When I Discovered Consumable Hemp Products, They’re About to Be Illegal?

Psychedelics

Trip Advisor: FDA Publishes Guidance on Psychedelic Drug TrialsThe States Take the Wheel: A Roundup of Recent State Action on Psychedelics in the SouthWhat a Blanche AG Nomination Means for Marijuana and Psychedelics

Regulations/Compliance

30 Days on the Clock: What the Federal Hemp "Ban" Delay Really Means for the IndustryGolden Years, Green Areas: What Assisted Living Facilities Need to Do About Marijuana ReschedulingWhere There's Smoke, There's Liability: Courts Remind Cannabis Companies That Raising and Deploying Capital Must Be Done Compliantly

State Law Developments

14 Applicants, Five Licenses, and One Very Patient Judge: Where the Alabama Medical Cannabis Hearing Stands NowBama's Big Stage: Integrated Medical Cannabis Facility Hearings Finally Kick Off in TuscaloosaThe States Take the Wheel: A Roundup of Recent State Action on Psychedelics in the South

State Law Developments: Alabama

14 Applicants, Five Licenses, and One Very Patient Judge: Where the Alabama Medical Cannabis Hearing Stands NowBama's Big Stage: Integrated Medical Cannabis Facility Hearings Finally Kick Off in TuscaloosaCannabis Day: Top 10 Weed Roundup of Budding Trends’ Trendiest Blog Posts of the Year

State Law Developments: Florida

Goin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis ActivityFloridians to Decide Fate of Adult-Use Marijuana This NovemberDelta-Nope: Florida Poised to Ban Delta-8 and Delta-10 Products

State Law Developments: Georgia

The States Take the Wheel: A Roundup of Recent State Action on Psychedelics in the SouthGeorgia Legislature Considering Substantial Overhaul to Medical Marijuana, Hemp LawsGoin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis Activity

State Law Developments: Louisiana

The States Take the Wheel: A Roundup of Recent State Action on Psychedelics in the South

State Law Developments: Maine

Cannabis Day: Top 10 Weed Roundup of Budding Trends’ Trendiest Blog Posts of the YearHashing It Out: What the Final Chapter of the Sirois Case Teaches Us

State Law Developments: Mississippi

The States Take the Wheel: A Roundup of Recent State Action on Psychedelics in the SouthI Can See Clearly Now the Rain Is Gone: As Major Legislative Deadline Passes, New Laws Governing Mississippi Cannabis and Potential Ibogaine Clinical Trials EmergeIs Psychedelic Therapy Legislation on the Horizon in Mississippi?

State Law Developments: North Carolina

North Carolina Governor Forms a [High] Council on CannabisJoint Effort: Why a New Crop of House Members, a New Speaker, and Continued Bipartisan Support Could Finally Light the Way for Medical Marijuana in N.C.Goin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis Activity

State Law Developments: South Carolina

Two Skeptics, One Runoff: What the South Carolina Governor’s Race Means for Medical Marijuana and Hemp in the Palmetto StateGoin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis ActivitySouth Carolina Clears Path for Hemp Beverages

State Law Developments: Tennessee

Goin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis ActivityRocky Top Update – A Summary of the Tennessee Medical Cannabis Commission’s October MeetingDelta Great? Tennessee Legislature Passes Industry-Friendly Bill to Regulate Psychoactive, Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids

State Law Developments: Texas

The States Take the Wheel: A Roundup of Recent State Action on Psychedelics in the SouthCannabis Day: Top 10 Weed Roundup of Budding Trends’ Trendiest Blog Posts of the YearAfter Fierce Debate, Texas Chooses to Regulate, Not Prohibit, Consumable Hemp Products

State Law Developments: Virginia

I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills: Gov. Spanberger Vetoes Adult-Use Sales Law

Tax

Following the Money: The Financial Implications of Medical Marijuana Rescheduling — Uplisting Arrives, Banking LagsBudding Trends Baker’s Dozen: The Impacts of Marijuana’s ReschedulingWill States with Adult-Use Marijuana Programs See a Renewed Surge Towards Medical Programs Following Rescheduling?
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