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What You Need to Know: Texas Substantially Expands Medical Cannabis Program

Everything’s bigger in Texas, unless you’re talking about the medical cannabis program. It’s no secret that Texas has the potential to be a behemoth in the space, but for years, Texas’ medical cannabis program has lagged...more

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Lone Star State Takes Texas-Sized Leap Forward on Medical Cannabis

While the world is watching Texas’ special legislative session for its high drama on redistricting and hemp, on Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) released information on the required Supplemental...more

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Minnesota to Hold Cannabis Retail License Lottery For Social Equity and General Applicants on July 22

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The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management is set to conduct its second lottery for Minnesota Cannabis Retail Licenses. On June 5, 2025, the OCM held its first round of lotteries, conducting social equity applicant lotteries...more

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Cannabis Law Now Podcast - Cannabis in the Show Me State: An Interview with BeLeaf Medical's Mitch Meyers

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In this episode of Cannabis Law Now, Hilary Bricken sits down with Mitch Meyers, partner at BeLeaf Medical, to discuss the ins and outs of operating a commercial cannabis business in the State of Missouri. Mitch shares her...more

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Texas Medical Cannabis Expansion Bill Would Unlock 12 New Licenses

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Texas is on the brink of expanding its medical cannabis program in a significant way. House Bill 46 (HB 46) passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature and now awaits action by Gov. Greg Abbott. He has until June 22 to sign...more

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Native American Tribal Sovereignty and the Cannabis Industry

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Native American Tribal sovereignty and the budding cannabis industry have intersected in a unique way, giving rise to an evolving landscape. Exercising their inherent rights to self-governance, many Tribes are exploring and...more

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Proposed Bill from Joint Cannabis Committee Would Adopt Meaningful Reforms to Struggling Mass. Cannabis Industry

Nearly nine years after voters authorized the regulated sale of adult use cannabis in Massachusetts, the Joint Cannabis Committee is addressing the challenges (and that’s an understatement) the industry is facing with a very...more

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Marijuana Legalization Cut From Wisconsin Governor’s Proposed Budget

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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers took another swing at legalizing cannabis in his proposed 2025-27 budget and struck out. On May 8, 2025, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee eliminated marijuana legalization from...more

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M-I-Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter-I-Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter-I-Humpback, Humpback-I: Checking in on Mississippi Cannabis

Another legislative session has come and gone in Mississippi (a limited, short special session is all but a certainty, as the Legislature passed no state budget), resulting in tweaks to the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act...more

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Cannabis Day: Top 10 Weed Roundup of Budding Trends’ Trendiest Blog Posts of the Year

As the hallowed cannabis holiday for stoners-turned-business-entrepreneurs falls upon us, we find ourselves in the shifting sands of change in the cannabis industry as usual. Not surprisingly, many states have seen...more

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The Week in Weed: April 2025 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Delaware dealing with a delay in setting up a retail market. A move to put a legalization...more

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The Week in Weed: March 2025 # 4

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, legislation that would ban intoxicating hemp is moving through the Texas legislature. We applaud the state...more

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The Week in Weed: March 2025 # 3

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Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see legalization bills introduced in Kansas. Virginia is looking at losing a lot of money by not...more

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Joint Effort: Why a New Crop of House Members, a New Speaker, and Continued Bipartisan Support Could Finally Light the Way for...

In November 2023, we pondered whether 2024 might be “the year” for medical marijuana legalization in North Carolina. Well, it wasn’t. Why, you ask? How can a state whose population has expressed overwhelming bipartisan...more

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Georgia Legislature Considering Substantial Overhaul to Medical Marijuana, Hemp Laws

I’ve had Georgia on my mind these days. I needed to get that out immediately because otherwise I would have been hearing that song in my head the entire time I was writing. As is the case in many capitals around the...more

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Minnesota Cannabis Licensing Opportunities in 2025

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Marking a significant step forward in launching Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis market, the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) began accepting applications for cannabis business licenses on February 18, 2025. The...more

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Alabama Legislature Weighs Substantial Cannabis Reforms: Let’s All Take a Deep Breath

Well, it’s officially crazy season. An annual tradition in the Alabama statehouse since the inception of Alabama’s medical cannabis program, last week we saw a flurry of cannabis-related bills introduced with great fanfare...more

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It’s The Hope That Kills You: My Experience with Alabama’s Medical Cannabis Experiment

If you haven’t seen Ted Lasso, you need to do that immediately (after reading this). In the final episode of the first season, Ted Lasso – an American football coach hired, for reasons that don’t matter here, to coach an...more

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Alabama Plans to Issue Medical Cannabis Testing License This Summer

What if I told you that you could get a license to test medical cannabis in Alabama this July? Now is that something you might be interested in? Lost amidst the torrent of confusing messages and general circus surrounding...more

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Half-Baked: Proposal to Reform Alabama Medical Cannabis Licensing Seems Poised to Go Up in Smoke

Advocates and stakeholders in the medical cannabis world of Alabama are desperate. And as it is so often when we are faced with a desperate situation, we make well-intentioned but ultimately flawed decisions....more

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The Current Landscape of Texas Cannabis Policy and Laws: A 2025 Overview

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The Texas legislative session kicked off on January 14, and cannabis policy is set to be a major topic of debate. The state, known for its conservative stance on many issues, is at a crossroads with its cannabis laws, facing...more

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Weed-ing Through the Laws: A Snapshot of US Cannabis Legislation

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Marijuana legislation is continuing to evolve in the new year across jurisdictions throughout the U.S. Below, we dive into a brief survey of notable changes to marijuana legislation across the U.S. during the first three...more

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Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Markets: Using Tax Data to Assess Growth in Louisiana, Minnesota and Tennessee

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With 2024 behind us and new state legislative sessions ahead, it is a perfect time to discuss one of the most frequently asked questions received by the Vicente Economics and Research Department: How large is the intoxicating...more

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The Week in Weed: January 2025 # 3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we give you an update on the DEA re-scheduling hearing. ...more

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Minnesota Announces Intent to Adopt Expedited Cannabis Rules

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On Thursday, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management announced its intent to adopt expedited rules without a public hearing. According to the OCM, the expedited rules are “designed to regulate the adult-use cannabis,...more

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