The Southern Maryland Experience Left Maryland. The Name Stayed.
The Southern Maryland Experience still carries the name of the place where it started, even though the company now calls Erwin, North Carolina, home. Founded in 2022, the independent cannabis and hemp brand specializes in premium THCA flower and concentrates, including solventless hash rosin. Today it runs a retail storefront in Erwin alongside an online […]
Puerto Rico Rolls Back Workplace Protections for Medical Cannabis Patients. Who’s Left Out?
Puerto Rico’s new Act 204-2026 creates an exception to workplace protections for registered medical cannabis patients in certain safety-sensitive transportation roles. The law does not eliminate the medical cannabis program or protections for patients generally, but it gives employers a new legal basis for employment decisions involving covered workers. Medical Cannabis and Employment: What’s Changing […]
Colorado’s Weed Regulator Can Afford 84 of Its 158 Staffers: Four States on What Legalization Left Unfinished.
Legalization was sold as a finish line. Regulators in four states say it was the start of a job that keeps changing, from funding gaps and equity fixes to whatever Washington does next. Colorado’s cannabis regulator is authorized for roughly 158 staff positions. It has about 84 employees. The Marijuana Enforcement Division relies heavily on […]
3 Asks What You’d Do With Three Days Left
A strange prophecy sends an isolated artist on a three-day collision with grief, love, creativity, and the life he’s spent years avoiding. What If You Actually Knew? Most people have entertained the thought at some point: What would you do if you knew exactly when your time was up? For Kai, the answer arrives from […]


