New York Governor Marks Five-Year Anniversary Of Marijuana Legalization, With Over $3.3 Billion In Sales And 610 Licensed Retailers
The governor of New York is marking the five-year anniversary of adult-use marijuana legalization in the state, touting $3.3 billion in retail sales, the opening of more than 600 licensed cannabis shops and achievements in promoting social equity in the industry while taking steps to mitigate the illicit market. In a press release on Friday, […]
Indiana Governor Blames GOP Leaders For Marijuana Legalization Inaction While ‘Half Of Hoosiers Probably Smoke It Illegally’
The Republican governor of Indiana says the “crescendo will rise” in the call to legalize marijuana, with regional dynamics and even law enforcement buy-in favoring reform down the line. But for now, he says GOP legislative leadership is “not interested in doing anything soon,” even if “over half of Hoosiers probably smoke it illegally.” Gov. […]
Idaho Medical Marijuana Campaign Says Legalization Ballot Measure Would Generate $100 Million In Annual Sales
Idaho could see more than $100 million worth of medical marijuana sold on an annual basis and up to $28 million in new yearly revenue for state coffers under a legalization measure that activists are working to qualify for the November ballot, according to a new economic analysis released by the campaign. The Natural Medicine […]
Legalization Was Bullshit for Frank Rogers. He’s Still in Prison.
Legalization made room for brands, tax revenue, and respectability. For Frank Rogers, still serving time on a federal marijuana conspiracy case, it still hasn’t made room for freedom. The cannabis industry has transformed faster than almost anyone predicted. What once operated as an underground economy defined by secrecy, risk, and survival has evolved into a […]
Five Years Into New York Cannabis Legalization
By Sasha Nutgent, VP of Cannabis Retail at Housing Works Cannabis Co Five years after New York created the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), the state’s legal cannabis industry is still finding its footing. When New York created the OCM, it felt like the state had a chance to rewrite the cannabis playbook and address […]
Even the DEA Says Teen Weed Use Is Down. WSJ Still Ties Teen Access to Legalization. Why Ignore the Data?
The Wall Street Journal keeps pairing real concerns about teen cannabis with a familiar implication: legalization made the problem worse. But national trend data, recent policy research (and even the DEA’s own youth-facing materials) still don’t show that legal adult markets drove a youth-use surge. The Wall Street Journal has now run back-to-back pieces nudging […]
Steve DeAngelo Talks Smuggling Weed And Why Legalization Still Isn’t Working In Jerry Chu’s New Podcast Video
The first episode of Jerry Chu’s new long-form video podcast, produced with En Volá and distributed through High Times’ YouTube channel, opens with Steve DeAngelo on legacy cannabis, corporate drift, hemp wars and the legalization fight he says the industry still hasn’t finished. A new cannabis interview series just landed, and its first move was […]
Virginia’s Cannabis Sales Legalization Bill Gives An Unfair Head Start To Existing Big Businesses (Op-Ed)
“Catching a market in motion is fundamentally harder than entering one that has not started yet.” By Max Jackson, Cannabis Wise Guys Imagine a race track. Five cars are already on it—tuned, tested, crewed and running laps at two hundred miles an hour. They have been on this track for years. Now imagine telling a […]
As Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Rollback Nears Ballot, New State Report Shows Regulated Market Reaching Most Consumers
With Massachusetts voters potentially facing a November ballot initiative to roll back the state’s recreational marijuana law, a new report from officials finds legalization is achieving one of its primary goals: disrupting illicit cannabis sales as adults transition to the regulated market. The report from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), released on Friday, found that, […]
Florida cannabis legalization measure blocked from 2026 ballot (Newsletter: March 11, 2026)
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