Texas Built a Weed Market Without Legalizing Weed
Texas still prohibits adult-use marijuana, but hemp legalization, a restricted medical program, and uneven enforcement have created an active market, hiding in plain sight. Texas has not legalized adult-use cannabis. It has, however, spent the past several years creating conditions in which a person can walk by “Free Weed” signs into a store, buy an […]
Missouri’s Cannabis Market Grew Up Fast
The industry’s attention still gravitates toward the legacy states. But through operators like SWADE Cannabis and its parent, BeLeaf Medical Co., Missouri has become one of the most dynamic cannabis stories in the country. Ask most cannabis insiders which states matter, and you’ll hear the usual suspects: California. Colorado. Maybe Michigan or New York. Missouri […]
Virginia Hemp Farmers And Businesses Worry About Changes Included In Newly Passed Marijuana Market Legislation
Legislators want to “change the law that they created, to clearly favor Wall Street corporations over Virginia farmers and small businesses.” By Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury A legal cannabis market is set to take effect in Virginia next summer under the final state budget, but Mannassas-based Barbara Biddle has already given notice to her […]
Inside the Exploding Market for MDMA Gummies, DMT Vapes, and Gray Market Psychedelics
MDMA gummies. DMT vapes. Mushroom chocolates sold in smoke shops halfway around the world. Long before regulators figured out what legal psychedelics might look like, an unregulated gray-market consumer economy quietly emerged to meet exploding demand. Key Takeaways The Marengo trial exposed a criminal network so deeply embedded in European organized crime that convicting its […]