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Minnesota’s Legal Cannabis Industry Blooms With Tens of Thousands of Plants Under Cultivation
20 January 2026 In a telling snapshot of how recent U.S. cannabis legalization is reshaping state economies and cultural landscapes, Minnesota’s adult-use marijuana market is rapidly maturing, with tens of thousands of cannabis plants now under cultivation to support the fledgling industry. As of early 2026, the state Office of Cannabis Management reported that roughly 66,000 plants were being grown on licensed farms, a figure that reflects both demand among consumers and the
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Texas Medical Marijuana Industry Grows Rapidly With New Patients, Operators and Expanded Access
12 January 2026 Texas is entering a transformative moment in its medical marijuana landscape as the state’s Compassionate Use Program, long one of the most restrictive in the country expands and begins to reshape the industry, patient access and business opportunities in 2026. What only a few years ago was a tightly limited program intended primarily for patients with intractable epilepsy now serves well over 135,000 Texans with a wider variety of qualifying conditions, and t
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America’s New Cannabis Seed Ban Threatens to Crush the Legal Seed Market and Force Growers Underground
07 December 2025 A surprising last-minute addition to the latest federal spending bill has imposed a sweeping ban on the sale and distribution of most cannabis seeds in the United States, a move that industry experts warn could obliterate the legal seed market that has flourished over the past decade. The change comes after years of growers and seed companies operating under legal definitions that treated low-THC cannabis seeds as hemp, a status set by the 2018 Farm Bill and
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Cannabis Stocks Soar After Trump Praises CBD for Seniors’ Health
29 September 2025 An attendee takes a Cannabidiol (CBD) product sampler at a cannabis and hemp expo in Miami, Florida, U.S, November 13,...
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California Suspends Cannabis Tax Hike to Aid Legal Market Viability
23 September California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law on September 23 that suspends a planned excise tax hike on...
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California Extends Public Review of Cannabis Cultivation and Sanitation Rules
26 July 2025 California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has extended its public comment deadline to August 11, 2025 for a...
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Marijuana May Speed Up Brain Aging and Hampers Development in Youth, Warns Psychiatrist
19 July 2025 Psychiatrist and brain‑imaging expert Dr. Daniel Amen warns that marijuana use during adolescence and early adulthood may...
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Federal Immigration Raids Shatter California Cannabis Industry and Ignite Civil Liberties Debate
17 July 2025 By Fenix Suriel | Editorial credit: Sua Sponte Photography / Shutterstock.com In early July, federal agents descended on two...
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Tragic ICE Raid at California Cannabis Farm Exposes Human Toll of Immigration Crackdown
12 July 2025 Federal agents seen during an immigration raid at a cannabis cultivation facility in Southern California. At a sprawling...
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California’s Legal Cannabis Market Suffers Record Q1 Slump Amid Tax and Regulatory Storm
5 July 2025 A grower waters cannabis plants at the Pure Beauty growing site in Sacramento on Jan. 26, 2022. Miguel Gutierrez Jr.,...
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Sunset Social Club Ushers in a New Era of Cannabis Hospitality on the Sunset Strip
29 June 2025 An interior view of Sunset Social Club in Los Angeles. Jessie Alcheh/SFGATE In the heart of West Hollywood, exactly across...
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House Committee Advances Hemp Reform Bill That Could Ban THCA and Reshape the Cannabinoid Industry
25 June 2025 In a dramatic turn that could reshape the future of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, the U.S. House Appropriations...
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Ricky Williams Takes the Lead in Texas Battle Over Hemp THC Ban
22 June 2025 Ricky Williams. (Photo by Rick Kern/WireImage) Ricky Williams has long been celebrated for his explosive runs on the...
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SURFER Magazine Joins Humboldt Family Farms and embarc to Launch Limited-Edition Cannabis and Surf Collection
18 June 2025 SURFER Magazine, Humboldt Family Farms, and California-based retail dispensary embarc have teamed up to unveil a...
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States Collect Nearly $25 Billion from Legal Cannabis Sales and the Numbers Keep Climbing
29 May 2025 Getty Images Since the wave of cannabis legalization began sweeping across the United States, the industry has not only...
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Texas Set to Dramatically Expand Medical Marijuana Program with House Bill 46
29 May 2025 Cannabis plant (Photo by Next Green Wave/Unsplash) Texas is on the verge of a historic expansion of its medical marijuana...
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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Federal Ban on Marijuana Despite State Legalization
29 May 2025 The appeals court ruled that the federal ban on marijuana is not unconstitutional. PHOTO: AFP In a pivotal decision...
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Ohio Senate Passes Bill to Restrict Hemp Product Sales to Licensed Dispensaries and Liquor Stores
28 May 2025 Photo by Graham Stokes In a sweeping legislative move, the Ohio Senate has unanimously approved Senate Bill 86, a measure...
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Sadiq Khan Backs Partial Decriminalization of Cannabis in London Amid Calls for Reform
28 May 2025 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walks through cannabis plants which are being legally cultivated at a licensed factory in Los...
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Woody Harrelson and Bill Maher's West Hollywood Pot Shop Burglarized in Smash-and-Grab
May 20 2025 From left: Thomas Schoos, Bill Maher and Woody Harrelson attend "The Woods" Opening Day in West Hollywood, California, on May...
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