Connecticut cannabis retailers sell record number of items amid price drop
Connecticut cannabis sales dipped slightly in 2025, to $290 million from $293 million in 2024, according to state data. That’s despite retailers selling a 8.6 million distinct items – a record haul and nearly 1 million more items than in 2024, as per the...
Despite fraud allegations, campaign to end $1.6 billion Massachusetts marijuana industry likely to proceed
Elections fraud allegations lodged against the campaign to end Massachusetts’ $1.65 billion adult-use cannabis market may be difficult to prove. Even if the claims that signature-gatherers for a Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts deliberately misled voters are...
Proposed Texas hemp THC regulations threaten $5.5 billion market
Smokable “hemp flower” and other popular hemp THC products could soon disappear from Texas store shelves under new regulations proposed for the state’s estimated $5 billion sector. The Texas Department of State Health Services wants to account for...
Texas medical cannabis finally poised to boom, but one major obstacle remains
For years stifled by law, Texas’ modest medical cannabis industry is poised to boom in 2026 thanks to expanded patient eligibility and product access. But as major marijuana multistate operators move to enter the Lone Star State for the first time, Texas’ estimated $5...
Ohio cannabis sales top $1 billion in first full year of adult-use
Ohio cannabis retailers recorded more than $836 million in nonmedical sales in 2025, the state’s first full year of legal adult-use marijuana. With medical cannabis dispensaries reporting $233 million in sales, total Ohio marijuana sales in 2025 surpassed $1.06...
The HR compliance checklist every cannabis business needs in 2026
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) As 2026 begins, one thing is painfully clear across the cannabis industry: operators can no longer afford reactive HR and compliance strategies....
Big banks still refusing cannabis despite Trump marijuana rescheduling
President Donald Trump’s Dec. 18 order to reclassify cannabis under federal law won’t solve the marijuana industry’s longstanding banking problems anytime soon. Without formal reclassification as a Schedule 3 drug, “it’s still too early to reconsider our position, and...
Massachusetts cannabis sales hit record $1.65 billion despite falling prices
Cannabis sales in Massachusetts reached a record $1.65 billion in 2025, according to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC). And that milestone comes despite a significant decline in prices – meaning consumers are buying significantly more product...
Mike Tyson, Ric Flair claim fraud in celebrity cannabis branding efforts
Note: This story has been updated with comment from a spokesperson for the defendants. Legendary boxer Mike Tyson and professional wrestling icon Ric Flair’s attempts to launch celebrity cannabis brands resulted in “a brazen … conspiracy involving criminal wire...
Oregon cannabis prices fall to record low but consumer demand steady
Oregon cannabis sales declined slightly in 2025 despite record-breaking cultivation production that saw retail prices fall to historic lows. Annual sales fell from $960 million in 2024 to $925.5 million in 2025, according to Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commission...
Florida adult-use marijuana legalization stinks, state attorney general tells Supreme Court
A marijuana multistate operator-backed push to legalize adult-use cannabis in Florida is attempting to mislead voters around – among other things – cannabis’ smell, the state attorney general claimed. Attorney General James Uthmeier’s accusation, made in a state...Featured
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