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The big picture on cannabis across America.
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Splitsville: How Schedule III Is Creating Two Separate Cannabis Industries
Ethan Vale
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May 15
Indiana Residents Spend $2 Billion a Year on Cannabis — And the State Spends $20 Million to Stop Them
Jordan Pike
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May 11
Industry
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Q1 Earnings Weren’t the Real Story for Cannabis Stocks — Here’s What Was
Caleb Quinn
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May 15
Pesticide Anxiety Is Reshaping the Cannabis Market — and Operators Who Ignore It Are Falling Behind
Caleb Quinn
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May 11
Culture
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High Stakes: The NYC Chess Teacher Who Gets You Stoned Before You Study the Board
Skye Laurent
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May 12
15,000 People Just Marched Down Mexico City’s Most Famous Boulevard for Cannabis. Congress Has Had Four Years.
Skye Laurent
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May 5
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By The Numbers
Key national cannabis statistics, 2025–2026$40B+
Annual Market Size
Total U.S. cannabis sales, combined adult-use and medical, estimated 2025.
43
States With Legal Access
States plus D.C. with some form of legal adult-use or medical cannabis access.
~50K
Active Cannabis Licenses
Retail, cultivation, manufacturing, and testing licenses across all legal states.
$15B+
Cumulative Tax Revenue
State cannabis excise taxes collected since first adult-use sales in 2014.
440K
Industry Jobs
Full- and part-time cannabis industry employees across the United States.
8,000+
Social Equity Licenses
Licenses issued to social equity applicants in states with equity programs.
Latest National Stories
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They’d Tried Everything Else. Then They Tried Cannabis.
Maya Torres
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May 15, 2026
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SoCal Man Faces Dozens of Felony Charges for $80 Million in Unreported Cannabis Sales
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May 15, 2026
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Idaho’s Medical Cannabis Drive Is Down to a Signature Count — and the Clock Is Ticking
Jo Tanaka
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May 12, 2026
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Northeast Consumers Are Done Guessing What’s in Their Weed
Dana Reeves
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May 11, 2026
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DEA Doubles Down: Lab-Made Hemp Cannabinoids Are Controlled Substances — And That’s a Problem for the Southwest
River Nash
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May 11, 2026
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After 14 Years of Trying, Idaho’s Medical Cannabis Campaign Just Turned In 150,000 Signatures. The Counting Starts Now.
Maya Torres
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May 8, 2026