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The big picture on cannabis across America.
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The Hemp Industry Has Five Months to Stop a Federal Ban. Congress Isn’t Moving Fast Enough.
Ethan Vale
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Jun 10
The DEA’s June 26 Cannabis Registration Deadline Is 16 Days Away. Fewer Than 500 Businesses Have Signed Up.
Jordan Pike
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Jun 10
Industry
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Dead Stock Is Killing Cannabis Retail Profits — and Most Operators Don’t Know It Yet
Caleb Quinn
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Jun 10
The Cannabis Wholesale Collapse Is Real — But It’s Not Happening Everywhere at Once
Caleb Quinn
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May 29
Culture
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The WNBA Dropped Its Weed Ban. Now Players Face New Rules on Psychedelics.
Skye Laurent
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Jun 9
High Stakes: The NYC Chess Teacher Who Gets You Stoned Before You Study the Board
Skye Laurent
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May 12
States
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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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National
Northeast States Are Quietly Raising Cannabis Possession Limits — And More May Follow
Dana Reeves
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Jun 11, 2026
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They Built the Market. The Industry Left Them Behind.
Maya Torres
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Jun 10, 2026
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Trulieve Begins Trading on the NYSE Today — The First U.S. Cannabis Company to Do It
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Jun 10, 2026
National
Midwest Hemp Operators Have Five Months to Save Their Industry Before Congress Decides Its Fate
Marcus Okafor
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Jun 9, 2026
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West Coast Dispensaries Are Riding an Anxiety Wave — and Edibles Are Leading the Charge
Jo Tanaka
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Jun 9, 2026
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Trulieve Becomes First U.S. Cannabis Company on the NYSE Tomorrow — But Only Half the Business Made the Cut
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Jun 9, 2026