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13-08-2026

Virginia Hemp Retailers Sue to Stop Looming THC Inventory Wipeout

Seven Virginia hemp businesses filed suit on July 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, asking a judge to block a state budget provision that eliminates a key exception

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Bythecannabusatx.com

10-08-2026

Rhode Island Reopens Cannabis Retail Licensing After Residency Ruling

Rhode Island's cannabis retail licensing process is back underway after a federal court ruling forced regulators to scrap every pending application and social equity certification earlier this year.

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Bythecannabusatx.com

10-08-2026

Nigerian Port Seizure Exposes Cannabis Edibles Smuggling Risk

Nigerian counter-narcotics officers have intercepted 442 packets of cannabis-infused cookies and gummies weighing 309.4 kilogrammes at the TinCan Island Port Complex in Lagos, one of West Africa's

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Bythecannabusatx.com

06-08-2026

Gold Leaf Opens Stanford Dispensary, Pairs Launch With Patient Certification Drive

Gold Leaf Management has opened a new Speakeasy dispensary at 993 US-27 in Stanford, Kentucky, extending the company's medical cannabis footprint into a market that had been underserved by existing

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Bythecannabusatx.com

25-07-2026

Santa Rosa Cannabis Manufacturers Cut Over 100 Jobs This Fall

More than 100 manufacturing jobs are disappearing from Santa Rosa's cannabis sector this fall, as two separate producers file WARN Act notices tied to what one executive describes as an

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Bythecannabusatx.com

23-07-2026

Manitoba 911 Outage Forces Cannabis Retailers to Lean on Backup Plans

A province-wide disruption to 911 emergency service has knocked out access to police, fire, and paramedic dispatch across Manitoba, with officials offering no estimated timeline for restoration.

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Bythecannabusatx.com

23-07-2026

Health Canada Consolidates Cannabis Guidance to Cut Licensing Red Tape

Health Canada has stood up a central online repository for cannabis program guidance documents, giving licence holders and applicants one place to track ongoing and upcoming changes tied to the

• Health Canada

Bythecannabusatx.com

22-07-2026

Hemp Industry Files Federal Suit to Block Missouri's Intoxicating Product Ban

A coalition of Missouri hemp businesses went to federal court Thursday to stop a statewide ban on intoxicating hemp products from taking effect November 12. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District

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Bythecannabusatx.com

09-07-2026

Hemp Industry Faces Extinction-Level Regulatory Shift Unless Congress Acts by November

A $28.4 billion industry supporting more than 300,000 American jobs has roughly eighteen months to convince Congress to rewrite federal law-or watch a significant share of its product catalog become

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Bythecannabusatx.com

06-07-2026

World Cup Crowds Give Cannabis Retailers a Sales Bump - and a Political Opening

For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, millions of international visitors are arriving in host cities where they can legally walk into a licensed dispensary. That is not a small

• FIFA World Cup