Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Farmers Fear Proposed Legislation Could Devastate Hemp Economy
Apr 23 2025 // Andrew Hill, who studied and farmed hemp in California before it was legal in Texas, was a keynote speaker at the state’s first-ever agricultural hemp expo in Dallas in 2019. Amid considerable hype and excitement...
Kentucky Auditor Announces Investigation of State’s Medical Cannabis Program
Apr 21 2025 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s auditor said Thursday that her office will investigate the state’s medical cannabis program after receiving complaints about the lottery system used to award highly...
Supreme Court: Truck Driver Can Seek Treble Damages Over THC in CBD Product
Apr 21 2025 // The Supreme Court on April 2 sided with a truck driver who wants to sue for triple damages over a CBD hemp product he said was falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient and resulted in him...
Supreme Court: Truck Driver Can Seek Treble Damages Over THC in CBD Product
Apr 4 2025 // The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a truck driver who wants to sue for triple damages over a CBD hemp product he says was falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient and resulted in him...
Texas Senate Passes Ban on Hemp
Mar 21 2025 // The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a state ban on all forms of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, advancing a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to crack down on the state’s booming consumable hemp market six years after...
In $17M Suit, Cannabis Grower Claims Nearby Farm’s Pesticides Contaminated Its Crops
Feb 19 2025 // A Massachusetts cannabis grower is suing a neighboring berry and vegetable farm for allegedly rendering its entire cannabis harvest unusable by incorrectly spraying chemicals in a way that caused them to drift onto its...
Two Workers Injured in Explosion at Cannabis Facility
Jan 27 2025 // Two workers were injured in an explosion and fire at a cannabis extraction facility on Maryland’s Eastern Shore last Wednesday, state fire officials said. Firefighters were called to PharmaCann in Stevensville for a...
Fire-Damaged Cannabis Grower Loses $1.3 Million Business Income Loss Claim
Jan 23 2025 // A cannabis growing company has lost its bid to have its insurer cover $1.3 million in claimed business income losses after a building fire damaged almost 1,000 of its marijuana plants and shuttered one of its...
People Moves: Symphony Risk Names Tobin Director of Dedicated Cannabis Business, Symphony Grow
Dec 3 2024 // Corey Tobin Symphony Risk Solutions named Corey Tobin director of Symphony Grow, its specialty business focused on the cannabis industry. Tobin has more than 15 years of experience in the cannabis and insurance...
Ken Paxton Adds Dallas to List of Cities He’s Sued Over Marijuana Decriminalization
Nov 22 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed another lawsuit to prevent decriminalizing marijuana-related offenses, this time against the city of Dallas. Paxton has previously sued the cities of San Marcos, Austin, Killeen,...
Judge Tosses Ex-Arkansas Governor’s Suit Against Meta Over CBD Advertisement
Nov 20 2024 // A federal judge in Delaware on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee against social media giant Meta over advertisements using his name and image to sell CBD products. Huckabee, a Baptist...
North Dakota Voters Reject Marijuana Legalization
Nov 8 2024 // North Dakota voters defeated a measure calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana. The outcome of the proposal wasn’t clear until Wednesday morning. North Dakota is one of a handful of states, including...
Company Vows to Sue Over Damages After New Mexico Police Destroy Cannabis Crops
Nov 7 2024 // State police have destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana plants at greenhouses in northwestern New Mexico, marking what regulators say is the largest seizure and destruction of cannabis in New Mexico since new...
Recreational Cannabis Home Delivery Begins in Arizona
Nov 4 2024 // Arizona residents were able to get recreational cannabis delivered to their homes beginning last Friday, marking a new milestone for a state program that until now had allowed the service only for medical marijuana...
Delta-8 Hemp, Medical Marijuana Industries to Face Off in Texas Legislative Session
Nov 1 2024 // Jack Stinnett got life-changing news in 2020 when he learned the lump that appeared on the side of his neck was tongue and mouth cancer. He and his wife Karen quickly enrolled him at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,...
Alabama Judge Appoints Mediator in Long-Running Med Marijuana License Dispute
Oct 25 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge has appointed a mediator in the long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson named retired Circuit...
Gas Leak Kills 2 in Home Previously Busted for Illegal Marijuana Operation
Oct 24 2024 // Two people died and two others were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at a Freedom, Maine home previously busted for an illegal marijuana grow operation, officials said Tuesday. Freedom Fire Chief Jim Waterman said his...
Wildfire Risk Upends California’s Cannabis Heartland as Insurance Vanishes
Sep 18 2024 // Hannah Whyte is one of thousands of Californians who have struggled to insure their property in the event of wildfire. Her 77-acre farm nestled deep in a wildfire-vulnerable forest lost its coverage from State Farm after...
Nebraska Certifies Ballot Measures to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Sep 17 2024 // Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures,...
Recreational Marijuana Sales Begin on NC Tribal Land But Still Illegal in State
Sep 9 2024 // CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians began selling marijuana and cannabis products to any adult 21 or over starting Saturday at its tribe-owned dispensary in North Carolina, where possession or use...
