Bypatientsofcannabis.com

13/08/2026

Senate Rejects Push to Fast-Track Federal Hemp Restrictions

A one-month reprieve for the intoxicating hemp industry will stand, after the Senate voted 61-32 on Aug. 8 to table an amendment from Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, that would have kept the federal hemp

• Ted Budd

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

13/08/2026

Virginia Hemp Retailers Await Ruling on THC Limit Injunction

A federal judge spent nearly five hours Wednesday weighing whether to pause Virginia's new hemp restrictions before they take effect Saturday, as store owners testified the rules could force them out

• Virginia

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

10/08/2026

Green Thumb's Cash Discipline Sets a Bar Few Cannabis Operators Clear

Cash, not revenue, has become the dividing line between cannabis operators that survive and ones that quietly fall apart. Over the past five years, dozens of multi-state operators chased top-line

• Green Thumb Industries

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

10/08/2026

Nigeria Customs Intercepts Smuggled Rifles and Cannabis Cargo at Port

The Nigeria Customs Service has disrupted a smuggling operation at Tincan Island Port that combined firearms trafficking with the movement of cannabis-infused consumer goods through commercial

• Nigeria Customs Service

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

06/08/2026

North Carolina Governor Pushes Regulated Cannabis Market Over Hemp Ban

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is telling state lawmakers they've got the wrong target. Rather than banning intoxicating hemp THC products outright, he says the legislature should be building a

• Josh Stein

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

25/07/2026

Watertown Restaurateur Pivots Dispensary Bid to Arsenal Street Site

WATERTOWN - A local restaurateur turned away from opening a retail marijuana shop on Coffeen Street last December is trying again, this time eyeing a former craft beer retailer on Arsenal Street

• Watertown

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

23/07/2026

A cannabis firm plans to close two cultivation sites in Vineland and sell three South Jersey dispensaries in response to mounting losses.

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Bypatientsofcannabis.com

22/07/2026

States Push Medical Cannabis Protections and Emerging Therapies for First Responders

A growing number of states are rethinking how they support first responders dealing with occupational trauma - and cannabis policy is part of that shift. From employment discrimination protections

• medical cannabis

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

09/07/2026

Emmy-Winning Producer Opens New Jersey Dispensary Built Around Hospitality

The Grass Cab, a boutique cannabis dispensary founded by television producer Shavon Sullivan Wright, is set to open July 11 at 949 Spring Valley Road in Maywood, New Jersey. The launch marks a

• The Grass Cab

Bypatientsofcannabis.com

09/07/2026

Recreational Cannabis Legalization Linked to Measurable Drop in Personal Bankruptcy Rates

A new peer-reviewed study finds that states legalizing recreational cannabis see statistically meaningful reductions in personal bankruptcy filings - and the mechanism appears to be simpler than most

• recreational cannabis legalization