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“I believe this ban will save a generation from getting hooked on dangerous drugs.” By Marijke Friedman, The Texas Tribune As part of the spending deal to end the government shutdown, federal lawmakers approved a provision cracking down on hemp products containing THC, restoring a ban Texas Republicans sought to impose earlier this year. The funding package, passed by the U.S. House and signed into law by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, includes language banning the sale of hemp-derived products with more than 0.4 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive element in . . .

StratCann’s weekly round-up of cannabis industry news for the week ending November 15, 2025. The post Week in Weed – November 15, 2025 appeared first on StratCann.

Avicanna Inc. reported $6.4 million in revenue for the three months ended September 30, 20205 (Q3 2025), Gross profit of $3.1 million, and a net… The post Avicanna reports increase in Canadian sales in Q3 2025 appeared first on StratCann.

President Donald Trump signed a spending measure Nov. 12, funding federal operations through January and ending the longest government shutdown in US history after 43 days. The Senate had approved the measure the previous day, with seven Democrats crossing party lines to reach the needed 60-vote majority. They were won over by a Republican pledge to revisit the question of subsidies for Obamacare in December. However, a sideshow to the fight over the Affordable Care Act is causing outrage in the hemp industry-and among farmers in hemp-producing states like Kentucky. A last-minute provision . . .

A California judge ordered the parent company of Cookies to assign the rights to “100% of all royalties, commissions, and license fees” that it receives from 19 partners to the owners of Berner’s on Haight, a now shuttered San Francisco dispensary. The order, handed down this week, and first reported by @theblacklistxyz would “result in an immediate insolvency event” and render Cookies unable to pay the $8.7M it owes, Cookies president Parker Berling said in an August court filing. Cookies . . . Log in or become a WeedWeek Member to read this article. The post Newsbrief: Judge’s ruling . . .

New York marijuana regulators are celebrating the opening of the state’s 500th legal cannabis dispensary-touting the fact that there have been $2.3 billion in adult-use sales since the market launched, supporting an estimated 25,000 jobs across the industry. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Green Comfort Dispensary became the 500th licensed adult-use marijuana retailer to open its doors in the state since the market launch in late 2022. Felicia A.B. Reid, acting executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), said in a press release that the “growing number of licensed . . .

The CannUnity Culture Collective, a community-driven alliance led by Molly Ann Farms dispensary in Haledon, is having a $1 Stash Drop. It’s going to be on Tuesday, November 18th beginning at 8:00 AM. It’s first-come, first-served to the first 100 local customers. Eligibility is restricted to eligibility to residents of nearby Paterson, Haledon, and now [ . . . ] Source: CannUnity Culture Collective Announces $1 Stash Drop at Molly Ann Farms Dispensary in Haledon from Heady NJ

Massachusetts senators have approved a bill that would double the legal marijuana possession limit for adults and revise the regulatory framework for the state’s adult-use cannabis market. The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Thursday unanimously passed the legislation in a 16-0 vote, sending it to the floor for consideration by the full chamber as early as next week. The House passed similar legislation over the summer. Among the proposed revisions to the state’s cannabis law is a section that would increase the personal possession limit for marijuana from one to two ounces. Colorado . . .

Located in Scarborough, Ontario, Rouge River Chocolate is a micro-processor that specializes in cannabis-infused chocolates for the medical and recreational markets in Canada. The post From craft to consistency: Rouge River Chocolate’s rise in the edibles market appeared first on StratCann.

Rapid City, South Dakota, might cut the number of medical cannabis dispensaries permitted in city limits from 10 to 5. US cities cutting back on permitted cannabis businesses is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Roger Stone, a longtime advisor to President Donald Trump, is joining the chorus of voices criticizing the passage of a spending bill with a ban on hemp products containing THC, calling the move a “cheap cop-out.” After Trump signed the broader appropriations legislation into law on Wednesday, Stone published a blog post slamming the abrupt process through which the hemp language was attached to the bill and ultimately enacted into law, calling it an example of how Congress is in “the age of spectacle and subterfuge.” Rather than address reasonable concerns about the hemp market that’s . . .

Licensed cannabis retailers in New York can offer discounts and promotions, thanks to new rules approved by the Cannabis Control Board. New York cannabis shops can offer discounts under new rules is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

“We’re going to have to look at how we might regulate” hemp “now that we see that the federal government is limiting it.” By Brenden Moore, Capital News Illinois Tucked into the spending legislation approved by Congress this week was a provision banning the sale of intoxicating hemp products-a move that could upend an industry with annual sales now into the billions. Hemp was federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill, which defined it as a plant with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC. But the law didn’t account for total THC or other cannabinoids, creating a loophole that allowed companies . . .

Cannabis NB brought in $5.7 million in the second quarter ended September 28, 2025, from $12.6 million gross profit and $26.8 million in product sales. The post New Brunswick cannabis sales slip despite concentrate uptick appeared first on StratCann.

The Democratic governor of Kentucky says the hemp industry is an “important” part of the economy that deserves to be regulated at the state level-rather than federally prohibited, as Congress has moved to do under a spending bill President Donald Trump signed on Wednesday. During a press briefing on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) was asked whether he agrees with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that the hemp language that advanced through the appropriations legislation poses an existential threat to the cannabis market that’s emerged since the crop was federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill. “I . . .

President Donald Trump (R) this week signed legislation to effectively kill the multi-billion-dollar U.S. industry that has developed around hemp-derived THC sales. The spending agreement ends the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. However, the Senate added provisions in the bill to federally ban the sale of hemp-derived THC products, which have been unregulated since the 2018 Farm Bill. The House approved the Senate proposal on Wednesday, and the president signed the bill into law shortly afterwards. The Senate proposal was approved 60 – 40 mostly on party lines, with eight . . .

A new proposal by New Jersey Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D) aims to expand the state’s adult-use cannabis industry by simplifying the licensing process for retailers and unfettering the state’s cannabis regulatory agency, the New Jersey Monitor reports. The proposal, Bill S4847, would let medical cannabis retailers apply for adult-use licenses without local approval, even in towns that have banned adult-use dispensaries. (When New Jersey voters passed the state’s cannabis legalization policy, about 70% of state municipalities opted for an option to ban adult-use dispensaries at the . . .

The U.S. government reopened on Wednesday and promptly “closed the loophole” on intoxicating hemp products. I use those tacky quotes because I don’t believe there ever was a loophole. But now we can stop having those debates, I suppose, because Congress has sealed the deal. The ban on intoxicating hemp items comes via a continuing appropriations bill called H.R. 5371. The ban takes effect a year from now, on November 12, 2026. Everyone has 12 months to lobby for rules, sell off products, untangle business relationships, and otherwise prepare. What does H.R. 5371 actually say and do? H.R. 5371 . . .

Uber has been lobbying the Alberta government on issues “relating to the provision of smartphone applications with respect to regulated items such as alcohol and… The post Uber continues to monitor cannabis opportunities in Alberta appeared first on StratCann.

California’s largest cannabis cultivation company is still reeling months after the Donald Trump administration conducted a deadly immigration raid on its facilities. Glass House Brands reported Wednesday that the July raid cost it over $26 million in lost revenue and reduced its quarterly harvest by over 100,000 pounds of dried cannabis. RELATED: ‘They’re lying’: deal to reopen government dooms hemp CEO Kyle Kazan said on a Wednesday earnings call that the previous quarter was “the company’s most difficult to date,” referencing the federal operation on July 10, which ended with hundreds of . . .

A Democratic senator says GOP leadership’s decision to omit from a key spending bill a provision that would have increased military veterans’ access to medical marijuana in legal states is “just plain cruel.” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) filed an amendment to let U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issue medical cannabis recommendations to their patients this week, but it was not allowed a to receive a vote on the Senate floor. As such, the appropriations legislation that Congress passed-and President Donald Trump signed on Wednesday-did not contain language on the issue. That’s despite the . . .

Cannabis operators around the country are staging a tax revolt. Past history suggests it may not work out the way they hope. Will the cannabis tax revolt succeed? is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Table of Contents Impact of the Hemp Ban: Accelerating Asset Disposition Capitalizing on Surplus: Tips for Licensed Cannabis Buyers Broker Support and the Value of Professional Asset Disposition Best Practices for a Successful Transaction Looking Forward: Opportunities and Challenges in 2026 The cannabis and hemp industries are facing a pivotal realignment in the wake of the recent federal ban on most intoxicating hemp-derived THC products. As new compliance deadlines approach, cannabis extraction, processing, and manufacturing businesses across the United States are rapidly reassessing their . . .

THE BIG IDEA Hi all, The week’s big news, of course, was the federal ban on intoxicating hemp products which will take effect in a year. The issue has convulsed cannabiz LinkedIn, with seemingly everyone in the business sharing their view. We’re not in the business of making predictions at WeedWeek, just bringing you the best available information. To that end, Thursday’s WeedWeek Wonks virtual event will be a presentation by economist Beau Whitney discussing the market for, and future of, THC-infused drinks, the breakout hemp products now sold by some mainstream retailers. You don’t want to . . .

With one signature today, President Donald Trump ended the longest-ever government shutdown and effectively outlawed intoxicating hemp products. The nearly $30B industry is now mobilizing to save itself before the ban takes effect in one year. As many WeedWeek readers know, when the 2018 federal farm bill legalized industrial hemp it also legalized products containing intoxicating cannabinoids manufactured from non-intoxicating components of the hemp plants, such as CBD. Unhampered by federal illegality these products have proven popular and are now roughly as big an industry as the combined . . .