The New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) will open applications for adult-use nursery licenses on November 5, 2026, the first nursery license application window since the regulated adult-use ...

Vicente LLP is expanding its East Coast footprint with a new office in Arlington, Virginia. This expansion positions the firm to support clients just months before the state’s highly anticipated adult ...

For the full breakdown of the current Virginia framework see our FAQ: Virginia Retail Cannabis Law (HB 30): FAQs on Adult-Use Licensing, Taxes and Key Dates. Henrico County released draft zoning rules ...

Virginia’s adult-use market opens to applications on February 1, 2027. The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority will begin issuing licenses on May 1, 2027, with a share of those early licenses reserved ...

At its October 8 meeting, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) voted to continue to authorize administrative license extensions. The CCC then issued a bulletin adding new eligibility ...

In a sweeping blow to legal consumable hemp industries across the nation, Congress passed a new federal definition of “hemp” on November 12, 2025, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump ...

The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (the “CSA”) divides drugs into five schedules based on potential for abuse and medical value. Marijuana moving from Schedule I (no accepted medical use, high ...

The Czech Republic (Czechia) will give its new adult-use cannabis law full effect on January 1, 2026, marking the culmination of three decades of reform from decriminalization to medical and now adult ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration is scheduled to hold a historic hearing beginning Monday, June 29, 2026, which could extend Schedule III cannabis rescheduling to adult-use marijuana and reshape ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek C. Julius stayed the marijuana rescheduling proceeding (DEA Docket No. 1362; Hearing Docket No. 26-96) on September 29.

Virginia has officially legalized adult-use cannabis retail sales! On June 29, 2026, the Commonwealth established a comprehensive framework for a regulated cannabis retail market, ending years of ...

North Carolina has spent the better part of a decade as one of the most permissive hemp markets in the country. Walk into a shop in Raleigh, Asheville, or Wilmington today, and you’ll still find ...