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| Jul 3, 2026 |
DEA Argues in Favor of Moving Cannabis to Schedule III The DEA’s long-awaited administrative hearing on moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III opened this week with the agency stating plainly that it supports the move, Cannabis Business Times reports. According to the report, DEA attorney James Schwartz told the tribunal that the government would call only two witnesses, a scientist and a medical practitioner, to back the proposed rule. |
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| Jul 2, 2026 |
Cayman Islands Government Commission Lays Out Options For Marijuana Reform Following Voters’ Passage Of Decriminalization Referendum Officials in the Cayman Islands have published a report on options for marijuana reform following voters’ approval last year of a referendum supporting cannabis decriminalization. The self-governing British territory’s Law Reform Commission (LRC) on Wednesday issued a discussion paper titled, “Cannabis Reform: Options for a Harm Minimisation Framework”—and they are accepting public comments on its findings through September 1. |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
How weed and psychedelics quietly reshaped the language of wellness Back in 2014, when Colorado opened the nation’s first legal recreational cannabis dispensaries, a new vocabulary began emerging. People extolled cannabinoids, terpenes and the endocannabinoid system. They gushed over the “entourage effect,” and championed “full-spectrum” products. Dispensary budtenders got trained to consult customers about everything from experiential differences between sativa and indica to how varied terpene combinations in hundreds of cannabis strains could ripen a diversity of feelings: happiness, serenity, energy, creativity and so on. |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
House Passes Youth Safety Bill That Could Complicate Marijuana Businesses’ Online Outreach The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at protecting children online that could create complications for advertisers trying to promote legal marijuana and other regulated substances. Lawmakers voted 267-117 on Monday to approve the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, sponsored by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY). |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
Comparing the Legal U.S. And European Cannabis Markets
When it comes to the emerging legal cannabis industry, the United States and European markets clearly stand out. Both regions are experiencing significant policy and regulatory modernizations, and along with them, industry opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors and industry service providers. |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
Experts say THC percentage is the wrong way to shop for cannabis Experts in cannabis science, genetics, and regulation say that THC percentage is a poor and often misleading guide for shopping cannabis products, and that the industry's fixation on potency numbers is holding consumers and dispensaries back. |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
Cannabis drinks overtake beer at U.S. cookouts, for now
Americans are increasingly reaching for canned cannabis drinks instead of beer this summer, a shift that could be short-lived once a new federal law takes effect later this year. THC-infused beverages, once found only in specialty shops, now sit on shelves at mainstream supermarkets across the United States. The drinks contain tetrahydrocannabinol, the compound responsible for marijuana's intoxicating effects, but no alcohol. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Global Cannabis Markets Face Predictable Price Compression as New Markets Mature As cannabis markets continue to open around the world, operators and investors are increasingly asking the same question: How long will attractive margins last? The answer may be more predictable than many industry participants realize, as laid out in the new report from the Global Cannabis Network Collective (GCNC) and Whitney Economics. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Switzerland Launches Eighth Cannabis Pilot, Testing Home Delivery for the First Time Switzerland has granted approval for a new five-year, 5000-participant adult-use cannabis pilot trial, marking the eighth since the groundbreaking project began in 2023. Announced on June 16 by the Swiss Cannabis Research Association, CanLeg will take place in the Canton of St. Gallen, and will be the first pilot to test the home delivery of cannabis products to consumers. It will also mark the second pilot project to be run by the organisation, having launched the country’s largest study so far, Cannabis Research Zürich, in 2024. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Guam Issues First Cannabis Cultivation Permit 7 Years After Legalizing Guam cannabis regulators have approved the territory’s first-ever cannabis permit to operate, seven years after adult-use cannabis was legalized on the island, the Pacific Daily News reports. The Cannabis Control Board unanimously approved the operating permit for Guam’s Real Deal LLC, which does business as Deep Green Guam, during its regular meeting on Wednesday. The company holds a Type IV cultivator license, allowing it to grow cannabis in an operation of up to 10,000 square feet. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Continues to Roll Out Medical Cannabis Following Its Legalization Four months after the adoption by the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Following the legalization of medical cannabis, authorities are now working to develop the regulatory framework needed to make cannabis-based medications available to patients at pharmacies. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
New Hemp-Derived Beverages Include Tiny Amount of THC BLNCD Naturals and Foundry Nation today announced a new collection of cannabis beverages that include a relatively tiny amount of hemp-derived THC. The company said that by pairing THC with minor cannabinoids, terpenes, adaptogens, and other functional ingredients, the new beverages were designed to deliver an elevated experience. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Winnipeg police officer convicted of stealing cannabis from scene 'betrayed' trust: judge A veteran Winnipeg police officer who proclaimed his innocence during a trial and said he hoped to return to his job has been convicted of stealing cannabis from a drug scene alongside a now-disgraced constable he was partnered with in 2022. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Historic U.S. Cannabis Rescheduling Hearing Begins
In December 2025, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for, among other things, expediting the process to reschedule cannabis from its current status as a Schedule I substance at the federal level to Schedule III. The executive order marked the most significant federal cannabis policy change since the enactment of the Controlled Substances Act over 50 years ago. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Pennsylvania Democratic Senators Put Pressure On GOP To Allow A Vote On Legalizing Marijuana Every Pennsylvania Democratic senator is joining together in support of a procedural move that aims to increase pressure on Republicans to allow a vote on legalizing marijuana in the state. Led by Sen. Sharif Street (D), the lawmakers filed what is known as a discharge resolution that seeks to bring a bipartisan cannabis legalization bill out of committee, where it is stuck, and onto the floor for a vote. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
The DEA Begins Hearings on the Federal Rescheduling of Cannabis The hearings of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) American report on the federal reclassification of the Cannabis officially began on June 29. These hearings, which will continue until July 15, must determine whether the agency should finalize the proposal to legalize cannabis, which is currently prohibited at the federal level, the Schedule I to the Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Marijuana Leads To ‘Robust Improvements’ In Lower Back Pain And ‘Near-Total’ Cessation Of Opioids, Study Finds People with chronic lower back pain who don’t respond to traditional therapies such as opioids experience “large, sustained, and statistically robust improvements” when they switch to inhaled cannabis, according to a new study. Researchers at Rabin Medical Center in Israel looked at longitudinal data from 241 patients with treatment-resistant lower back pain from 2020 to 2025. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Jamaican woman fined in Barbados after pleading guilty to cannabis charges
A 63-year-old Jamaican woman has been fined BDS$21,000 after pleading guilty to multiple cannabis-related offences in Barbados. The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) said Doreen Veronica King of #2 Wavel Ave, Kingston, was arrested and formally charged by its Narcotics Unit following offences allegedly committed on June 27. King was charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation of cannabis. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Cannabis Consumers Are Way More Likely To Dine At Restaurants That Offer THC Drinks As An Alcohol Alternative, Poll Shows A new poll of marijuana consumers shows they are overwhelmingly more likely to want to dine at restaurants that offer cannabis-derived THC drinks as an alternative to alcohol. The new survey, conducted by cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD, found that 54 percent of people who use marijuana and live in state-legal markets would be much more likely to visit a local restaurant that offered THC beverages. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
German state authority says cannabis flower must be dried where it's grown, tightening the screws on EU GMP washing Cannabis flower released as medicine in Hesse must be dried and trimmed at the place the plants are harvested, the Hessian State Office for Health and Care says in a June 8 guidance letter, unless a producer can prove beyond doubt that skipping or splitting the drying causes no loss of quality. |
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