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Sep 3, 2026

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3 min read

Active cannabis licenses drop by 1,300, but some states grow

Plus, August's New York Brand Power Rankings from Lit Alerts

Sep 2, 2026

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3 min read

Hemp gets its one month reprieve 🌿

Plus, THC and driving

Jeremy Berke

Sep 1, 2026

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2 min read

Hemp THC vote, teen use studies, and MO hemp fight

Plus, $VRNO on Cultivated Live

Aug 31, 2026

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2 min read

Happy birthday New York (legal) cannabis 🥂

Plus, what NORML's deputy director thinks of NYT cannabis coverage

Aug 30, 2026

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2 min read

Calling out the NYT’s biased cannabis coverage

NORML deputy director Paul Armentano on what the NYT gets wrong.

Paul Armentano

Aug 28, 2026

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2 min read

Legalization ≠ commercialization

Plus, DeSantis' dark money

Jeremy Berke

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