September 23, 2026 | Cannabis News 2026 BLAZED BEVERAGE OF THE YEAR 2026 BLAZED BEVERAGE OF THE YEAR Big Flavor, Two Divisions, Six Winners The 2026 Blazed Magazine Beverage Challenge brought together cannabis-infused drinks from across the market for one of the year’s most competitive THC Challenge categories. With products ranging from approachable 10mg beverag… Read Article
September 6, 2026 | CBD News & Business, Hemp Texas Hemp Litigation Alert In the SS Distro USA LLC et al. v. Texas Department of State Health Services case, the court denied the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order. As a result, the current DSHS enforcement standards remain in place. A temporary-injunction hearing is now scheduled for October 30… Read Article
August 26, 2026 | Cannabis News, The Drug War 200,000 Americans Arrested for Marijuana Possession Despite marijuana legalization spreading across the United States, more than 200,000 Americans were arrested for marijuana possession in 2025, according to the FBI’s latest national crime data. The numbers highlight a continuing contradiction in American cannabis policy: marijuana is legally regu… Read Article
August 12, 2026 | News Houseplant Has Grown Far Beyond the Dispensary How Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg turned a cannabis launch into a high-end lifestyle brand Houseplant may have started with cannabis flower, but these days the company is just as likely to sell you a sculptural ashtray, a ceramic planter, a hidden-storage side table or a three-milligram THC sparkl… Read Article
August 2, 2026 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News Raiders of the Texas Hemp Shift inventory toward compliant CBD products. Focus on hemp-derived Delta-9 products believed to remain lawful. Others continue to challenge the state’s actions in court, arguing regulators exceeded the authority granted by the Legislature and that additional legal challenges remain possib… Read Article
July 31, 2026 | Cannabis News Will Congress Save the Hemp Industry Before November 12? The trapdoor has already opened. For much of the hemp industry, Texas became the first chamber inside the Temple of Doom as new restrictions on hemp-derived THC products took effect. Retailers pulled products from their shelves, manufacturers halted production, and thousands of businesses found t… Read Article
July 11, 2026 | Health Healthcare Professionals Overwhelmingly Agree Cannabis “Legitimate Therapeutic Use” Over eight in ten US healthcare professionals acknowledge cannabis’ therapeutic efficacy and an even greater percentage say that it should be legal for medical purposes, according to survey data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research. Eight hundred and seventy-nine healthcare profes… Read Article
July 10, 2026 | News BLAZED MAGAZINE 2026 THC CHALLENGE Flower of the Year & Beverage of the Year Competition Underway The race for the 2026 Blazed THC Challenge is officially underway as Blazed Magazine prepares to recognize the best products in the industry during the week of the CHAMPS Trade Shows in Austin this October. The mission is s… Read Article
July 7, 2026 | CBD News & Business State Cannabis Sales Exceeding $29 Billion in 2025 Denver, CO: State-legal cannabis revenues and job growth held relatively steady in 2025, according to data compiled by Vangst Staffing and Whitney Economics. Sales of state-licensed cannabis products totaled $29.1 billion in 2025 – down slightly from $30.1 billion in 2024. The report’s authors su… Read Article
July 1, 2026 | Cannabis News The History of Cannabis in New Mexico New Mexico’s cannabis history is a story of changing laws, patient advocacy, and a gradual shift from prohibition to regulation. For much of the 20th century, cannabis was treated as an illegal substance under state and federal law, but New Mexico later became one of the first states to recognize… Read Article
June 26, 2026 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News DSHS to Enforce New Rules after THBC Motion for Rehearing Texas Begins Enforcing New Total THC Rule: What the DSHS Crackdown Means for Hemp Retailers The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has begun actively enforcing new Consumable Hemp Program rules that dramatically change how THC is measured in hemp products, creating significan… Read Article
June 25, 2026 | Health Smoke, Science, and Stigma: What 20 Years of Cannabis Research Really Says About Lung Health For generations, cannabis opponents leaned heavily on one of prohibition’s most familiar warnings: smoke enough marijuana, and your lungs would inevitably pay the price much like cigarettes. But one of the most significant long-term pulmonary studies ever conducted tells a far more nuanced story…. Read Article
June 25, 2026 | Pop Culture Tommy Chong: The Last Outlaw of Cannabis Culture At nearly 88 years old, Tommy Chong is still here. “I’m still here. I’m having fun. I’m really in a really good space now.” It is the kind of deceptively simple statement only Tommy Chong could deliver with both humor and gravity. For most public figures, surviving more than five decades in enter… Read Article
June 23, 2026 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News Did DSHS Just Tell the Hemp Industry to Ignore Its Own Rules Until After the Election? A motion for rehearing tells a strange story. Did DSHS Just Tell the Hemp Industry to Ignore Its Own Rules Until After the Election? There are moments in public policy when the mask slips. According to a motion filed Sunday in the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, representatives of the Texas Departmen… Read Article
June 17, 2026 | Cannabis News The DEA Affidavit, Jason Vedadi, and the Questions Facing Texas Regulators As Texas expands its Compassionate Use Program and awards additional medical cannabis licenses, the public has been assured repeatedly that applicants and their principals undergo extensive scrutiny. That assurance is supposed to matter. The licenses issued by the Texas Department of Public Safet… Read Article
June 2, 2026 | Pop Culture Dope Pros Hemp: Built by the Culture Fighting for the Future of Cannabis In an industry increasingly dominated by corporate money, regulatory uncertainty, and political battles, some brands continue to represent the grassroots spirit that built modern cannabis culture. One of those companies is Dope Pros Hemp. Founded in Texas durin… Read Article
