Category: Newsletter
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D.C. sales climb and Virginia prepares for adult-use rules
D.C. medical cannabis sales topped $10.3 million in June as patient registrations rose, while Virginia and Maryland advanced major cannabis policy updates.
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D.C. rejects DC Dank appeal and Virginia seeks industry input on retail rules
D.C. cannabis licensing setback for DC Dank, with the Board upholding the denial after finding the proposed shop too close to Miner Elementary School, while also tracking Virginia’s effort to gather industry feedback on future retail cannabis rules, Maryland’s hemp lawsuit developments, and other Mid-Atlantic cannabis policy changes affecting operators and investors.
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Virginia sets July 2027 retail launch and a loophole might open the door early
D.C. weed dispensaries are preparing for incoming competition as Virginia sets a July 2027 launch date for recreational sales. Plus, the state moves to close its 25:1 hemp loophole by August 15, Maryland launches its “Open Roads” B2B social equity tour, and top lobbyist Bruce Bereano lands a major cannabis trade client.
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D.C. Cannabis Sales Hit Record as Virginia Approves Adult-Use Market
D.C. sets new records for medical cannabis sales and patient registrations, Virginia establishes a framework for adult-use sales starting in 2027, Maryland responds to DEA inspection reports, and the DEA begins its landmark marijuana rescheduling hearing, alongside key enforcement, research, and industry developments from across the country.
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Five tons of weed, one shipping container and a one-way ticket to England
This week’s roundup covers a July hearing on three D.C. medical cannabis bills, the closure of three more illicit cannabis stores in the District, growing backlash to Virginia’s cannabis compromise, a major cannabis seizure in Baltimore and the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling against the federal gun ban for cannabis users. Plus, updates on DEA rescheduling…
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Supreme Court Unanimously Blocks Federal Gun Ban for Cannabis Users
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling that the federal government cannot strip cannabis users of their Second Amendment rights, and Virginia’s long-awaited breakthrough on a regulated adult-use cannabis market set to launch in July 2027. On the D.C. front, regulators are moving to deny a retail license for Aloha over alleged illegal activity, while Baltimore authorities…
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D.C. tax hike appears defeated as Virginia market talks continue
Plus Maryland ramps up enforcement against illicit smoke shops, and industry consolidation and regulatory updates continue across the region.
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D.C. medical dispensary wins license fight over daycare buffer loophole
A D.C. zoning technicality clears a dispensary’s path while exposing a gap in the District’s cannabis buffer law. Plus: a Boston hedge fund now controls 40% of Virginia’s medical market, three GOP attorneys general sue to block rescheduling, and Jushi becomes one of the first MSOs to apply for DEA registration under the new Schedule…
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Spanberger vetoes Virginia cannabis retail bill she once campaigned to pass
Plus an unlicensed D.C. storefront gets permanently shuttered, $60M in institutional capital enters cannabis lending, Medicare patients can now get free CBD, and a veterans advocate calls the House VA vote ‘policy theater’
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Federal challenge to D.C.’s cannabis licensing system dropped, but Commerce Clause fight looms
Plus Virginia frees 1,000 from cannabis convictions, Bristol raids net $1M, and unregulated smoke shop products are sending people to the hospital
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D.C. Smoke Shop Hit With $3K Fine as Regulators Warn of $10K Penalties for Repeat Violations
Level Up case includes a $3,000 fine with a $10,000 penalty for future violations; federal court upholds Maryland’s authority to regulate intoxicating hemp products; and FBI agents executed search warrants on a Virginia Senate leader’s office and hemp-THC business.
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D.C. Cannabis Board Locks in Forced Sale Terms After Fenwick Street Cultivator Closure
D.C. regulators approved a settlement requiring West2East/Blossomz to pay a $10,000 fine, remain under closure, and sell its cultivation license within 90 days following its February shutdown, while broader regional updates include a major new cannabis consumption lounge opening in the District, continued uncertainty over Virginia’s stalled adult-use rollout, and Maryland expanding off-duty medical cannabis…