IL Monthly Puff: Medical Opt-In Opens, Drive-Thru Debuts, Outdoor Grow Proposed
IL Monthly Puff: Medical Opt-In Opens, Drive-Thru Debuts, Outdoor Grow Proposed September 2026 brings a stack of structural changes to Illinois retail. The Illinois cannabis medical license opt-in window opened today, letting adult-use dispensaries add medical sales at a lower tax rate. Grayville just got the state’s first dual-window drive-thru, regulators proposed allowing outdoor cultivation […]
OH Monthly Puff: Sales Pace Toward Record as Moratoriums Hold
OH Monthly Puff: Sales Pace Toward Record as Moratoriums Hold Ohio cannabis retail September 2026 is defined by a market building volume faster than it can expand its footprint. Sales through mid-July already hit $684.6 million, putting the state on pace to blow past 2025’s $1.09 billion total, even as roughly 137 jurisdictions keep adult-use […]
FL Monthly Puff: Trulieve Lists on NYSE, Vireo Buys FLUENT and C21
FL Monthly Puff: Trulieve Lists on NYSE, Vireo Buys FLUENT and C21 Florida cannabis retail September 2026 is defined by scale plays and a reshuffled competitive board. Trulieve completed a corporate restructuring to list on the NYSE, Vireo Growth announced a sweeping set of acquisitions that pull FLUENT, C21, and Planet 13’s Florida operations under […]
MI Monthly Puff: 24% Wholesale Tax Triggers Closures and Repeal Push
MI Monthly Puff: 24% Wholesale Tax Triggers Closures and Repeal Push Michigan’s cannabis market is feeling the weight of the Michigan cannabis wholesale tax 2026, with dispensary closures climbing, active retail licenses ticking down, and a fresh repeal bill on the table. This month also brought a permanent license surrender, a multi-city beverage recall, and […]
August Cannabis M&A: Curaleaf, Vireo, and a Foreclosure Wave
August 2026 cannabis M&A moved into a different weight class. Curaleaf announced a US$4 per share takeover bid for Aurora Cannabis on August 10 and formally commenced the offer on August 18, a 45% premium, $1.5 billion plus in pro forma combined revenue, and a clear signal that major multi state cannabis companies (MSOs) are […]
CA Monthly Puff: Humboldt Settles, SLO Cuts Tax, Sutter Creek Approves Retail
CA Monthly Puff: Humboldt Settles, SLO Cuts Tax, Sutter Creek Approves Retail California cannabis retail August 2026 was defined by legal pressure, local tax cuts, and a shrinking licensed market. Humboldt County settled a federal abatement lawsuit that rewrites its enforcement playbook, San Luis Obispo County trimmed its cannabis business tax to 6%, and Sutter […]
NY Monthly Puff: Acquisitions, Conversions, and a New Zoning Fight
NY Monthly Puff: Acquisitions, Conversions, and a New Zoning Fight New York cannabis retail August 2026 brought a wave of consolidation, conversions, and courtroom action. Multi-state and upstate chains moved on Long Island footprints, a medical operator lined up an adult-use pivot in Farmingdale, a CAURD licensee opened in Brooklyn, and a Riverhead spacing rule […]
NJ Monthly Puff: Federal Court Strikes Cannabis Labor Peace Mandate
NJ Monthly Puff: Federal Court Strikes Cannabis Labor Peace Mandate August delivered the biggest structural shift to New Jersey’s cannabis market since CREAMMA took effect. A federal court’s New Jersey cannabis labor peace ruling declared the state’s union agreement mandate preempted by federal law, Verano filed its own suit against the CRC just days before […]
National Monthly Puff: Florida, Minnesota, and Michigan Reshape Cannabis Retail
NATIONAL CANNABIS RETAIL MARKET UPDATE, AUGUST 2026 August 2026 cannabis state updates landed hard across the country, with Florida setting a monthly medical sales record at $198.2 million, Illinois posting 9.3% unit growth while a historic labor strike settled, Minnesota locking in a January 2027 supply chain merger, Michigan’s Supreme Court rewriting the rules on […]
RI Monthly Puff: Rhode Island Reopens Retail Licensing, TYSON 2.0 Lands
RI Monthly Puff: Rhode Island Reopens Retail Licensing, TYSON 2.0 Lands Rhode Island cannabis retail licensing is back in motion this August after months on ice. The Cannabis Control Commission reopened applications on August 7, 2026, following a federal court ruling and a legislative fix that scrapped the state residency requirement. On top of that, […]