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Spain’s Medical Cannabis Supply Base Opens With Just 14 Active Cultivation Authorizations

Spain has activated its medical-cannabis system, but the growers and manufacturers allowed to feed that channel still number only 14 active cultivation authorizations, with five of them limited to validation batches rather than routine supply.

Spain’s medical-cannabis system is now live, but the upstream supply base behind it is still unusually small. As of 2026-05-27, the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices, known as AEMPS, listed 14 active cannabis cultivation authorizations tied to medical and...

DEA’s Broader Marijuana Schedule III Hearing Opens June 29 With Seven Outside Participants

The federal hearing will decide whether marijuana beyond already-rescheduled state medical products should move to Schedule III, fixing the timetable and the voices that will shape the record.

The next federal hearing over marijuana’s status under U.S. drug law opens Monday, June 29, and the schedule is now fixed. The Drug Enforcement Administration says the proceeding will begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern in Arlington, Virginia, and conclude no later than July 15. It has...

Maryland Delays Medical Cannabis Delivery Handoff for One Year

A new state law keeps existing dispensaries delivering medical cannabis until July 2027, preventing a July 1 cutoff that regulators said the new micro-dispensary system could not yet handle statewide.

Maryland has delayed a forced handoff in medical-cannabis delivery. House Bill 622, now enacted as Chapter 375, extends converted dispensaries’ authority to deliver medical cannabis to patients until July 1, 2027. Under prior law, that authority was set to end on July 1, 2026.

Rhode Island Voids Its Adult-Use Retail Round and Orders a 60-Day Restart

A June 10 law in Rhode Island scrapped the state’s first round for new cannabis stores, refunded prior retail application fees, and forced regulators to reopen both social-equity screening and retail applications within 60 days.

Rhode Island did not merely repair a legal flaw in its cannabis licensing law on June 10. It erased the state’s existing round for new adult-use retail stores and ordered the process to start again.

Connecticut Opens Its First Tribal-State Cannabis Trade Lane With the Mashantucket Pequot Compact

Connecticut has signed its first cannabis compact with a tribe, creating a formal path for future Mashantucket Pequot businesses to buy from and sell to state-licensed operators under shared rules for testing, tracking, transport, taxes, and enforcement.

Connecticut signed its first tribal-state cannabis compact on June 18, giving future Mashantucket Pequot tribal cannabis businesses a formal way to transact with state-licensed cannabis operators. That is the immediate fact, and it matters because it turns a long-discussed...

GLOBALJun 23, 2026

New Zealand’s Medicinal-Cannabis Pack Supply Softened in Q1 as Exports Get Easier

Official New Zealand data show reported supply of medicinal-cannabis packs fell in the first quarter of 2026, just as the government cut export-licence processing times and made overseas sales more practical for local operators.

New Zealand’s reported supply of unapproved medicinal-cannabis packs fell to 76,326 in the first quarter of 2026, down 10.8 percent from 85,556 a year earlier. The figures come from the Ministry of Health’s quarterly supply dataset, refreshed on 26 May, and they matter because...

Jersey’s Medical-Cannabis Exports Are Now Overwhelmingly Europe-Facing

New Jersey government records show Europe took about 85 percent of the island’s disclosed 2025 medical-cannabis flower exports, making continental demand the main outlet for a sector Jersey is deliberately building.

Jersey’s medical-cannabis export market is now plainly oriented toward Europe. Government records released in 2026 show the island exported 5,739.40 kilograms of medical-cannabis flower to Europe in 2025, compared with 1,047.05 kilograms to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On...

Minnesota Sets Jan. 1, 2027 for a Unified Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Supply Chain

A new Minnesota law gives cannabis operators about six months to move from separate medical and adult-use production systems into one macrobusiness framework while keeping special access rules for registered patients.

Minnesota has set the implementation date for one of the most important structural changes in its cannabis rollout. Under SF 4401, signed by Governor Tim Walz on May 26 and now published in state plain-language guidance, the state will replace its medical cannabis combination...

Illinois Gives Intoxicating Hemp 145 Days Before a 0.4 mg THC Container Cutoff

Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed SB 3222, starting a short countdown to November when most hemp products with meaningful THC will no longer fit Illinois’ permitted hemp definition and retailers will have to rethink what stays on the shelf.

That matters because Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 3222 on June 12, and the law does not leave the core hemp changes floating in the future. The bill status pages show a split timetable. Some provisions took effect immediately when the governor signed the measure. The new...

Medical Cannabis Operators Are in the Final Days of DEA’s Fast-Track Registration Window

A 60-day federal filing window created by April’s Schedule III marijuana rule is nearing its close, and state-licensed medical operators that apply in time may keep operating while the Drug Enforcement Administration reviews their registration.

The federal government has opened a short route for state-licensed medical cannabis businesses to enter the controlled-substances system, and that route is close to narrowing. Under the April 2026 rule that moved FDA-approved marijuana products and products containing marijuana...

Montana Cuts Adult-Use Edible Servings to 5 mg THC and Forces a July 1 Shelf Reset

Starting July 1, Montana dispensaries cannot sell adult-use edible products labeled above 5 milligrams of THC per serving, giving makers and retailers only weeks to clear, remake, or repackage inventory.

Montana has set a hard new limit for adult-use edibles. Effective July 1, 2026, a single serving in an edible marijuana product drops to 5 milligrams of THC from 10 milligrams, and the state has told licensees that products labeled above 5 milligrams per serving may not be sold...

Utah’s Medical Cannabis Market Looks Smaller Than Card Counts Suggest, New State Data Show

A new Utah state report shows that only 63,023 of 114,090 active medical cannabis cardholders made a purchase in the last 30 days, giving operators a firmer read on real demand than enrollment totals alone.

Utah’s medical cannabis market is smaller in practice than its card count suggests. The state’s May 2026 report shows 114,090 patients with active medical cards, but only 63,023 patients made at least one purchase in the previous 30 days. That works out to a 55.2 percent monthly...

GLOBALJun 16, 2026

Canada’s Legal Cannabis Market Now Implies Just C$1.67 Million in Annual Sales Per Retailer

New federal data make it possible to divide Canada’s latest legal cannabis sales total by its latest retail base, showing a market that is still growing but looks far less roomy once more than 3,000 retailers are sharing it.

Canada’s legal recreational cannabis market now works out to an implied C$1.67 million in annual sales per retailer.

GLOBALJun 15, 2026

Thailand Puts 5,000-6,000 Cannabis Shop Licences on a 2026 Clock

Health ministry figures show thousands of Thai cannabis shops will lose their current licences from 2026 onward unless they move into a much narrower medical model.

Thailand’s cannabis reset now has a date structure. In a ministry recap of a 2026 Senate exchange, the health ministry said about 12,000 cannabis shops were still operating nationwide, but roughly 5,000-6,000 licences will expire in 2026, another 4,000-5,000 in 2027, and about...

Denmark Made Medical Cannabis Permanent. Its Admitted Product List Is Still Almost Entirely Imported

Denmark has made its medicinal-cannabis scheme permanent and refreshed the paperwork for new products, but the official list still shows that almost every product doctors can prescribe comes from abroad.

One Danish-grown product remains on Denmark’s admitted list after the permanent regime began