Michigan Judge Denies Bid to Toss Lawsuit Against New Wholesale Cannabis Tax

Jan 11, 2026 | National

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Sima G. Patel this week denied a request by state attorneys to rehear a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the state’s new 24% cannabis wholesale tax, Michigan Advance reports. The lawsuit, filed in October by the Michigan Cannabis...

U.S. Supreme Court Schedules Hearing In Case On Marijuana Consumers’ Gun Rights

Jan 11, 2026 | National

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of a federal law banning people who use marijuana or other controlled substances from buying or possessing firearms. About two months after agreeing to take the case,...

Woman injured after shooting at Peña Blanca cannabis dispensary

Jan 11, 2026 | New Mexico

A shooting Tuesday evening at a cannabis dispensary in Sandoval County left a woman injured and a man facing charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and negligent use of a deadly weapon.   Colin Dana Sandoval, owner of Loonie Zoonie Cannabis in Peña Blanca,...

Man faces prison, fines for illegal pot, hemp farms on Navajo Nation

Dec 14, 2025 | New Mexico

Dineh Benally began his scheme to develop a large illegal hemp and marijuana cultivation operation in 2018 in his home community of Shiprock, New Mexico, according to court documents. By 2020, the operation had expanded to 30 farms covering more than 400 acres,...

Medical Cannabis Program Reduces Opioid Use

Dec 14, 2025 | National

Adults with chronic pain who participated in New York State’s (NYS) Medical Cannabis Program were significantly less likely to require prescription opioids, according to a new study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by researchers at Albert...