If you’ve been following Alabama’s medical cannabis saga, you know the state has mastered a very particular genre of drama: license gets awarded, license gets sued, license gets stayed, repeat. Well, the next chapter starts Monday, July 27, 2026, at
Longtime Budding Trends readers know we try to lead each post with a bit of pop culture or witty turn of phrase. This is one of those posts where the hook took longer to find than the law. Turns out
If an employee uses marijuana off the clock and the employer doesn’t test for marijuana, isn’t it much like the tree falling in the woods?
A recent Wall Street Journal report (“More U.S. Workers Are Testing Positive for Marijuana. Fewer
Raising money in the cannabis industry, like most everything else in the space, is no walk in the park and presents a landmine for those tasked with raising and spending capital. This month, two federal district court opinions reminded capital
At some point over the course of each year, we like to take stock of where psychedelics stand — our own version of a trip around the sun. The story of the last 12 months is a bit more
If you’ve followed Budding Trends for any length of time, you know the SAFE Banking Act — perhaps second only to rescheduling — has been the white whale for marijuana operators. This week, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking
I don’t know why I write things that encourage people to take my job. I’ll add that to the list for my next therapy session.
Back in 2022, I wrote “So You Want to Be a Cannabis Lawyer?” In it,
The April order rescheduling DEA-approved medications and state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III set off a scramble in the capital markets. Two questions sit at the center of it: Can plant-touching companies finally list on the major U.S. stock exchanges,
If you were hoping the South Carolina governor’s race might crack open the door for a state medical marijuana program — or settle the state’s running fight over intoxicating hemp — last week’s primary results are worth a close read.
In The Usual Suspects, Verbal Kint explains the final reveal of the film, and I stress the world “film”: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” I thought about that line while reading
