Today’s Brief: Rollbacks, Breakthroughs & the New Hemp Battle
Backlash in Maine and Ohio, expansion in Florida and Virginia, and a federal hemp war that’s only getting louder.
The Counter-Wave
This was the week the cannabis story stopped being a straight line and started looking like a tug-of-war.
On one side, you have expansion: Florida Republicans quietly filing a bill to broaden medical cannabis access; Congress floating a framework to regulate hemp products instead of outright banning them; scientists using AI to design new…


