Watch/October 30, 2026
A month ago I went state by state through America's legal cannabis market, and looked at Virginia and D.C., where you can hold it but can't buy it. This is the follow-up: what changed in October.
New York is on track for its best year yet, medical programs are moving in different directions, Massachusetts votes on repealing retail sales on November 3, the DEA's rescheduling hearing is on pause, the federal hemp-THC ban moved to December 11, Virginia has a licensing schedule, and D.C.'s medical program keeps growing.
Read the full story at newyork420week.com
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Same map, new numbers
0:29 New York's best year yet
0:50 Medical patients
1:09 Michigan, Ohio and Massachusetts
1:26 Massachusetts Question 8
1:43 Washington hits pause
2:03 Virginia's schedule
2:21 D.C.'s medical program
2:37 The bottom line
Data sources: state cannabis regulators' public filings and reports, plus news coverage of regulators' data where noted.
By Greg Silverstein (@sourcatjack) for @newyork420week
New York is on track for its best year yet, medical programs are moving in different directions, Massachusetts votes on repealing retail sales on November 3, the DEA's rescheduling hearing is on pause, the federal hemp-THC ban moved to December 11, Virginia has a licensing schedule, and D.C.'s medical program keeps growing.
Read the full story at newyork420week.com
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Same map, new numbers
0:29 New York's best year yet
0:50 Medical patients
1:09 Michigan, Ohio and Massachusetts
1:26 Massachusetts Question 8
1:43 Washington hits pause
2:03 Virginia's schedule
2:21 D.C.'s medical program
2:37 The bottom line
Data sources: state cannabis regulators' public filings and reports, plus news coverage of regulators' data where noted.
By Greg Silverstein (@sourcatjack) for @newyork420week
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