The Daily Hit is a recap of the top financial news stories for Monday, August 26, 2024. On the Site DEA grants administrative hearing, delays cannabis rescheduling until after election The agency said it received “numerous requests” for such a hearing. Read more here. New Missouri cannabis packaging deadline set …

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled a hearing on Dec. 2 for proposed rulemaking regarding the potential rescheduling of marijuana to Schedule III from Schedule I, thus ensuring that the process will not be completed before the presidential election in November. The hearing date could put the entire rescheduling …

Medical marijuana prices in Arkansas have come down over the last year, even as registered patients consume ever more of their medicine, according to the latest state data. Last month, Arkansas medical cannabis patients spent $22.9 million on 6,467 pounds of products at the state’s 37 dispensaries, bringing sales totals …

Those wedded to the status quo of cannabis criminalization have long warned that legalizing the marijuana market will result in increased adolescent use. But 10 years following the first states’ decisions to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis sales, data conclusively shows that this fear was unfounded.  The post NORML Op-Ed: A Decade Into States Legalizing Marijuana,