THE THC GAZETTE

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August 2026

RegulationOklahoma’s Licence Moratorium Did Not Freeze the Market. It Forced a Long Contraction
RegulationNew York’s Cannabis Rollout Is Now Ten Different Retail Markets
RegulationFlorida’s Vertical Integration Model Makes One Licence Carry the Whole Supply Chain
RegulationAdult-Use and Medical Cannabis Markets Are Large in Different Ways
Manufacturing“Infused” Is a Process, Not a Single Product Category
ManufacturingExtraction Economics Begin With the Product, Not the Solvent
ManufacturingFull-Melt Is a Performance Grade, Not a Regulated One
ManufacturingHow to Read a Certificate of Analysis Without Stopping at THC
RetailMichigan’s cheap cannabis is now an operating constraint
RetailCapped licenses and open markets create different kinds of risk
RetailThe shelf is decided by turns, margin, fit—and sometimes law
RetailA good budtender knows the product—and the limit of the role
VoicesThe 2021 plan, five years on
VoicesBuilding a cannabis brand before legalisation
VoicesWhat expanding across state lines actually requires
VoicesThe consumption lounge as a business model
DataLicensed Retail Door Counts Across the Largest Markets
DataWhere Cannabis Retail Growth Actually Is
DataFormat Share: Flower, Pre-Roll, Blunt and Concentrate