Regulation
Licensing, rulemaking and the public decisions that shape state cannabis markets.
Oklahoma’s Licence Moratorium Did Not Freeze the Market. It Forced a Long Contraction
Four years after Oklahoma stopped issuing new grower, processor and dispensary licences, the protected pool is dramatically smaller and a 2026 extension has moved any general reopening to 2028.
New York’s Cannabis Rollout Is Now Ten Different Retail Markets
New York has moved past its first-store phase, but official regional data show radically different store density and sales productivity from Long Island to Western New York.
Florida’s Vertical Integration Model Makes One Licence Carry the Whole Supply Chain
Florida requires each medical marijuana treatment centre to cultivate, process, transport and dispense its own product, concentrating market access in a small number of statewide licensees.
Adult-Use and Medical Cannabis Markets Are Large in Different Ways
Current state data show why retail sales, patient counts, store networks and product volumes cannot be combined into one clean ranking of America’s largest cannabis markets.