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New Jersey Court Rules In Favor of Cops Terminated for Off-Duty Cannabis Use

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May 14, 2026

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New Jersey Court Rules In Favor of Cops Terminated for Off-Duty Cannabis Use

A New Jersey appeals court ruled this month that two Jersey City police officers should be reinstated and allowed to carry firearms after they were previously fired for off-duty cannabis use. NJ.com reports.

State law protects employees from discipline for off-duty cannabis use as long as there is no evidence of on-duty impairment. But the officers, Omar Polanco and Norhan Mansour, were both removed from active duty in March 2023 after testing positive for cannabis during random drug tests, and later admitted to using state-regulated cannabis products.

The officers were not charged with being drunk on the job, but the state argued that the federal Gun Control Act prevents cannabis users from legally possessing firearms.

The court concluded that firearms issued for police duty would fall under a federal exception to the law. According to the ruling, the officers were awarded back pay, plus the benefits and seniority they lost due to their reassignment.

Michael P. Rubas, the officers’ attorney, said in the report that, “Jersey City is flagrantly violating the law, flagrantly violating the Attorney General’s directives and taking jobs unfavorable to these officers.”

Based in Portland, Oregon, Graham is the editor-in-chief of Ganjapreneur. He has been writing about the legalization landscape since 2012 and has contributed to Ganjapreneur since our official launch in…
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Target Adds Intoxicating Hemp Beverages to Stores in Florida, Texas, & Illinois

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May 13, 2026

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Target Adds Intoxicating Hemp Beverages to Stores in Florida, Texas, & Illinois

Target is adding THC-infused hemp drinks to its locations in Florida, Texas and Illinois. BevNet reports. The products will be available in more than 300 locations across three states – including all locations in Florida and Texas.

In Illinois, the products will be available in municipalities that allow the sale of intoxicating hemp products.

A spokesperson for the retail giant told BevNet that the company is “always exploring new ways to meet … evolving guest preferences, based on … merchandising authority and focus on carefully thought-out curation of a relevant assortment.”

last year, The objective was announced would sell hemp liquor at 10 locations in Minnesota. That pilot included the Birdie, Cann, Gigli, Hi Seltzer, Indeed, Señorita, Stigma, Surly, Trail Magic, Wonder, Wyld and Wynk brands. According to BevNet, Target last month received approval from the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management to sell lower-potency hemp products in 72 additional stores next year.

According to the report, some of the brands from the Minnesota startup, including Cann, Wynk, Trail Magic, Stigma, Gigli, Señorita and Daizy’s, will be included in the three-state expansion.

While the October launch in Minnesota was initially limited to 5-milligram products, the company added 10-milligram varieties.

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Study: Most Americans Support Federal Reclassification of Cannabis

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May 6, 2026

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Study: Most Americans Support Federal Reclassification of Cannabis

Most Americans support the federal government’s reclassification of medical cannabis, according to a ANALYSIS of more than 40,000 comments on public records about federal proposals by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of California San Diego.

In response to a 2024 proposal by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reschedule cannabis, 42,913 comments were submitted on the docket, which is part of the federal e-regulatory process and how the public can engage with the proposed regulations. It marked the largest amount of public input to date on federal cannabis policy.

The researchers took every comment posted on the e-rulemaking portal during the 63-day comment window and analyzed them through a large open-source language model, which was then validated against human review. The team found that 63.5% of commenters also supported further reforms, 28.9% supported the reclassification of Schedule III as proposed, while only 6.7% opposed any changes.

An overwhelming majority – 92.4% – wanted cannabis removed from Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act.

Nearly 57% of supporters cited the therapeutic benefits most often, while 27.8% noted the economic impacts on the cannabis industry and state revenues, with 24.4% also expressing the need for clearer federal regulation to ensure public safety.

The Trump administration on April 24 moved Food and Drug-approved cannabis products sold under qualifying state medical cannabis licenses from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, while also setting a new administrative hearing on June 29, 2026 to restart and expedite the broader DEA reprogramming process.

TG joined Ganjapreneur in 2014 as a news writer and began hosting the Ganjapreneur podcast in 2016. He is based in upstate New York, where he also teaches media at a local university.
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Class Action Lawsuit Claims ‘Cartel’ Manipulates Missouri Cannabis Industry

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May 1, 2026

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Class Action Lawsuit Claims ‘Cartel’ Manipulates Missouri Cannabis Industry

A class-action lawsuit filed in Missouri alleges that a “cartel” owns, controls or manages an unlawfully high portion of the state’s dispensary licenses and uses that market power to manipulate the market for its own benefit.

The lawsuit by licensed cannabis growers CPC of Missouri-Smithville, LLC and GF Saint Mary LLC alleges that Good Day Farm and a network of companies and investors conspired to invest in limited liability companies that then obtained additional cannabis industry licenses that are actually owned, managed or controlled by Good Day Farm.

Missouri there is a 10% licensing cap written into the adult-use cannabis law, but plaintiffs allege the so-called cartel operates under five different brand names and operates 61 dispensaries in total. The lawsuit alleges that Good Day Farms has 21 distribution licenses and is working with CODES, which operates 20 dispensaries; Greenlight, which operates 10 dispensaries; Fresh Karma, which operates six dispensaries; and 3Fifteen Primo, which operates four dispensaries.

The lawsuit alleges that the companies buy cannabis from unrelated firms at artificially low prices, but their stock from companies they are affiliated with and shut down independently manufactured products from their dispensaries unless the companies agree to their demands.

In a statement, Bob Hoffman, one of the lead lawyers for the lawsuit, said the companies’ actions are “suppressing competition in the wholesale cannabis market and enriching themselves with illegal profits through an unconstitutional and clandestine business conspiracy.”

“Missouri’s growers and producers have suffered under this scheme for too long – many of them know something is wrong, but don’t understand the extent of the Cartel’s market manipulation,” Hoffman said in a press release. “We filed this lawsuit to restore the fair and competitive marketplace that Missourians voted for when they legalized recreational cannabis in 2022.”

The lawsuit names 50 businesses and individuals as accomplices.