For the Culture By The Culture
New York’s cannabis market suffered a public collapse after regulators dropped a major case against Omnium Canna and forced out acting executive director Felicia A. B. Reid. The scandal revealed a system unable to enforce its own rules and a legal market left vulnerable to illegal competition, political pressure, and structural failure.
Weed shops profit from cannabis culture while refusing to hire the people who shaped it. Insurers, compliance officers, and corporate rules punish cannabis users even in legal states. Testing myths, background screening, and liability fear filter out anyone with real experience. The result is a workforce designed to exclude the culture that keeps the industry alive.
Legalization looks complete on paper, yet millions still live in counties where dispensaries are banned by local officials who override voter will. The result is a fragmented system built on loopholes, selective caution, and zoning tricks that keep access out of reach. The legal map looks full, but the real world tells a different story.
This week’s Reefer Report Card tracks rising tension across cannabis policy as the federal hemp derived THC crackdown threatens a multibillion dollar market, New York’s enforcement chaos drags on, and the Supreme Court prepares to weigh the future of prohibition. Veterans wait for real care, and global reform shows hesitation from Brazil to Germany and Thailand. Pressure is building everywhere.
This week’s Reefer Report Card tracks mounting pressure across the cannabis world as the federal hemp derived THC crackdown rattles a multibillion dollar market, New York’s enforcement chaos deepens, Germany’s legalization plan stalls, and global reform hits resistance. Veterans and patients remain stuck in outdated systems. A tense week for cannabis policy and international legalization.
Michigan’s new 24 percent wholesale tax lit up outrage across the cannabis industry, while New York regulators faced a courtroom map lesson and Massachusetts tried to reboot its commission. Pennsylvania found compassion in hospital reform, and Germany slowed progress with new rules. Reefer Report Card Vol. 18 grades a week of taxes, lawsuits, and bureaucratic burnout.
