Policy, Decoded

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This week, we examine the fight most of the cannabis industry is still misreading. Inside licensed dispensaries, THC beverages barely register. In Q1 2025 they represented about 1 percent of cannabis sales...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group , Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This week, we examine the category war coming for cannabis. Legalization built a system around a specific product sold in a specific place: cannabis flower in a licensed dispensary. But the market that fol...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This week, we examine the category war coming for cannabis. Legalization built a system around a specific product sold in a specific place: cannabis flower in a licensed dispensary. But the market that foll...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This week, we confront the uncomfortable truth behind intoxicating hemp. Congress drew the line in the 2018 Farm Bill. The market engineered inside it. States inherited the consequences. We explain how "gas...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This week, we confront the uncomfortable truth behind intoxicating hemp. Congress drew the line in the 2018 Farm Bill. The market engineered inside it. States inherited the consequences. We explain how “gas...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This week, we break down the repeal playbook now showing up in states like Massachusetts, Maine, and Arizona, and explain why the next fight over legalization will not be a culture war rerun. The strategy i...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This week, we break down the repeal playbook now showing up in states like Massachusetts, Maine, and Arizona, and explain why the next fight over legalization will not be a culture war rerun. The strategy i...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This episode takes on the New York Times editorial board's reassessment of marijuana legalization. We walk through what the board claims has gone wrong, then pressure-test the argument with the realities po...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, Policy, Decoded is the Sunday briefing that steps back from the churn and unpacks one consequential policy story shaping cannabis, hemp, alcohol, and regulated markets. This episode takes on the New York Times editorial board’s reassessment of marijuana legalization. We walk through what the board claims has gone wrong, then pressure-test the argument with the realities po...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group , this episode takes on the question we keep getting: how is hemp THC legal, and what makes it different from marijuana sold in dispensaries. We walk through how one plant ended up split by two legal systems, why dispensaries were built as closed, auditable markets, and how a federal hemp definition turned low-dose THC into a mainstream consumer product. From Instagram ads...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group , this episode takes on the question we keep getting: how is hemp THC legal, and what makes it different from marijuana sold in dispensaries. We walk through how one plant ended up split by two legal systems, why dispensaries were built as closed, auditable markets, and how a federal hemp definition turned low-dose THC into a mainstream consumer product. From Instagram ads...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode examines how hemp-derived THC drinks quietly rewrote the rules of American social life. We trace how a generation that values wellness, clarity, and connection began trading hangovers for balance, and how a billion-dollar market emerged before Congress finished defining it. From convenience stores in Minnesota to liquor aisles nationwide, these drinks are resh...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode examines how hemp-derived THC drinks quietly rewrote the rules of American social life. We trace how a generation that values wellness, clarity, and connection began trading hangovers for balance—and how a billion-dollar market emerged before Congress finished defining it. From convenience stores in Minnesota to liquor aisles nationwide, these drinks are resha...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode asks what a government shutdown really means beyond the headlines. We trace the origins back to a 1980 legal opinion that transformed missed deadlines into full stop crises, then explain how twelve appropriations bills tied to defense, health, transportation, and foreign affairs became bargaining chips in partisan standoffs. From national parks locking their g...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode asks what a government shutdown really means beyond the headlines. We trace the origins back to a 1980 legal opinion that transformed missed deadlines into full stop crises, then explain how twelve appropriations bills tied to defense, health, transportation, and foreign affairs became bargaining chips in partisan standoffs. From national parks locking their g...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode asks whether Labor Day is just a three-day weekend or a rulebook for the future of work. We trace the holiday back to its 1882 origins—homemade floats, brass bands, and workers demanding dignity—and argue those lessons still explain today’s battles over AI, platforms, and modern strikes. From the Pullman Strike to the “stand-up strike,” from handmade banners t...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode asks whether Labor Day is just a three-day weekend or a rulebook for the future of work. We trace the holiday back to its 1882 origins—homemade floats, brass bands, and workers demanding dignity—and argue those lessons still explain today’s battles over AI, platforms, and modern strikes. From the Pullman Strike to the “stand-up strike,” from handmade banners t...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode tackles David Brooks' explosive NYT piece asking "Are We Really Willing to Become Dumber?" We examine whether AI in education is a cognitive threat or the catalyst for long-overdue reform of America's $1.81 trillion student debt crisis. From MIT studies showing 55% reduced brain connectivity in AI users to the apprenticeship renaissance bypassing traditional d...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode tackles David Brooks' explosive NYT piece asking "Are We Really Willing to Become Dumber?" We examine whether AI in education is a cognitive threat or the catalyst for long-overdue reform of America's $1.81 trillion student debt crisis. From MIT studies showing 55% reduced brain connectivity in AI users to the apprenticeship renaissance bypas...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode dives into Trump’s July 2025 AI Action Plan, launched just days ago. We unpack how AI could boost American innovation and global leadership - scanning regulations, powering infrastructure - while tackling risks like deregulation and environmental trade-offs. Join us as we explore balancing tech progress with democratic values. It’s a story of ambition meeting...

🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode dives into Trump’s July 2025 AI Action Plan, launched just days ago. We unpack how AI could boost American innovation and global leadership - scanning regulations, powering infrastructure - while tackling risks like deregulation and environmental trade-offs. Join us as we explore balancing tech progress with democratic values. It’s a story of ambition meeting...

In this episode of Insiders Uncovered: Beyond the Headlines , powered by THC Group, we explore how artificial intelligence could reshape cannabis regulation in America. As agencies work to oversee a young, fast-moving industry with tight budgets and growing demands, AI offers tools that can scan license applications, flag inventory anomalies, and schedule fair, efficient inspections. We unpack how...

In this episode of Insiders Uncovered: Beyond the Headlines , powered by THC Group, we explore how artificial intelligence could reshape cannabis regulation in America. As agencies work to oversee a young, fast-moving industry with tight budgets and growing demands, AI offers tools that can scan license applications, flag inventory anomalies, and schedule fair, efficient inspections. We unpack how...

In this episode of Insiders Uncovered: Beyond the Headlines , powered by THC Group, we dig into how a little-known clause in H.R. 8281—better known as the “Big, Beautiful Bill”—could reshape the future of artificial intelligence in America. While marketed as an immigration and budget package, the bill quietly preempts states from passing most AI-specific regulations for the next ten years. We brea...

In this episode of Insiders Uncovered: Beyond the Headlines , powered by THC Group, we dig into how a little-known clause in H.R. 8281—better known as the “Big, Beautiful Bill”—could reshape the future of artificial intelligence in America. While marketed as an immigration and budget package, the bill quietly preempts states from passing most AI-specific regulations for the next ten years. We brea...