Cannabis Briefs for October 21, 2025

•Florida’s medical cannabis market reached $1.28 billion year-to-date through September, with sales hitting nearly $140 million for that month alone. According to data from Headset, September 2025’s sales were approximately 10% higher than September 2024. While still an extremely strong month for medical cannabis, September trails April 2025—when sales reached $155 million—as the state’s sales peak. Flower is the largest category in Florida, representing 47% of sales. Vapes, at 20%, are in second, with concentrates (12%), edibles (11%), and pre-rolls (4%) rounding out the five largest categories.

•Boston-based Cantrip has launched Elixir, a new hemp THC-infused spirit alternative. The drink has zero calories and is made without sugar, delivering 10mg of THC per 1.5-ounce serving. Elixir, according to Cantrip, is designed to be neutral in flavor and has a light blue hue from spirulina. The new drink carries a suggested price of $45 a bottle and is now available through the brand’s website and in select retailers where hemp THC products are sold.

•Colorado’s Charlotte’s Web has debuted Knockout, a new fast-acting hemp-derived gummy, aimed at helping users fall asleep. The blackberry flavored gummies contain 2.5mg of THC and 20mg of CBN and are designed to take effect within five to 15 minutes. Knockout retails at $40 a 20-gummy pouch and is available online and in select retailers. The new release joins the company’s other hemp THC gummies, Brightside, available in Unwind, Focus, and Recover formulations.

•Kansas City-based Boulevard Brewing Company has expanded into hemp THC through the brewery’s Quirk hard seltzer line. The new drink, Berry Jane, is available in 5mg and 10mg doses, and comes in four-packs of 12-ounce cans. Regardless of potency, Berry Jane comes in at 25 calories per can and is made with real raspberry juice. Berry Jane is set to hit select retailers in Kansas and Missouri in November.

•The Ohio House of Representatives is set to vote on significant new legislation governing the state’s THC market, with a particular focus on curbing youth access to hemp THC. The bill is a modified form of SB 56—which has already passed in the state Senate—that would allow retailers and breweries to sell hemp THC beverages with new restrictions on advertising. In addition, the bill would modify how taxes collected on cannabis sales are allocated. The modified bill will be presented to the state’s House Judiciary Committee today. It follows an executive order temporarily banning hemp THC by Governor DeWine, which was subsequently blocked by a state judge pending litigation.

•This week, Pennsylvania lawmakers will consider whether to create a new regulatory body to oversee the existing medical cannabis market as well as prepare for future adult-use legalization. The bill is sponsored by 17 bipartisan lawmakers and would create a regulatory framework that could be used if the state ever ends prohibition. State Senator Dan Laughlin says that this legislation is needed to ensure that when adult-use sales are legalized, the state is ready from day one with its own Cannabis Control Board. If passed into law, the new group would govern the cannabis market as well as the hemp-derived category.

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