Cannabis & Alternatives — Federal policy reshapes cannabis on three fronts: labor law, hemp enforcement, and 280E tax relief retroactivity all in play simultaneously

Cannabis & Alternatives · 2026-05-06

TODAY'S SIGNAL — Three federal actions are converging to reshape the cannabis operating environment in real time. The NLRB ruled that cannabis processing workers are not agricultural laborers, expanding union rights and raising labor costs for multistate operators. Simultaneously, the Trump administration's national drug control strategy claims new scheduling authority over intoxicating hemp…