The Top 24 Cannabis Newsletters from A-Z

Newsletters are great way to receive information. They've become more popular in general, and many specifically cater to the cannabis crowd. Here's our Top 20:

Benzinga Cannabis Daily

The focus is on the latest cannabis news slanted towards business, stocks and celebrities. It features a Top Story, Zingers and more article links.

BudsFeed Weekly

Justin Johnson from Chill Steel Pipes produces this sharp-looking Monday newsletter. It includes sections on Top Stories, Buds by the Numbers and Top 5 Seeds, plus How It Started profiles.

Cannabis Business Times

Five lead stories and five headlines are offered by CMT on a regular basis. Their coverage of the hemp industry controversy has been superb.

Cannabis Confidential

Todd Harrisaon pens this daily newsletter via Substack.

Cannabis Observer

Based in Washington State, this weekly edited by Bailey Hirschberg, concentrates on nuts and bolts like the state's Liquor and Cannabis Board meetings.

Cannabis Wire Weekly

Produced by Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian, Cannabis Wire is known for its deep and concise reporting. The newsletter arrives via email every Saturday. It costs $30 per month to subscribe or $299 for a year.

CelebStoner

Since 2020, we've sent out nearly 420 newsletters. These days we post one newsletter per week filled with celeb stories, usually on Tuesdays. We ask readers to join our group at Patreon, either paid or free, in order to receive the newsletter in their in-boxes.

Cultivated 

Founded by Jeremy Berke and Jay Rosenthal in 2023, their daily newsletter is the new kid on rhe block, rivaling Marijuana Moment for timeliness and saavy takes on the latest news.

CWCBExpo

This monthly courtesy of New York's biggest trade show covers issues pertaining to the tri-state area. Their next event will take place on June 4-5, 2025.

Honeysuckle

New York's popular weed magazine covers the latest trends leaning towards hip-hop. Though based in New York, California-themed stories get a lot of play in their semi-monthly newsletters.

International Cannabis Chronicle

Produced by the event company ICBC, global issues, mostly in Europe, receive the bulk of their coverage.

International Cannabis Weekly

Prohibition Partners' newsletter has a strong focus on cannabis policy and business in Europe.

Leafwire

The social-media platform has several daily "Buzz" newsletters: Daily, Dispensary, Events, Financial and Psychedelics, plus Weekender. They all aggregate articles.

Marijuana Moment

The most popular cannabis newsletter, edited by Tom Angell, arrives every morning in in-boxes. If its an important story, they will have it. Support Marijuana Moment at Patreon

NCIA's Cannabusiness Insider

The trade org features Industry News, Member Spotlights and upcoming events in their Wednesday newsletter. On Fridays, they send out their Policy Leader newsletter.

Personal Plants

Amanda Reiman's site and newsletter offers advice for the canna curious. Scroll down and sign up.

NORML News of the Week

The pro-cannabis org compiles the most relevant stories of the week each Friday. Donate to NORML here.

Scoop

THE CITY's daily newsletter features canna-reporting by Rosalind Adams.

Talking Joints Memo

Founded in 2016 by Chris Faraone, this website and newletter aggregates cannabis news in New England, especially Massachusetts.

The Heady Chronicle

Dan Ulloa has built this site and daily newsletter into a must-read for New Jersey cannabis players and consumers. Get the latest news on store openings and much more. Support Heady NJ at Patreon.

The Maze

Produced by Kristin Jordan and Mannada Events, this weekly newsletter lists national events as well as local ones in Atlanta, the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

The Morning Rise

The first of Green Market Report's two daily newsletters feature a lead story, a secondary one, event listings and some industry quotes. The Daily Hit is posted later in the afternoon with a list of the day's most significant news stories. The Weekly Stash completes the week.

The Richard Rose Report

Richard Rose provides a weekly look at hemp news.

WeedWeek

One of the longest-running cannabis newsletters, edited by Alex Halperin, it has a distinct Caliifornia focus and is known for breaking stories. California Pro members get all the scoops.

 

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The Drip

Ediited by Mary Carreón, DoubleBlind magazine's newsletter features Must Reads, Trip Tales and Around the Web article links every Monday.

 

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Steve Bloom

Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times and Freedom Leaf and co-author of Pot Culture and Reefer Movie Madness.