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We’ve recently covered changes in coming to hemp programs in the new year in Oregon, Alabama, and California. Below we touch on other updates for Minnesota, Connecticut, Kentucky, and more.
By J. William Manuel & Anne R. Yuengert on September 5, 2025 You want a safe workplace and have adopted a Drug Free Workplace policy. You may even have government contracts that require you to drug test your employees.
That momentum shifted today. In a major decision, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s ruling and dissolved the injunction.
” (emphasis added) By “unlicensed” she is referring to businesses that are not licensed as “marijuana establishments” under the Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Proposition 207), the state’s adult-use marijuana law, enacted in 2020.
North Carolina (NC) is a leader in hemp. Over the years, the state’s hemp-friendly laws and overall pro-hemp environment have resulted in NC being the home base for many of the world’s top companies.
You’ve probably seen the reports of the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ January 7, 2025 opinion upholding a Virginia law that regulates consumable hemp products. I planned to put up a blog post soon after the…
By Whitt Steineker, Slates C. Veazey, J. Hunter Robinson & Nathan P. Viebrock on December 5, 2024
Given the high stakes and the significant market at risk, it is no surprise that hemp advocates and operators have aggressively challenged state actions to reign in the production and sales of intoxicating hemp products.
S. are becoming marijuana-friendly, many states are simultaneously attempting to enact more restrictive laws with respect to hemp-derived cannabinoids. Participants in the federally legal hemp industry are already required to…
In a legal brief to the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp (ATACH), uses “Reefer Madness” fear mongering in an attempt to overturn the hemp industry’s recent victory in…
November 1, 2023 Kight On Cannabis On October 30, 2023, Judge Leonie Brinkema in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a memorandum opinion in the case Northern Virginia Hemp and Agriculture…
Authors Cassandra Beckman Widay and Amy Rubenstein January 30, 2023
This is the first in a series of articles on the rapidly growing cannabis industry. They are designed to provide background information and general familiarity with the industry.
While states continue to regulate employers’ right to refuse to hire, discipline, or terminate employees based on their on- and off-duty marijuana use, some legal tools remain for maintaining drug-free employees and workplaces.
Oklahoma and Arkansas have enacted medical marijuana laws with similar features. In Oklahoma, an individual may qualify for a state medical marijuana license permitting them to purchase and use medical marijuana.
Let’s take a closer look the legalization efforts in these five states:
A few years ago, a trend began to emerge – driven by the anti-cannabis lobby – of civil claims being asserted against state-licensed cannabis operators under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
The changes in the cannabis industry in Southeastern United States represent some of the most surprising and remarkable changes in the history of the industry.