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Cannabis law explained by the lawyers who practise it: analysis and commentary from law firms around the world, with the Cannabis Law Journal.
Marijuana businesses operate in arguably the strangest legal environment in American commerce. They obtain state licenses. They employ people. They lease buildings, borrow money, buy equipment, enter supply agreements, pay taxes,…
The phrase “gas station weed” is a lazy insult, not a policy position. It is designed to end the discussion before it even begins, and asks us to picture a questionable product in loud packaging sitting next to the candy, sold by…
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Since the April 2026 filing season, the landscape surrounding Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code has continued to evolve in significant ways. , d/b/a Ultra Health v.
C. § 1639o. 5–10 mg levels in virtually all commercial hemp beverages today. , delta-8 derived from CBD). The effective date of the change is December 11, 2026.
Justin Goldberg, Kirsten Hart, Kendall Murphy, J. Michael Showalter
Having finally gotten that wish, at least one Mississippi dispensary owner is finding out what “federal rules” really means. Not just lower tax bills and easier banking, but also 1970s-vintage security regulations that were…
A Michigan cannabis grower proved its case. A jury found that the buyer breached its supply agreement and awarded the grower $31.8 million in damages. But the grower still walked away without an enforceable verdict.
A Michigan marijuana grower won a $31.8 million jury verdict for breach of contract… then watched it disappear on appeal. On September 10, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that federal courts cannot…
The House has passed a short-term funding bill postponing the federal ban on hemp-derived THC products from November 12th to December 11th. With comprehensive legislation unlikely before the new deadline and competing interests…
In the iconic halftime scene of Friday Night Lights, Coach Gary Gaines (played with a charming ferocity the way only Billy Bob Thornton could muster) looks his team in the eyes and tells them they have exactly “two more quarters…
Congress just gave the hemp industry a little more time. Today, the House approved the Senate-passed Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, H.R. 6500, with its temporary hemp extension intact. The bill now goes to…
On July 29, 2026, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal (Second DCA) ruled that a county was not legally obligated to accommodate a firefighter-paramedic’s off-duty medical marijuana use under state law.
On April 23, 2026, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration issued an order moving medical marijuana subject to a state license from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act.
If you aren’t familiar with marijuana, or you’re not a botanist, you may not know that hemp and marijuana are the same plant. Not similar. Not cousins. , separated by a legal distinction so arbitrary it would be funny if it…
Cannabis law has never been more contradictory. , federal and state governments often regulate identical products under completely different legal frameworks. Hemp and marijuana can produce the same intoxicating effects, yet…
Congress finally has a serious bipartisan alternative to the federal hemp ban scheduled to take effect this November.
The Supreme Court of the United States recently narrowed the reach of a federal firearms law in United States v. S. ___ (2026), holding that the government cannot prosecute an individual under the Gun Control Act for possessing a…
With SF 4401, the state did not leave the hemp industry stranded while the broader cannabis market moves on. It did not wall off hemp operators and tell them to fend for themselves.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is scheduled to hold a historic hearing beginning Monday, June 29, 2026, which could extend Schedule III cannabis rescheduling to adult-use marijuana and reshape the federal regulatory…
