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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…
Cannabis companies are used to hearing “no” from the tax system, so a recent ruling from the Colorado Department of Revenue stands out. In Private Letter Ruling 26-005, issued in July 2026, the Department considered whether a…
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…
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As I explained in my prior article on this bill, the conference report adopted by the Senate was not a serious hemp-regulation bill. It was a hemp ban. 4-milligram-per-container threshold as controlled substances.
Congress finally has a serious bipartisan alternative to the federal hemp ban scheduled to take effect this November.
The March 2026 hemp rules are back in play in Texas, and they are bad for the THCa flower market. , the injunction) that prohibited enforcement of the most damaging provisions.
On April 23rd, the DEA issued a final order moving certain marijuana classifications from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
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Oklahoma employers are again directing their attention to drug testing policies after another round of changes to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Act by the Legislature.
As we previously blogged, the line between “agricultural” work and “processing” work in the cannabis industry has real consequences for whether workers can unionize under federal labor law.
November 12, 2026 is not an abstraction. S. National Cannabinoid Report. It will also recriminalize products that millions of Americans use daily for sleep, anxiety, and relaxation — products that are, by any rational measure,…
4mg Total THC limit that goes into effect this November has been the focus of much discussion in recent months but perhaps less discussed are the “industrial hemp” carveouts from that limit, and they may be broader than you…
A recent wave of putative class actions accusing Illinois cannabis companies of intentionally miscategorizing vape products has largely collapsed at the pleading stage.
Texas’ new hemp rules take effect on March 31. They will materially change how hemp businesses operate in the state. These rules are not just about labels or age checks.
Wouldn’t you know it, just as Alabama’s medical cannabis program is set to launch, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) wants to change the rules. Mercifully, the proposed changes would not delay the launch of the…
” The general thrust is FDA’s assurance that it won’t interfere with a new federal initiative, which covers up to $500 of hemp-derived products for eligible Medicare patients.
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.
In our previous legal update last month, we outlined language included in one of the appropriations bills which was passed in connection with ending the historic government shutdown.
The anti-hemp lobby scored an overwhelming victory yesterday when the US House of Representatives voted in favor of a funding package, called a “Continuing Resolution” (CR), that includes a new and more restrictive definition of…