Hooray, possibly, the federal government's shutdown is ending. The Senate voted to do so on Monday, and the House of Representatives voted yesterday. President Trump quickly signed into law an appropriations bill that restarts government. The bill had a lot of things in it, including a fix to the Farm Act of 2018, which legalized hemp. Here is the part related to Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agency Appropriations: The new rules for

New York's state-regulated cannabis business has been booming after a very rough start. I am a big fan of New York City, the state and its cannabis program, but there was a big problem. Today, the New York Times revealed that Omnium Canna, a processor, has been banned . The company, which was licensed in 2023 as a processor of cannabis, was apparently allowing other brands into the state, which was against the rules because the brands were not licensed. Some of the ones that

John Eisenmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Now, Ohio, which just went legal for adult-use cannabis sales in August, is pushing...

Texas just began some regulation of THC products that are hemp-derived, though the legislature failed in a special session to create a...

Minnesota legalized medical cannabis in 2014. The small state, which became operational for medical cannabis in 2015, currently has 16...

There has been a lot of back and forth regarding hemp in Texas. Recall that Governor Abbott struck down a law in the last hour that...

The Texas government continues to work on banning all THC products in Texas, a story that began with the Senate and Congress of the state...

This could be a good example for other states in how to regulate hemp-based cannabinoids.