Texas has scheduled a meeting and a webcast for the public regarding its new rules pertaining to hemp and hemp-derived products on January 9th: Recall that in early October, the state adopted emergency rules to prohibit Consumable Hemp Licensees and Retail Hemp Registrants from selling consumable hemp products to customers under the age of 21 and require a valid proof of government-issued identification prior to purchase. This was after the surprise and last-minute veto by G

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), which was created in 1914 and renamed in 1970, was a part of the Library of Congress. Its mission is to serve Congress with research and analysis. CRS employs about 600 and has five divisions for research, including American Law, Domestic Social Policy, Foreign Affairs, Government and Finance and Science and Industry. On 12/03, it issued a piece on the new law for hemp products that was passed when the government voted to reopen and t

Foley, Hoag is a well known international law firm with offices in Boston, Denver, New York City, Paris and Washington, D.C. that works on many industries but is strong in cannabis. Today, they published a piece on their blog about the recent THC ban by the federal government. Though it doesn't take effect until almost a year from now, the authors, a partner in NYC and an associate in Boston at Foley Hoag, suggest that the companies serving this industry consider an early ba

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.