Litigation Trends Impacting the Hemp Intoxicating Product Market March 7, 2024 Kristin McCall Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Kristin McCall, Hannah King and Jacob Raver The hemp intoxicating product market is exploding. The products are ubiquitous, occupying shelf space not just in gas stations and smoke shops but also in retail locations thought to be more “conservative”… Read More→
Thoughts on THCA, Interstate Sales….and Oregon February 19, 2024 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Interstate Commerce, Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Śliwowski, Managing Partner of Harris Sliwoski Friend of the firm Andrew DeWeese published a recent LinkedIn post on Oregon’s outlying stance on THCA the other day, and the priorities of local industry advocates. I wanted to highlight that post and… Read More→
Ubiquitous in Florida, delta-8 would be banned under bill that just passed the Senate February 16, 2024 AggregatedNews Florida, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Florida lawmakers are just a step away from banning delta-8 products, like edible gummies, vapes and joints that can create a psychoactive high in its users. Florida senators on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would exclude synthetic or naturally… Read More→
What Overturning Chevron Could Mean for Cannabis January 23, 2024 Tom Hymes Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments If the United States Supreme Court overturns the longstanding Chevron deference, which is not unlikely considering the mien of certain justices during recent oral arguments as well as a general antipathy to the doctrine that has developed over the years,… Read More→
Cannabis Industry Confounded by Lack of ‘Legal Intoxicant’ Definition December 14, 2023 Steven Schain Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments With a feud raging over what’s a regulated “intoxicant,” billions of cannabis dollars hang in the balance. Forming America’s sixth-largest crop yielding 48.8 million pounds of flower and projected to generate $33.5 billion in 2023 legal sales, marijuana’s plunging price-per-pound… Read More→
USDA is giving some farmers an ultimatum: Grow hemp or marijuana November 25, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Regulatory inconsistency has forced farmers in several states out of the industry American farmers seized the opportunity to grow hemp after it was legalized in the 2018 farm bill, hoping the potentially lucrative crop could help keep their businesses afloat.… Read More→
Kentucky’s New Regulations for Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products November 16, 2023 Hannah King Hemp Policy & Legal, Kentucky 2 Comments By Kristin McCall, Arin Aragona, and Hannah King, Attorneys at Dentons While hemp has been legal in Kentucky since 2013, until this year the existing regulations were minimal. Hemp industry participants, such as processors, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and testing labs… Read More→
It’s legal again to buy delta-8 in Maryland — for now October 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Maryland 0 Comments Three months after a state law effectively banned Maryland stores from selling some delta-8 and other hemp-derived products, a state judge gave the industry a lifeline Thursday, ordering an injunction that temporarily lifts restrictions on their sale. For several years,… Read More→
Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem October 2, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale… Read More→
Welcome to the adult use cannabis marketplace in Virginia!… sort of. August 9, 2023 Eric Postow Hemp Policy & Legal, Policy & Legal, Virginia 0 Comments If that sounds strange because there is no "adult use" retail right now, that's because Virginia may have just ushered in a de facto adult use market without calling it that. Allow me to explain. On July 1, 2023, the… Read More→
Congress Wants to Hear from You on CBD by August 18th August 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken Today’s public service announcement is that Congress wants to hear from you on a regulatory fix for cannabidiol (CBD) and other hemp-derived cannabinoid products. The request came down via the Energy and Commerce… Read More→
What Happened to Hemp? July 26, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 1 Comment By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris bricken Last week, a LinkedIn post by cannabis economist Beau Whitney caught my eye, because Beau said something pretty amazing. He said: “licensed acres in hemp are at pre-farm bill levels.” Could that be true?… Read More→
Navigating the Changing Landscape of Hemp-Derived Products in Virginia July 24, 2023 Eric Postow Hemp Policy & Legal, Policy & Legal, Virginia 0 Comments The 2023 Session of the General Assembly brought significant changes to Virginia's hemp industry with new legislation that amended the Code of Virginia, setting forth fresh requirements for certain hemp-derived products. As of July 1, 2023, these requirements took effect,… Read More→
Washington Upends Its CBD Industry June 21, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 1 Comment By Jack Scantom, Attorney at Harris Bricken Last month, Washington governor Jay Inslee signed SB 5367, a largely unpublicized bill “concerning the regulation of products containing THC”. Among other things, the bill amends the definition of “cannabis product” in the… Read More→
So Long for THCA Products June 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Ever since Congress passed the Agricultural Improvements Act of 2018 (or 2018 Farm Bill), people have tried to find creative ways to sell intoxicating hemp-derived products. One example of this is THCA products,… Read More→