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→
The ‘Simple People’ Are Legislating in CT February 27, 2024 Tom Hymes Compliance and Regulations, Connecticut, News & Insights 2 Comments Connecticut legislators were unprepared for the large number of people who showed up last Thursday to testify before the General Law Committee and had to move the proceedings to a larger chamber to accommodate everyone. It was a simple mistake… Read More→
South Dakota Senate votes to back stricter version of ban on sale of ‘diet weed’ February 26, 2024 AggregatedNews North Dakota 0 Comments The state Senate has voted to pass the original, stricter version of a ban on the widely available, hemp-derived “diet weed” products that induce highs similar to marijuana. House Bill 1125 had originally targeted a wide swath of products. The gummies,… Read More→
CT Bill Would Prohibit Cannabis Discounts February 26, 2024 Tom Hymes Compliance and Regulations, Connecticut, News & Insights 0 Comments 421 bills have thus far been introduced for consideration by Connecticut’s General Assembly in the 2024 legislative session, which was convened February 7 and runs until May 8. Among the bills are half a dozen that deal in some way… 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→
Delta’s Case in Missouri: A Third-party Evaluation October 26, 2023 Tom Hymes Hemp Industry News, Missouri, News & Insights 0 Comments In a situation that continues to roil the Missouri cannabis market, the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) in August recalled almost 63,000 product SKUs associated with Delta Extraction LLC, leading retailers throughout the state to remove product from the… Read More→
In red states where marijuana is illegal other hemp products flourish August 29, 2023 Rob Meagher Hemp Industry News 0 Comments In North Carolina, recreational marijuana is illegal. So is medical marijuana. But you wouldn't know that when you go to Blue Flowers, a hemp store in one of Charlotte's most upscale areas, next to a Whole Foods. Approaching the store,… 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→
Virginia cannabis businesses face empty shelves, confusion as new rules take effect July 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Virginia 1 Comment Barren shelves are greeting customers at a local hemp shop in Virginia Beach. “Right now the shop is super empty,” said Savana Griffith, owner of The Hemp Spectrum. “We have about five vendors left on our shelves.” Griffith used to… Read More→
Connecticut Senate Passes Last-Minute Bills Regulating Hemp, Updating Cannabis Laws June 8, 2023 Tom Hymes Connecticut, Hemp Industry News, News & Insights 0 Comments A multi-section bill containing an array of changes to Connecticut's cannabis regulations that was passed by the Senate this week included language intended to close loopholes in existing law that allow intoxicating hemp-derived products to be sold at unlicensed stores.… Read More→
Italian Court Rules Hemp Flower And Leaves Are Not Narcotic In Latest Victory For Industry February 27, 2023 Ben Stevens Italy 0 Comments AN Italian court has overturned an ‘absurdly restrictive’ decree which meant hemp leaves and flowers were considered narcotics in the eyes of regulators. The decision, which was made by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court last week (February 14), means that… Read More→
How North Carolina cannabis stores are able to sell products that look and act like marijuana February 4, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, North Carolina 0 Comments RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the hemp industry in North Carolina continues to grow and evolve, new variations of products are popping up on shelves. When Louis Rubio first heard of one of those products a few months ago, he… Read More→
Delta-8 THC Generated $2 Billion In Revenue In 2 Years, Report Finds January 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive 0 Comments Delta-8 THC products have seen a surge in popularity in the past two years, resulting in over $2 billion in sales as an alternative to traditional marijuana. According to a recent report by cannabis analytics firm Brightfield Group, the increasing popularity of… Read More→
CEO Thom Brodeur on Helming Two Cannabis-Related Companies December 27, 2022 Tom Hymes Ancillary Businesses, Hemp Industry News, News & Insights, Packaging, Spotlight 0 Comments Most CEOs have their plates full running one company. Thom Brodeur runs two companies without seeming to break a sweat, a feat he’d be the first to say does not reflect the years of transformative work he has overseen since… Read More→
Congress might have inadvertently legalized a form of cannabis under Trump May 20, 2022 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Although marijuana remains strictly forbidden by federal law, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Congress quietly amended the statute in 2018 to legalize cannabis cigarettes and vaping products that have similar intoxicants but are made from hemp. The 2018… Read More→