Efforts to put guardrails around the largely unregulated market for intoxicating hemp products have repeatedly sparked lawsuits. Mississippi is confronting an unlikely new drug scourge: Hemp. Intoxicating, hemp-derived products —… The post Kids are buying pot-like drugs from corner stores. Lawmakers want to stop it. appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

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… The post Litigation Trends Impacting the Hemp Intoxicating Product Market appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

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… The post Thoughts on THCA, Interstate Sales….and Oregon appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

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… The post Ubiquitous in Florida, delta-8 would be banned under bill that just passed the Senate appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney @ Harris Sliwoski, On February 7, 2024, California Assembly Member Aguilar-Curry introduced AB 2223. The bill, if passed, would significantly change the state’s cannabis and hemp industries… The post California Bill May Change State’s Cannabis and Hemp Industries appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

A lack of federal mandates and myriad state regulations stymie retailers and suppliers. NATIONAL REPORT — With Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill and legalization of recreational marijuana across half… The post CBD & Cannabis Categories Look for Traction appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

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… The post Cannabis Industry Confounded by Lack of ‘Legal Intoxicant’ Definition appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

A new study has found that CBD may have the potential to prevent and alleviate Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) impacts over 6 million patients in the United States and… The post CBD May Help Prevent And Alleviate Alzheimer’s Disease, Study Finds appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

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 post USDA is giving some farmers an ultimatum: Grow hemp or marijuana appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more

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… The post Kentucky’s New Regulations for Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news ..read more