[Webinar] Minor Cannabinoids & Trending Topics in Hemp
When Minnesota legislators passed House File 4065 in 2022 — legalizing the sale of certain hemp-derived THC edibles and beverages — few could have predicted that a multimillion-dollar THC-infused beverage market would result....more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the House Appropriations committee weighed in on protecting state legal markets and rescheduling. A...more
On May 30, 2024, the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (“ABCC”) issued an advisory (“Advisory”) in connection with the joint notice issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (“MDPH”) and the Massachusetts...more
Attorneys general (AG) from 20 states and the District of Columbia have submitted a letter to Congress requesting that federal lawmakers close the “loophole” created by the 2018 Farm Bill that is widely understood to prohibit...more
“It’d be like, if one day, the government determined that any hard liquor that’s 40 proof or greater would cause harm” to certain groups, rendering it illegal in stores, homes, and warehouses.” The hemp industry in New York...more
There Has Been Little Movement in Federal Legalization. This has led to cannabis investors and companies to downgrade expectations for federal legalization and focus their strategies on state reform. Federal lawmakers...more
On April 28th join INCBA's foremost thought leaders and impactful cannabis industry professionals for our INCBA Hemp Symposium. Featuring legal experts and regulators with an overview of what to expect from regulations to...more
Welcome to the latest installment of the Editors’ Roundtable, in which our editors – Whitt Steineker, Jay Wright, Hunter Robinson, and Slates Veazey – discuss cannabis issues in the news and take a stab at where the cannabis...more
Both marijuana and hemp belong to the genus plant cannabis sativa and are slightly different “breeds” of the same “species.” While both marijuana and hemp plants contain more than 100 cannabinoids (distinct chemicals found in...more
Watch this recorded session exploring trending topics in the hemp industry. During the session, members of our hemp team discussed the legality, regulation, and lawsuits surrounding minor cannabinoids (including...more
Hemp was federally legalized nearly four years ago. Since then, the industry has dealt with constantly changing rules, despite being in regulatory purgatory due to snail-paced progress from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration...more
From afar, the cannabis industry can look a bit like Oz: It’s full of excitement, colorful characters, and there’s green stuff everywhere. But a closer look behind the green curtain reveals a complex wonderland of regulatory...more
In the past few months, sales of Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as “Delta-8 THC” or “weed light,” have grown tremendously. So, it’s popular. But is it legal? At the federal level, the answer is hazy. And in Rhode...more