With any new year, there is an opportunity to be hopeful. With a new administration taking office and recent changes to the international scheduling…
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Notwithstanding the lack of national standards and patchwork of state laws regarding the sale and marketing of hemp-derived products, one matter has always been clear:…
Through her recently published memoir, “A Knock at Midnight,” Brittany K. Barnett takes readers inside the U.S. criminal justice system and shows the devastating effects…
With six stores now open in Ontario, ShinyBud has set the stage for an ambitious expansion plan that could make the family owned business one…
In November 2020, Ferrara Candy Company, the maker of the well-known Nerds brand of candy, filed a lawsuit against Tops Cannabis in the U.S. District…
On January 1, 2021, adult-use cannabis will be legal in New Jersey … but as of this writing, the state still lacks regulations to govern…
New York has rolled out extensive draft regulations governing the processing, manufacturing and sale of hemp and hemp-derived products. The 63-page bill, released in late…
Predictably, a lawsuit was filed in mid-September against the DEA and its acting administrator, seeking to invalidate the agency’s interim final rule (IFR) titled “Implementation…
The DEA has, yet again, overstepped its rulemaking authority when it comes to hemp. And this time, the entire hemp processing industry could be at…
A state-by-state look at all 10 states allowing adult-use sales, as well as 12 key medical marijuana markets