Government

The Small and Homestead Independent Producers Act of 2025 aims to support small businesses though cannabis product shipping, once cannabis is removed from the Controlled Substances Act.

Industry stakeholders supported the removal of the language, which they said would have decimated the nation’s hemp industry.

A $2.5 million Cannabis license-for-sale lawsuit has been filed by Connecticut officials over fraudulent cannabis licenses that were provided to cannabis retailers in the state.

HB 195 was recently introduced in Texas with the hope to legalize adult-use cannabis in the Lone Star State.

In a press release from the DEA, Cole presents his priorities as administrator, focusing on drug cartels and the drug crisis.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering updates in Michigan, cannabis cultivation begins in Kentucky, a new cannabis education scholarship, and updates at the NCIA.

Kentucky’s’ first cannabis cultivator has begun operations in the state’s medical cannabis industry.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering veterans and medical cannabis, cannabis legalized by the Omaha tribe, low THC extracts for Rett syndrome, ICE raids at a cannabis farm, and our newest Noid Factoid.

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission recently approved four on-site cannabis consumption areas, the first locations for the state.

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska made history by becoming the first fully legal and regulated cannabis system in the state for both recreational and medical cannabis.

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” signed recently into law by President Donald Trump, includes an amendment that may end the medical cannabis ban in the VA which has prevented doctors from recommending the plant to their patients.

ICE federal agents raided cannabis nurseries in Southern California, sparking protests from migrant-rights activists.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering revoking medical cannabis cards in Florida, testing and sampling initiative in Missouri, our mid-year regulations roundup, depenalization ordinance stopped in Texas, and accuracy in THC labeling in flower versus concentrates.

Dallas, Texas officials have prevented a voter-approved cannabis depenalization ordinance which would limit local police from being able to arrest individuals for low-level cannabis possession.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed SB 2514 into law which will now allow the state to revoke medical cannabis cards for individuals who have been convicted of drug-related crimes.

The statewide initiative, launched July 1, aims to improve cannabis product safety, labeling accuracy, and testing consistency.

As we hit mid-way in 2025, let’s take a look back at some of the trending cannabis and hemp regulations that took place in the US.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering cannabis on state-tribal cannabis regulations in Montana, our podcast discussion on cannabis cultivation, our blog on compliance with federal regulations, public commentary on new standards, and hemp packaging enforcement in Florida.

HB 952, a bill that would have allow for tribal nations and the governor’s office to be able to form compacts to legalize cannabis and regulate it on individual reservations.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering medical cannabis in Texas, cease-and-desist letter response, pardons in Maryland, cannabis in Thailand, and research on autism and cannabis.

ONE HEMP announced their support of the SB 3 veto from Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, signed HB 46 into law, which made the Lone Star State the 40th state in the US to legalize medical cannabis use.

Strong Strains recently responded to the cease-and-desist letter from the property owners regarding their new Long Island dispensary in East Setauket, New York.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced that he would be pardoning 7,000 people who had been convicted of crimes related to cannabis.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering medical cannabis in Hawaii, a new dispensary in Connecticut, pesticide testing in California, a cease-and-desist letter to a dispensary on Long Island, and a global survey on cannabis for endometriosis.