Legal Issues

Smith’s leadership and advocacy experience is anticipated to strengthen the organization’s mission of cannabis policy reform.

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.

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.

“Operation Safe Summer” removed nearly 11,000 noncompliant hemp packages in first week of enforcement, citing violations of child-protection standards.

Industry organizations respond after Governor Greg Abbott vetoed SB 3, citing safety and legal concerns.

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.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering safety regulations in North Carolina, licenses in Minnesota, the FDA’s FY2026 Agriculture appropriations bill, cannabis taxes in California, and antifungal properties of CBD and CBDV.

Several cease and desist letters were sent to companies in regard to hemp products containing THCA that potentially violate the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering unlicensed cannabis purchases in New Jersey, cannabis found in Haribo candy, regulating cannabis beverages in Kentucky, appeals court rejects argument against federal prohibition, and organic certification in the industry.

According to two House Bills, medical cannabis must now be sold in pre-packaged form, with new regulations and licenses for transportation, storage, and security of facilities.

The law outlines a new framework for the sale of beverages containing intoxicating cannabinoids.

The Court recently published its opinion upholding previous rulings, despite shifting legalization trends in the past two decades.

As Texas advances legislation to ban hemp-derived THC, HB 46 seeks to expand the state’s medical cannabis program, with several recent changes.

Industry stakeholders responded to the bill, which would prohibit the sale and possession of hemp-derived THC, among other restrictions.

Recently introduced legislation in Maine focuses on testing and safety for medical cannabis in the state.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering a cannabis advertising ban in Mississippi, reforms urged in Canada, the latest Healer webinar, a study on THC and driving skills, and intoxicating hemp product sales in Ohio.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering our newest publication and supplement, the latest Stuck on Compliance blog, data from the National Hemp Report, and cannabis convictions in Maryland.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore recently signed legistlation into law that mandates state officials to automatically shield past and low-level cannabis convictions from public view.

The PREPARE Act would create a new commission that would provide Congress a regulatory framework for cannabis.

Here, we bring you our top five recent news articles covering a Teamsters contract in Maryland, the US Hemp Roundtable and BlueCheck, the launch of Edibles.com, the latest CReDO webinar, and a Texas hemp market report.

Recently, Dr. Ethan Russo traced the history of cannabis prohibition from ancient texts to modern regulations, discussing policy shifts, scheduling, and more.

This month’s Healer webinar explored how recent cannabis policies impact patients, parents, and more.

Here, we bring you our top four recent news articles, covering what's next in the DEA cannabis hearing, cannabis and opioids, the FDA's request for information on cannabis and pets, and Biden's pardons.

Here, we bring you our top five recent news articles, covering delays in the cannabis rescheduling hearings, DoorDash’s expansion into hemp-derived products, and more.

In response to the recent announcement that the hearing concerning cannabis rescheduling had been delayed, Americans for Safe Access held a webinar discussing the impacts medical cannabis.

Cannabis legalization and regulation was noted as an issue with longtime support of a majority of voters in the state.

The recently passed amendment deprioritized cannabis enforcement in Dallas, Texas.

Our sister publication, Nutritional Outlook, covered the current regulatory landscape for hemp as a supplement and how the 2024 Farm Bill could change things in the near future.

The ruling states that federal law does not block the ban on certain cannabinoid products in the state.

A ruling is expected this week regarding the lawsuit challenging the validity of signatures collected for two medical cannabis measures.