Yesterday hearings on two bills which threaten to ‘dismantle’ Texas’s thriving hemp industry ran for a marathon of 18 hours, with the majority of participants testifying against the punitive measures.
The final nail in the coffin of Italy’s booming ‘cannabis light’ sector, appears to have been hammered into place by
The US Supreme Court voted in favour of a former truck driver’s right to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act to sue a company after he was sacked for testing positive for THC after taking a CBD supplement.
Tennessee lawmakers are gearing up for a key vote that could dramatically reshape the state’s booming hemp sector, with competing bills in the House and Senate proposing sharply different approaches to regulating intoxicating hemp.
Producing hemp-derived graphene is ‘about 1000 times cheaper’ than traditional methods. Estimates put the production cost of hemp-based graphene at only $500–$1000 per ton, versus thousands of dollars per gram for high-grade conventional graphene.
The freewheeling days for hemp-derived THC in America appear to be dwindling.
Texas has taken one step closer to becoming the latest US state to impose a blanket ban on intoxicating hemp products, a move which could destroy ‘90-95%’ of the state’s thriving hemp industry.
A new study in California’s booming intoxicating hemp market has painted a damning picture of the largely unregulated products which have swept across the US in recent years.
The Italian hemp industry has received unexpected support from the centre-right Forza Italia party, strengthening its position against an existential threat from the wider government.
Missouri lawmakers are grappling with the regulation of hemp-derived intoxicating products, as the Senate hears testimony on the Intoxicating Cannabinoid Control Act (Senate Bill 54, SB54).
The UK Government is being sued by a CBD business for £3.4m, in the latest major challenge to its mishandling of legal hemp.
Efforts to regulate intoxicating hemp substances in Illinois were shot down this week in what the state’s Governor JB Pritzker called a missed opportunity.
US hemp regulation was one of the most controversial and potentially impactful debates in 2024, but signs are already emerging that 2025 could be a positive year for the sector.
The North American cannabis industry in 2024 experienced a pivotal year of progress and challenges, setting the stage for a
Over the past year, local police and sheriff’s departments have relied on faulty testing of legal hemp products. These departments are using analytical methods that the Texas Department of Public Safety official testified to in front of a legislative committee – that the analytical methods should be used to determine the legality of products sold in Texas.
Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer committed to building 1.5 million homes over the current parliament, targeting the construction of 300,000 homes annually to align with long-advocated figures to address under-supply.
An Ohio senate bill set to render ‘almost all of the hemp product’ in the state illegal, whether intoxicating or not, came up against a significant backlash from the industry this week.
Texas could soon impose a blanket ban on ‘all forms of THC’ in a controversial and reactionary proposal issued last
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