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Hemp and the New Senate Farm Bill

By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner Harris Sliwoski The U.S. Senate’s version of the Farm Bill finally landed this week. They’re calling it the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (the “Senate bill”). The Senate bill follows on the House’s proposal,…

More Bad News for Intoxicating Hemp (California, Missouri, New Jersey)

September 16, 2024
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Last week, I wrote a post entitled “Loper Comes For the DEA. Will it Matter Though?” In that post, I discussed a brand new federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals case that concluded that…

New Jersey

New Jersey Governor Murphy signs law that will pull Delta-8, THC seltzers from shelves

September 12, 2024
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In one fell swoop, the loophole that allowed intoxicating hemp products — from candy-shaped edibles and cannabis flower available at gas stations to the THC seltzers on liquor store shelves — has been closed off. Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday…

Loper Comes for the DEA. Will it Matter, Though?

September 6, 2024
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney@ Harris Sliwoski, Earlier this week, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case entitled Anderson v. Diamondback Investment Group, LLC, handed the DEA a big loss when it comes to hemp – at least for now.…

Missouri bans sale of Delta-8 THC and other unregulated CBD intoxicants

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is banning the sale of drinks, candy and other foods made with hemp-derived intoxicating substances, Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced in an an executive order issued Thursday. The ban kicks in Sept. 1. Parson…

Intoxicating Hemp Products: The Future Isn’t Bright

August 1, 2024
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Whether you support them or not, intoxicating hemp products are probably not going to be around for much longer in their current form. States, municipalities, and even the federal government have begun a…

Texas Is Headed For a Hemp Industry Showdown

July 30, 2024
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As the once simmering conflict between the hemp and cannabis industries develops into a conflagration of litigation and legislation in courtrooms and state houses around the nation, Texas looks as though it could become a flashpoint in the internecine war…

Rogue Intoxicants and the Cannabis Beverage Explosion

June 26, 2024
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Will whetting your whistle with rogue intoxicants be cannabis’ next jackpot? Cannabis-infused beverages are among the most popular cannabis consumables, easy to launch and scale by existing breweries and cideries, and will undoubtedly take the nation by storm. By Steve…

Is It Legal, or Not? What to Make of All These DEA “Position” Letters

June 26, 2024
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By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner of Harris Śliwowski The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seems happy to respond to public and private parties inquiring about the control status of various substances. DEA answers some of these inquiries more quickly than others,…

Cannabis Regulators and Stakeholders Meet Again

June 10, 2024
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Last week, the Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA) held an external stakeholders meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota that brought the nation’s cannabis dealers (i.e. the regulators) together to commiserate with 175 "attending organizations" that represent the interests of constituencies within the cannabis…

Pulling weeds: Legislators make big changes to Louisiana’s cannabis industries

June 5, 2024
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Lawmakers pull THC edibles from corner stores, give one company dominance over marijuana farming Louisiana’s edible hemp industry survived a close call with state lawmakers who chose stricter regulations over a complete dismantling. Also, the state has forced the two public…

Bad News for Intoxicating Hemp Products

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski For years, people have tried to decipher the incredibly poorly worded (I can’t stress this enough) language in the 2018 Farm Bill and what it means for intoxicating hemp products like THCA products or delta-8. In the…

DeSantis moving toward vetoing bill that would regulate sale of cannabis products in Florida

At the same time Governor Ron DeSantis has come out against a constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana in Florida, he is likely to throw an unexpected lifeline to the hemp industry by vetoing a bill that would regulate and limit the sale of cannabis…

Texas

Veterans, businesses ask Texas lawmakers to keep hemp products legal; others call for complete ban

May 31, 2024
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For Mitch Fuller, the hemp-derived products available to legally purchase in Texas are life-saving medications that can prevent veteran deaths by suicide or lethal overdoses from opioids that are prescribed by traditional doctors. For Dr. Sheela Gavvala, the same products…

Amendment killing nationally legal cannabis makes it into House farm bill

A ban on intoxicating hemp products has made it into the House version of the farm bill. If the amendment makes it through a polarized House and divided Congress, it would end America’s brief experiment with nationally legal cannabis. The language added to the House version of the…

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