Dr. Oz Asks Senators To Delay Hemp Product Ban So Seniors Can Get CBD Products Covered Through Medicare
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is asking U.S. senators to reject an amendment that would keep a forthcoming ban on hemp products on track to take effect in November. “Passage of this amendment would undo significant gains that have been made to make clinically-appropriate full-spectrum hemp-derived CBD […]
Square Tells Businesses To Stop Selling Hemp And CBD Products In Light Of Upcoming Federal Ban
The popular point-of-sale and payments service Square says it will no longer allow CBD and other hemp-derived products to be sold on its platform, according to an email obtained by Marijuana Moment. The communication, sent to a business that uses Square, cited an upcoming change to federal law that will recriminalize many hemp products that […]
Senators step up push for hemp THC ban in November (Newsletter: August 7, 2026)
Groups on both sides push Congress over hemp; NY gov signs marijuana farmers’ market bill; Study: CBD for athlete recovery Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… BREAKING: Journalism […]
So Will the Hemp Ban Be Delayed or Not? Tensions Rise Between the GOP and the White House
A Senate stopgap funding bill would delay the federal prohibition on most hemp-derived THC products until December 11, but Republican senators Ted Budd and Pete Ricketts are trying to block the reprieve. The White House is urging GOP lawmakers to accept the short delay, warning that the dispute could stall the broader spending bill and […]
Cannabis Companies Should Stop Teaming Up With Prohibitionists To Ban Hemp THC Products (Op-Ed)
“Cannabis lobbying groups are arming prohibitionists by demonizing hemp—helping those who have been at war with cannabis for decades… I’ve rarely seen a more self-defeating campaign.” By Aaron Edelheit, Mindset Capital Are cannabis organizations working to advance reform? Or are they arming the very prohibitionists who want to stop all THC commerce? Some regulated cannabis […]
Cops, Veterans, Alcohol Industry And Others Press Congress On Delaying Hemp THC Product Ban
Dueling coalitions of police, military veterans and industry groups are pushing Congress in different directions on whether the planned federal recriminalization of hemp THC products should move forward as scheduled or be delayed. Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill that […]
White House Denies That Push To Protect Hemp From Ban Is Aimed At Boosting Business Interests Of Top Trump Staffer’s Family
A top aide to President Donald Trump may have close family ties to a hemp industry executive, but that has nothing to do with the White House’s push to get Congress to delay the planned federal recriminalization of hemp THC products this week, an administration official says. Meanwhile, several sources told Marijuana Moment that the […]
Senate amendment would keep hemp THC product ban on track (Newsletter: August 5, 2026)
State AGs push Congress not to undo hemp recriminalization; NC gov wants legal marijuana; Combat sports officials weigh cannabis breathalyzer Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Hold on, […]
North Carolina Bill To Ban Hemp THC Products Won’t Get A House Vote Until At Least November
“Folks recognize that the current state of our law is not tenable. There are basically no rules.” By Claire Michal, NC Newsline The North Carolina House of Representatives will not vote on a bill that would ban intoxicating hemp products in the state until November. That’s after hundreds of hemp advocates filled the halls of […]
Hemp Ban Delay: What the Senate’s December 11 Proposal Actually Covers
Senate leaders released a stopgap that would push most of the federal hemp deadline to December 11. Cannabinoids the plant cannot make still die on schedule, both chambers have to agree and the states writing their own rules are not waiting. Key Takeaways The Senate’s proposed stopgap would delay most of the federal hemp deadline […]