Willie Nelson Urges Congress to Stop the December 11 Hemp Ban
With the federal hemp ban set to take effect Dec. 11, Willie Nelson is asking Congress to regulate hemp instead of recriminalizing it. Willie Nelson has a message for Congress before the federal hemp ban hits on Dec. 11: don’t do it. “It’s time to stop the foolishness and pass sensible law,” the 93-year-old country […]
The Federal Hemp Redefinition Arrives in December
A customer places an order she has placed many times before. A low-dose gummy, a hemp-derived beverage, a full-spectrum tincture she has reordered every month for two years. Nothing about the transaction feels different. What she almost certainly does not know is that a change in federal law is scheduled to make that same product […]
Hemp Ban, Rescheduling and a Massachusetts Vote: The Cannabis Dates That Matter Before December 11
The federal hemp ban lands in two stages: the DEA’s rescheduling hearing could restart and Massachusetts votes on whether to end adult-use sales. Here’s what’s coming in the next six weeks, and when. The next six weeks will reshape what you can buy, where you can buy it and who gets to sell it. Most […]
Uruguay Legalized Cannabis First. Its Biggest Cannabis Fair Returns in December
Uruguay legalized cannabis before anyone else. Its biggest cannabis fair, now in its 13th year, returns to Montevideo December 5 and 6 with CBD neuroscience, a hempcrete workshop and a session on getting cannabis clubs’ paperwork in order. What’s on the program so far Details In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to legalize cannabis […]
High Times Cannabis Cup Lands in Latin America: Argentina in October, Puerto Rico in December
Buenos Aires on October 23, San Juan on December 5. Dates, categories, judges, deadlines and how to enter both. The High Times Cannabis Cup started in Amsterdam in 1988 and has since run in the Netherlands, across legal U.S. markets and, during the pandemic, through judge kits consumers bought at dispensaries. This year it comes […]