Colorado Regulators Under Fire For Delays In Warning Public About Reports Of Cannabis Products With Adverse Effects
“When you take a really long time to get a bulletin out to tell people about these issues, a lot of time, people have already consumed the product.” By Christopher Osher and Evan Wyloge, The Denver Gazette This story was originally published by ProPublica. In March 2022, Colorado public health officials started getting startling reports […]
Convenience Store Industry Says Congress Should Regulate Hemp THC Products Instead Of Banning Them
Advocates for convenience stores are celebrating a recently enacted delay in the effective date of a federal ban on hemp THC products, saying the move provides an opportunity to create regulations as an alternative to prohibition. Convenience stores, they say, are an ideal place to continue to sell hemp products under any new rules that […]
The Next Few Months Will Determine If The Future Of Hemp THC Products Is Regulation Or Prohibition (Op-Ed)
“The coming weeks will show whether the one-month reprieve becomes a bridge to lasting regulatory clarity or simply a brief postponement of an existential deadline.” By Matt Ginder, Greenspoon Marder For years, the hemp industry has occupied a unique and controversial space within the broader cannabis economy. What began as a niche agricultural market under […]
Bipartisan Lawmakers Turn Focus To Regulating Hemp THC Products Now That A Federal Ban Is Being Delayed
House and Senate lawmakers from both major parties say it’s time for Congress to get to work crafting regulations for hemp THC products now that legislation to delay a scheduled ban on them is poised to be enacted. Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under […]
House To Vote On Delaying Hemp THC Ban This Week, Giving Lawmakers More Time To Craft Regulations To Keep Products Legal
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider a bill this week that contains provisions to delay the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products that is currently scheduled to take effect in November. The legislation, which has already been approved by the Senate, is intended to give lawmakers more time to craft regulations as […]