Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Doubling Legal Marijuana Possession Limit And Revising Industry Rules
The governor of Massachusetts has signed a bill to double the legal marijuana possession limit for adults and revise the regulatory framework for the state’s adult-use cannabis market. Gov. Maura Healey (D) approved the legislation on Sunday, about a week and a half after lawmakers sent it to her desk in unanimous House and Senate […]
Nebraska Senator Pushes Back Against Restrictive Hemp Rules Proposed By State Regulators
“The governor, the attorney general, and now, apparently, the Department of Agriculture are going around the law to try to ban this product that is legal in Nebraska.” By Phillip Smith, The American Hemp Monitor Nebraska hemp businesses generate an estimated $10 million in sales tax revenue each year and employ around 2,000 Nebraskans, but […]
Rhode Island Marijuana Business License Lottery Blocked By Federal Judge Amid Challenge To Residency Rules
“Knowing the Act was facing legal challenges…CCC continued forward with its plan to implement the Act and its licensing scheme. The resulting fall-out will be, to be blunt, self-inflicted.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Currant Nearly 100 applicants vying for 20 new cannabis retail licenses that were supposed to be awarded via lottery as soon […]
Texas Judge Pauses New Rules Banning Hemp Products Like Smokable THCA Flower Amid Legal Challenge From Industry
A Texas judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the enforcement of new state rules restricting access to hemp-derived products such as smokable THCA flower. The ruling on Friday comes in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of hemp industry leaders and advocacy organizations that claim the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and […]
Texas Hemp Businesses Sue State Officials Over New Rules Banning Products Like Smokable THCA Flower
A coalition of Texas hemp industry leaders and advocacy organizations are suing state officials over recently enacted rules restricting access to hemp-derived products such as smokable THCA flower. The lawsuit, brought by the Texas Hemp Business Council (THBC), Hemp Industry & Farmers of America (HIFA) and several businesses, alleges that the Department of State Health Services […]
Ohio, Texas And South Carolina Are All Tightening Hemp Rules, Just Not The Same Way
Ohio’s new law is already in effect. South Carolina’s Senate went with a narrow regulate-it-don’t-ban-it model. Texas is about to wipe smokable hemp off shelves while squeezing the rest with tougher rules and steeper fees. Same plant, same loophole, three very different state responses. The hemp fight did not move in one direction this month. […]
With Marijuana Rescheduling Still Pending, Federal Workplace Drug Testing Rules Aren’t Changing, Health Agency Says
With marijuana rescheduling still left unfulfilled months after President Donald Trump ordered the process to be completed, there are no plans to update federal workplace drug policy around cannabis, according to a new filing from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In a noticed published in the Federal Register on Friday, HHS […]
Texas Could See A Spike In Raids On Hemp Businesses Under New Rules, Industry Advocates Fear
“People don’t know what the rules are. They don’t know what is in effect at a certain time… There is overall confusion around regulations, and that is the biggest issue.” By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune Dallas attorney Chelsie Spencer specializes in making sure Texas businesses that sell hemp-derived THC products know how to stay […]
Texas Officials Unveil Amended Hemp Rules With Strict ‘Total THC’ Limits But Lower Licensing Fee Than Previously Floated
Texas officials have adopted a series of new rules for the state’s hemp market—with certain revisions that advocates and stakeholders call a “direct victory,” including changes to make participation in the industry more affordable, and other regulations that threaten to severely restrict product availability. The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) unveiled the amended hemp […]
New Rules, Old Truths, and the Road Ahead
Co-authored by Paulo Thiessen “Let my inspiration flow, in token rhyme suggesting rhythm.” —Grateful Dead Brazil entered 2026 not with a celebration, but with a reckoning. In the final week of January, the country approved a new regulatory framework for medicinal cannabis, and in doing so crossed a line it had spent decades carefully circling. […]