Members of the Louisiana state Senate approved legislation to remove the threat of jail time for low-level marijuana possession offenses. House Bill 652 reduces the penalty for the possession of up to 14 grams of marijuana for first-time as well as subsequent offenses to a $100 fine only. While there would be no possibility of […]
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) signed legislation into law to regulate on-site cannabis consumption spaces. Assembly Bill 341 allows adults 21 and older to purchase and consume adult-use cannabis products on-site at any licensed “cannabis consumption lounge.” The measure establishes regulations for two distinct types cannabis consumption lounges. One group would be reserved for existing marijuana […]
This story first appeared at MJBizDaily. Sales of CBD-only products at recreational marijuana retail outlets have been falling since 2018 in four Western states as more of these goods move into mainstream stores and online, according to an analysis of sales data from Seattle-based Headset. The market share of noninhalable pure CBD products in adult-use […]
Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! This week, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) signed legislation into law easing marijuana possession penalties for minors and amending the state’s per se driving limits for THC. Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) signed a bill into law to regulate marijuana delivery services in the state. […]
The voter-approved legislation to decriminalize drugs in Oregon made a big splash way back in November, but since then we haven’t heard a whole lot of news. Of course, it’s a long process to create a brand new industry from the ground up, but there have been some recent rumblings. In March of this year, […]
Texas officials want to enforce a ban on smokable hemp that has been on hold since September. According to Law360, the Texas Department of State Health Services told a three-judge state appeals court Thursday that it should be cleared to enforce a 2020 legislative rule that laid out a smokable hemp ban. Four hemp businesses […]
(This is the seventh installment in an ongoing series offering tips and advice for marijuana and hemp extraction companies. The sixth installment is available here.) Three words that can wreck a cannabis manufacturer’s day, week, month, maybe even year: mold and microbials. Extracted hemp and marijuana products that have been improperly handled and stored are […]
Carbon is a hot commodity – literally. And it’s become the biggest buzzword in agriculture in recent months, as the potential for paying farmers to sequester carbon through environmentally responsible land stewardship becomes more likely following U.S. re-enrollment into an international treaty on climate change and President Joe Biden’s proposed carbon market to directly pay […]
After passing through three different committees in the House, California’s psychedelic decriminalization bill has come out the other side, with the State Senate voting 21-16 in its favor. Its next step is to be approved again by the House, then will land on Governor Newsom’s desk for him to sign into law. To be clear, […]
Hemp food products are appearing more often in major supermarket advertisements in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The number of ads featuring hemp protein, oil and shelled seeds has grown fivefold since this time last year. In April 2020, the USDA began tracking the advertised retail price of select hemp-grain products published […]
