Texas: Recapping the 2021 Legislative Session

A record six bills regarding cannabis policy passed from the Texas House to the Senate this session, including five bills on our priority list. Two of those will become law (HB 1535 & HB 567). Bills were sent to the Senate which would: Reduce the penalty for THC concentrates from a felony to Class B […]

Hemp and CBD retailers relax COVID-19 rules, but many still require masks

(A version of this story first appeared on MJBizDaily.) As the U.S. eases out of the coronavirus pandemic, marijuana, hemp and CBD retailers are slowly adjusting their store protocols for customer-mandated mask-wearing, social distancing and other requirements. Many still require customers – particularly those who haven’t been vaccinated – to wear masks or adhere to […]

Weekly Legislative Roundup 5/28/21

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! The Nevada legislature sent multiple marijuana reform measures to the desk of Governor Steve Sisolak this week amending marijuana penalties for minors, rescinding per se driving thresholds for THC, and permitting consumers to obtain cannabis products via curbside pickup. New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) signed legislation […]

MI tries to tighten marijuana definition to include hemp-derived intoxicants

The state House, with bipartisan approval, passed legislation to close a gap in Michigan marijuana law that has allowed untested, hemp-derived products to be sold. According to the Associated Press, the legislation – which now heads to the state Senate – would include all THC products in the legal definition of marijuana, therefore subjecting all […]

Hemp and marijuana operators get creative with incentives to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations

(Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) There’s a big party on the horizon at Glass House Farms, a marijuana producer in Santa Barbara County, California. They’re calling it a fiesta, an outdoor celebration honoring employees after a year of COVID-19 trauma and disruption. There’s just one catch: The party starts only […]

GenCanna sues hemp processor Vertical Wellness over drying dispute

Hemp and CBD company GenCanna has filed a lawsuit in a Kentucky federal court alleging that hemp processor Vertical Wellness reneged on an agreement to provide drying services for 12 million pounds of hemp. GenCanna, a seed-to-sale hemp and CBD company based in Winchester, Kentucky, and Vertical Wellness, a Cadiz, Kentucky-based vertically integrated hemp and […]

3 ways COVID-19 changed cannabis extraction forever – and 1 way it didn’t

Photo courtesy Northeast Kingdom Hemp A little over a year ago, hemp and marijuana extractors and manufacturers found themselves challenged like never before. The global COVID-19 pandemic shuttered operations and threw supply chains into disarray. Even manufacturers and processors who managed to stay open had to find new ways to sell ingredients and finished products […]

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