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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Republican Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee signed legislation into law, Senate Bill 118, which slightly expands the state’s limited low-THC medical cannabis access law. Under the new law, qualifying patients will be allowed to use and possess medical cannabis products containing no more than 0.9 percent THC. The law does not provide for in-state production of […]
(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 […]
As first reported by Marijuana Moment, the government funding proposal put forth by President Biden simultaneously contains both positive and negative aspects when it comes to marijuana policy reform efforts in the appropriations realm. On one hand, unlike his predecessors from both parties, President Biden is the first sitting president to call for continued protections […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment & Expungement (MORE) Act—with original co-sponsors Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)—in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill is backed by 155 organizations who support moving the […]
