Category - Legislation and Policy

Across the US, cannabis is being legalized one state at a time, now with 33 states having legalized medical cannabis and 11 states plus Washington, DC, legalizing recreational marijuana for adults over 21. And just this past July, a comprehensive...

How High Must Professional Athletes Jump to Clear the Hurdles Surrounding CBD Consumption? Before Dick Fosbury stepped up to leap the bar at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, everyone competing in the high jump was unknowingly doing so...

Fudgy brownies thick with THC. Sugary gummies saturated with cannabinoids. If you love cannabis edibles, you have a huge variety to choose from at many dispensaries. However, cannabis edibles represent an entirely new regulatory world, and thus...

In the past few weeks, many opinions on the sale, marketing and transportation of hemp and hemp-derived CBD-infused (“Hemp-CBD”) products have been released by federal agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the U.S...

Alex Reyter, CEO of Key Compounds LLC, says he was trying to follow the rules when he received the four packages of CBD. Law enforcement disagrees. The packages smelled strongly of marijuana. That’s what a UPS worker told Albany police and a...

New York City’s health department is implementing a ban on cannabidiol (CBD) additives in food and drinks, dismaying not just restaurant and café owners but even members of City Council. Way back in February, city health officials surprised a...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The arrest of a great-grandmother at Magic Kingdom for possession of CBD oil is bringing to light the conflict in Florida law regarding hemp products without THC. Attorneys for Hester Burkhalter, 69, of Tennessee filed a notice...

Less than a month ago, the restaurant Bocado unveiled a new cocktail menu that mixed CBD oil into pisco sour and an aperitif with amaro and vermouth. CBD, a non-intoxicating compound found in hemp and marijuana, was also making its way into lattes...

Wednesday at the Texas Capitol was hump day — or hemp day, state Sen. Charles Perry joked before the upper chamber unanimously approved a bill that would legalize the farming of industrial hemp in Texas. After a relatively short, amiable debate, the...

DES MOINES – There’s even more confusion over whether it’s legal or not to sell and possess CBD oil and products. Now, hundreds of people are caught in the middle. Representative Jarad Klein said, “the passage of this bill...