Federal judge denies request from businesses to pause new hemp restrictions in Virginia
Aug. 15 UPDATE: On Saturday, a federal judge declined to pause Virginia’s new hemp restrictions after seven businesses challenged the restrictions. Beginning Saturday, the commonwealth will eliminate the 25:1 CBD-to-THC exception. Products containing over two milligrams of total THC per package can no longer be sold as hemp products in Virginia. You can read the […]
Thailand Cannabis Ban 2026: Inside Bangkok’s Shops After the Medical-Only Law
This article was originally published by Cultivated and is republished here with permission. Sawadee krab! I was in Thailand this week visiting my wife’s family and I had to satisfy some professional curiosity and see what was going on in the country’s cannabis market for myself. I’ve been coming to Thailand regularly for over a […]
Mississippi’s Only Two Cannabis Testing Labs Merge
The only cannabis testing laboratories in Mississippi are merging in what the companies are calling “a strategic move designed to ensure long-term financial viability and preserve Mississippi’s required cannabis testing infrastructure.” Steep Hill Mississippi and Alchemy Analytics said they will consolidate administrative and back-office functions, but each lab will maintain its own facility, team, instruments, methodologies, and compliance standards. The […]
Federal ban threatens to upend Minnesota hemp industry
Local entrepreneurs in the hemp THC market are bracing for a federal ban that could upend their industry. Starting on Nov. 11, all products containing more than 0.3 percent hemp-derived THC will be considered marijuana under federal law, making it illegal. Stakeholders and some members of Congress are attempting to delay or stop the ban […]
Hemp businesses ask federal judge to block Virginia’s new THC cap • Virginia Mercury
Seven Virginia hemp businesses are asking a federal judge to block new restrictions on consumable hemp products, arguing the changes will wipe out much of their inventory, trigger layoffs and force some companies to close when they take effect on Aug. 15. The lawsuit, filed July 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Western […]
Senate Votes to Delay Intoxicating Hemp THC Product Ban, Keep Delta-8 THC on Shelves Longer
The U.S. Senate voted, 61-32, on Aug. 8 to postpone the federal government’s ban on intoxicating hemp THC products in a move that would provide Congress more time to consider regulating those products instead. Under the Senate’s plan, which now heads to the House, intoxicating hemp products containing cannabinoids capable of being naturally produced by […]
Senate Votes To Delay Hemp Ban, Giving Lawmakers More Time To Craft Regulations To Keep THC Products Legal
The U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment to make sure that hemp THC products are federally recriminalized on time under a current plan that is set to go into effect in November, instead allowing a provision that would delay the ban to advance. Industry supporters say the move will hopefully give them more time to convince […]
Cannabis prices: Why Vermont weed costs twice as much
It’s not hyperbole to say that Vermont weed is twice as expensive as it is in Massachusetts. On average, a gram of weed sold in Vermont costs $9.59, according to data from the state’s Cannabis Control Board. Drive across the border, and a gram of Massachusetts weed averages just $3.87, that state’s Cannabis Control Commission […]
Texas hemp, THC, CBD and marijuana laws explained
HOUSTON, TEXAS – MAY 29: THC products at Bahama Mama on Montrose Blvd. are photographed on Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Houston. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspap/Houston Chronicle via Getty Imag There is often confusion about what Texas law allows when it comes to marijuana, hemp and THC products. As of […]
Marijuana legalization won’t fix Iowa’s budget • Iowa Capital Dispatch
One of the arguments made for legalizing marijuana has little to do with marijuana itself. Instead, it is presented as another potential source of tax revenue. That approach misses a much larger point, though. Governments are almost always searching for additional money to support additional spending. Whether the proposed tax is on marijuana, gambling, vaping, […]
Steep Hill Mississippi and Alchemy Analytics to Combine Under Southern Precision Analytics, Preserving Statewide Cannabis Testing Capacity
FLOWOOD, Miss., Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Steep Hill Mississippi, the state’s first and largest cannabis testing lab, today announced that it will combine with Alchemy Analytics under a newly formed Mississippi holding company, Southern Precision Analytics LLC, in a strategic move designed to ensure long-term financial viability and preserve Mississippi’s required cannabis testing infrastructure. […]
Groups Press Congress Over Impending Hemp Ban
Dueling coalitions of police, military veterans and industry groups are pushing Congress in different directions on whether the planned federal recriminalization of hemp THC products should move forward as scheduled or be delayed. Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill that […]