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States Are Already Rebelling Against Trump’s New Hemp THC Ban

Trump’s shutdown deal quietly recriminalizes most hemp-derived THC products next year, capping them at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container and banning synthetics. From Texas to Minnesota, governors, brewers and farmers are already signaling they’ll regulate on their own terms instead of treating Washington’s new limit as the last word. TL;DR: Trump’s new law…

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Cory Booker: ‘The Idea That Heroin and Meth Are the

Senator Cory Booker walked into a cannabis conference in Washington, D.C. and went straight for the jugular. Justice, he told the room, starts with descheduling. Booker appeared at the Cannabis Capital & Policy Summit, a one-day event in the nation’s capital produced by IgniteIt in partnership with the U.S. Cannabis Roundtable. The crowd was packed…

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US Attorney Says Feds Will “Rigorously Prosecute” Low-Level Marijuana Violations,

The United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming says his office will “rigorously prosecute” minor marijuana possession violations on federal lands following a reported change in federal guidance. According to a November 13th memo issued by US Attorney Darrin Smith, the Justice Department has “rescinded previous guidance .. [that] directed US Attorneys not to…

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North Carolina Hemp Businesses Brace For Impact Of New Federal

“We have a year to either figure it out or we have a year to just like, crush it and fight for the plant and hope that we can change this with legislation.” By Brandon Kingdollar, NC Newsline For Hannah DeLange, the most rewarding part of managing Redhead Hemp’s Durham location has been “creating a…

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GOP Lawmakers ‘Forced’ Trump Into Signing Hemp Ban, Longtime Ally

GOP political operative Roger Stone says President Donald Trump was effectively “forced” by Republican lawmakers to sign a spending bill that included a ban on hemp products containing THC. Stone—who blasted GOP legislators in a blog post last week over the inclusion of the hemp provisions in an appropriations package Trump signed into law—says he…

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Dirt Matters: The Underground Truth About Growing Killer Cannabis

I’ve been growing cannabis long enough to have strong opinions about nearly everything—light spectrums, humidity levels, the superiority of organic nutrients over synthetic (fight me). But if you’d asked me five years ago whether the specific type of soil could fundamentally alter my THC levels, I would have nodded politely while internally rolling my eyes.…

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Virginia Lawmakers To Unveil Marijuana Sales Legalization Plan They Want

“There’s going to be a lot of new and interesting programs and good stuff in there that will help create a well-regulated market that’s going to be good for everybody.” By Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury After four years of stalled efforts and repeated vetoes from outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), Virginia lawmakers now see a…

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Trump Administration Sees Marijuana As A ‘Hazard,’ Federal Prosecutor Says,

Lawmakers and advocates are pushing back after a U.S. attorney announced his office will be aggressively prosecuting cannabis possession and use offenses on federal lands, stating that it’s the administration’s position that “marijuana use is a public safety hazard.” U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Darin Smith caught some by surprise on Thursday after…

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Working In State-Legal Marijuana Sector Won’t Disqualify People From Certain

Marijuana might be federally illegal, but the Trump administration said in a recent little-noticed filing that working in and around the state-legal cannabis sector won’t automatically disqualify people from receiving certain federal benefits. In a final rule published in the Federal Register late last month, the Department of Education detailed a policy change related to…

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Senator blasts GOP leaders for blocking medical cannabis access for

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