High Hopes: MEPs Push to Free Hemp From National Bans

High hopes: MEPs push to free hemp from national bans

Even as Rome looks restrict the use of hemp, a group of MEPs are pushing for a legal framework.

North Carolina Lawmakers Grapple With How To Regulate State’s Booming Hemp Market

“Our state’s unregulated cannabis market is the wild west and is crying for order. Let’s get this right and create a safe, legal market for adults that protects kids.” By Lola Oliverio, North Carolina Health News People of almost any age can walk into stores in North Carolina and buy vape products, gummies, drinks and other hemp-derived consumables that contain some of the same high-inducing medicinal compounds as marijuana. This could be about …

Mitch McConnell champions hemp ban bill

Hemp continues to be a hot-button issue across the nation, especially as the market for it grows. The definition of federally legal hemp—cannabis that contains less than 0.3 percent THC by dry weight—has allowed for intoxicating weed products to sprout up even in states in which weed is not legal. Since the definition only names THC, products with other cannabinoids like THCA are legal to sell. With drinks, the “dry weight” distinction allows fo…

U.S. Senate Committee Set to Consider Nationwide Hemp THC Ban on Thursday

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is set to meet Thursday to discuss and potentially vote on an agriculture spending bill that is expected to contain language banning all consumable hemp products with any measurable amount of THC. Hemp THC gummies. Multiple sources in the cannabis industry say the provision is being pushed by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who was instrumental in the …

GOP Senator Who Helped Federally Legalize Hemp Is Seeking To Close ‘Loophole’ By Banning Products With Committee Vote This Week, Sources Say - Cannabis News World

The senator who championed the federal legalization of hemp is now seeking to reverse much of the reform by pushing legislation at a committee hearing this week to ban on consumable products with quantifiable amounts of THC, industry stakeholders say. Several sources told Marijuana Moment on Tuesday that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the former majority The post GOP Senator Who Helped Federally Legalize Hemp Is Seeking To Close ‘Loophole’ By Bann…