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Grab your overpriced cocktail, folks—Big Alcohol wants to regulate your hemp now. Yes, the same industry that brought us frat house hangovers, tequila-fueled karaoke regrets, and Tuesday morning AA meetings now wants to oversee cannabinoids in Tennessee. Because apparently, nothing says “we understand cannabis” like a board full of whiskey lobbyists trying to pronounce “cannabinoid” […]

In November 2021, a resigning Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) staffer alleged the agency overlooked product diversion and other illegal activity on an “egregious and overwhelming” scale. “Compliance leadership is fully aware of rampant unfair competition within the legal market.. Read more (paywall) https://www.weedweek.com/stories/calif-dcc-ignored-rampant-diversion-staffer-alleged-in-2021/

Tomorrow, April 9th, the U.S. Hemp Roundtable General Counsel Jonathan Miller will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability at a hearing titled “Restoring Trust in FDA: Rooting Out Illicit Products.” Jonathan will share key insights on the urgent need for regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. With more than a decade of industry leadership, he’ll advocate […]

LEADING CANNABIS BRAND STIIIZY OPENS ITS 44TH RETAIL STORE IN HAWTHORNE, CA, ON APRIL 12 Marking the 44th STIIIZY Dispensary and the Brand’s 9th Store Opening in the Last 12 Months   STIIIZY Hawthorne Grand Opening Event to Feature Live DJ, Exclusive Deals, and Much More Los Angeles, CA ( April 8, 2025) — The leading […]

Business of Cannabis explains On July 31, 2024, the joint Constitutional Affairs and Justice committees of the Chamber voted to add an amendment to the Security Bill that would make flowering cannabis of all types, regardless of THC content, illegal and considered a narcotic. This amendment, known as Article 18, equates industrial hemp with high-THC cannabis rendering […]

CRA Education Session: FDA Ingredient Compliance with the CRA Enforcement Division To: Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) Social Equity Participants, Stakeholders, and Licensees The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) is announcing the date, time, and location for its next education session featuring CRA Enforcement Division Specialist Christina Stemple and CRA Enforcement Division Director Mandi Cooley. Date: Thursday, April […]

About the Program In April 2024, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recommended that cannabis be rescheduled to a Schedule III substance following an earlier recommendation from the Department of Health and Human Services. So where do the prospects of rescheduling and the industry at large stand one year later? Join us for a panel discussion […]

Medical marijuana company Alabama Always filed a petition and a lawsuit seeking to prevent the state Medical Cannabis Commission’s current commissioners from participating in licensing decisions, alleging bias and unlawful conduct. Marijuana operator’s petition, lawsuit allege Alabama commissioners are unfair is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

A Minnesota judge has ordered the state’s cannabis regulators to hold a lottery to issue business licenses to qualified social equity applicants after growing fears the lotto might be canceled altogether. Minnesota judge reinstates lottery for adult-use cannabis social equity licenses is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

California-based cannabis megabrand Stiiizy is under investigation in New York for allegedly smuggling marijuana from out of state into licensed stores. New York investigating marijuana giant Stiiizy for possible ‘inversion,’ report says is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs