Cannabis

September 4, 2025

What Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other Texas prohibitionists fail to realize is that hemp is wildly popular across the political spectrum. While Texans, including the state’s hemp industry, support reasonable regulations, campaigns to ban hemp are unpopular.

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New Hemp Laws in Connecticut, Maine, Arkansas, and Maryland

By Rod Kight

July 7, 2025

Legislative sessions in many states have wrapped or soon will and there have been a flurry of state laws passed regarding hemp cannabinoid products. From Arkansas to Maine, we’ve seen some recent actions that are important for hemp businesses nationwide.

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Thailand Recriminalizes Recreational Cannabis in Unprecedented Move

By Rod Kight

June 30, 2025

Although the recriminalization of recreational cannabis understandably steals the headlines, the new regulation includes an important provision that could bolster Thailand’s position in the international marketplace.

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8th Circuit Reverses Key Hemp Industry Victory in Arkansas

By Rod Kight

June 24, 2025

Back on September 7, 2023, the Arkansas hemp industry scored a significant legal victory. That momentum shifted today.

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Nebraska AG Continues Misguided THC Enforcement

By Rod Kight

June 24, 2025

Nebraska Attorney General (AG) Hilgers sent cease and desist letters to 82 Lincoln stores selling “THC-containing products”. THC prohibition doesn’t eliminate consumer demand; it just creates workarounds. It’s time for the law to catch up to American society today.

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Texas Governor Vetos Anti-Hemp Bill

By Rod Kight

June 23, 2025

Texas Governor Greg Abbott vetoed SB3 late last night in a nail-biter for the industry. Given that Texas is the country’s largest hemp market, the bill’s effects would have rippled throughout the country.

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A New, Fast Moving NC Bill Will Wreck the State’s Booming Hemp Industry

By Rod Kight

June 21, 2025

HB-328 jumped the legislative line in North Carolina this past week and was swiftly passed by the state’s Senate. It is headed to the House this week. If enacted, HB-328 will wreck the state’s booming hemp industry.

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Missouri AG Wrong on THCA

By Rod Kight

June 6, 2025

The Missouri Attorney General recently sent out a slew of letters regarding “Illegal Hemp Sales to Missouri Consumers”. Unfortunately, the AG misstates the law, at least when it comes to THCA in harvested hemp and hemp products.

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Texas is About to Massacre Its Hemp Industry

By Rod Kight

May 22, 2025

The lights are dimming for the Texas hemp industry, which looks poised to suffer a massacre. Although the final text of Senate Bill 3 may not be available for several days, it likely prohibits all hemp products that contain any cannabinoids except CBD and CBG.

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The National Security Implications of Protecting Legal Hemp Access in the United States (Guest Article)

By Rod Kight

May 14, 2025

Making hemp-derived cannabinoid products illegal, or reducing their accessibility, will result in more private citizens choosing to use federally illegal marijuana products and hence, reducing the number of individuals who hold national security clearances. This undermines US national security in a volatile global threat environment.