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The Story of Raw Papers
| Business
As a child Josh Kesselman would watch his father’s trick- lighting a rolling paper on fire throwing it in the air and POOF! It would vanish. Josh became obsessed with rolling papers and amassed a large collection as a hobby. In college during the 90’s he researched a class project of the aspects …

Episode 59: Lisa Pittman of Zuber Lawler
| Podcast
Joining us here on The Texas Hemp Show podcast number 59 again is Lisa Pitman from Zuber Lawler Attorneys. And Ms. Pitman is a pioneering figure in the emerging legalized hemp cannabis industry here in Texas, and Ms. Pitman is an appointee to the Texas Department of Agricultural Industrial Hemp A…


JACK AND THE HEMPSTALK
NYC 2021 While writing Hemp for Victory, I was presented with stories about hemp growing 30′ tall. However, there is scant, if any, record of this. Not that it isn’t true, or entirely lacking witness thereof. One account of super tall hemp that I found was in a German language pa…

MJ Unpacked
| Events
Post Event Stats MJ Unpacked debuted October 21 & 22nd at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Event data The event hosted 2545 total delegates. 1054 retailers/verticals 504 brands, manufacturers, processors, cultivators 105 distributors/delivery services 426 accredited investors Last Prisoner…



Veterans Scientific Laboratories: Setting a new standard in Hemp Testing?
It is getting about that time in Texas as we are weeks away (by the time this article is published) for farmers to begin harvesting their hemp crops. With that, Texas and Federal Law dictate that all hemp production be tested for THC limits as well as other things such as pesticides and harmful p…

Profiles in Hemp Farming: Robot Pharmer
By Misty Contreras Texas Hemp Reporter: When did you begin farming? Robot Pharmer: We began farming in September of 2018, immediately after our licenses were granted. The founders are Jeff Ely, Isaac Ramirez, Josh Wheat and Brandt Hamilton. THR:Where are you located? RP: Our farm and extraction l…

Did the DEA’s new rule confirm hemp-derived Delta-8 THC is illegal?
By: Andrea Steel and Lisa Pittman On August 21, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (the “DEA”) published a rule regarding the scheduling of hemp and marijuana, effective immediately (the “Rule”). The cannabis community swiftly reacted with an interpretation that this Rule outlawed Delta-8 …

The Inside Story of How Wild Hemp® Won the Smokeable Hemp Ban Lawsuit
| News
The Inside Story of How Wild Hemp® Won the Smoekable Hemp Ban Lawsuit On August 23rd, 2021, smokable hemp products officially became legal to manufacture and sell in Texas. Many never noticed since the smokable hemp ban hadn’t been put into enforcement yet. Nevertheless, an invisible battle brewe…

Meet the Texas Cannabis Collective
| News
One Texas cannabis activism group has amassed quite a following in their state and has even caught the attention of national players. As the Deputy Director of the Texas Cannabis Collective, what exactly is the TCC is a question people have been asking me recently. The easy answer is that it is a…

TX Hemp Reporter blooming Circulation in Texas, Expanding to Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
| Business
The Texas Hemp Reporter this November will be blooming itself across the Lone Star State in time for Harvest Season. With the recent expansion of Houston Texas market to receive the September edition, the Austin TX based Cannabis publication is headed north and south this November adding in two m…

Episode 55: Cheech Marin
| Podcast
Cheech talks with Russell and Jesse about his CBD brand “Cheech’s Stash” and what
projects he has been involved in this year.

Profiles in Hemp Farming
Eddie Velez, Oak Cliff Cultivators Oakcliffcultivators.com Texas Hemp Reporter: Where are you located? Eddie Velez: Our hemp farm is centrally located in Brady, the heart of Texas. THR: When did you begin farming? Eddie: I’m not your typical farmer and I had no farming experience until rece…

Texas Medical Marijuana Doctors
| Health
Lamont Ratcliff and his team are leading the pack in implementing the recent changes of the Texas Compassionate Use Program through a different segment of his practice at Houston area Wellness Pain & Associates clinics. The Texas Medical Marijuana Doctors was birthed 4 years ago out of a desi…
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Cynthia Cabrera & Mark Bordas: Legislative Update 89th Legislative Session
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