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This Bud’s NOT for You

August 3, 2026 | Legislative

Sorry Texas: This Bud’s NOT for You How the Lone Star State Went From Hemp Leader to Hemp Prohibition For a brief moment, Texas stood at the forefront of the hemp revolution. When House Bill 1325 became law in 2019, thousands of entrepreneurs, farmers, manufacturers, distributors, and…

FDA-Approved and State-Licensed Products Are Moved to Schedule III

April 24, 2026 | Legislative

The biggest day in federal cannabis policy in decades arrived this morning — and the fine print is doing a lot of work. For years, cannabis advocates, industry operators, and policy watchers have dreamed of the day the federal government would move marijuana off Schedule I — off the shelf it…

The TCUP Math Problem: How a Busted Spreadsheet Rewrote the Medical Cannabis Map

April 20, 2026 | Legislative

There is a particular kind of regulatory failure that does not arrive with subpoenas or headlines. It slips in quietly, dressed up in spreadsheets and procedural language, hiding in a denominator that nobody bothers to question. It looks clean, professional, even defensible—right up until someone a…

Alcohol Industry Pushes Back: Regulate Hemp Drinks, Don’t Ban Them

March 27, 2026 | Legislative

As lawmakers move closer to cracking down on hemp-derived THC products, the alcohol industry is stepping into the fight—and surprisingly, they’re not calling for prohibition. Instead, a major alcohol trade group is urging Congress to regulate hemp THC beverages rather than ban them outright, arguin…

HB 256 and the Criminalization of Youth

August 6, 2025 | Legislative

In what feels like a legislative magic trick gone wrong—now you see them, now you don’t!—the Texas Legislature is once again trying to regulate the hemp industry… while simultaneously not having enough members in the building to legally do anything at all. And yet, two wildly different bills have s…

Twin Bills, One Goal: Sweeping Hemp Crackdown

July 29, 2025 | Legislative

Why HB 5 Mirrors SB 5. A second shoe has dropped in the Texas Legislature, and it has the same number as the first. House Bill 5, filed by Rep. Gary Van Deaver during the first called session of the 89th Legislature, is a word-for-word duplicate of Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Charles Perry. [&hell…

Statement by the Texas Hemp Business Council on SB 5

July 22, 2025 | Legislative

AUSTIN, Texas, July 22, 2025 – The Texas Hemp Business Council (THBC) today issued the following statement regarding the introduction of SB 5 during a special session of the 89th Texas Legislature: “Some Texas lawmakers are once again ignoring the facts, the public and the governor. “Despite Govern…

Governor Abbott Vetoes SB 3, Preserving Texas Hemp Industry—for Now

June 23, 2025 | Legislative

In a major political reversal that stunned both advocates and opponents of cannabis reform, Governor Greg Abbott has vetoed Senate Bill 3, the controversial measure that would have effectively banned nearly all hemp-derived THC products in Texas. The bill—championed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and pass…

Texans Forced to Choose Between Pain or Firearms

June 17, 2025 | Legislative

It’s not a hypothetical. It’s not a loophole. It’s the law—and it’s targeting some of the most vulnerable Texans. Every patient in the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP), our state’s limited medical marijuana registry, is already in legal jeopardy under federal law. The moment a Texan with PTSD…

Why Governor Abbott Must Veto SB 3

June 16, 2025 | Legislative

Dan Patrick crusade against the Texas Hemp Industry is hurting Texans and Why Governor Abbott Must Veto SB3!

Dan Patrick’s Political Theater

June 2, 2025 | Legislative

Dan Patrick’s Political Theater Has Real Victims—and Texans Are Paying the Price. SB 2024: The Vape Bait-and-Switch Sold as a defense against youth vaping, SB 2024 instead criminalizes flavored disposable vape products made in China or not FDA-authorized—effectively banning almost all…

OPEN LETTER TO STOP SB 3 & CSSB 3

May 14, 2025 | Legislative

OPEN LETTER TO STOP SB 3 & CSSB 3 I’m an adult who uses legal hemp products. These bills would ban the very products I rely on for my well-being. I choose not to enroll in the Texas Compassionate Use Program because it’s restrictive, costly, and inconvenient— it’s a state-sanctioned monopoly th…

Oklahoma Governor Initiates Attack on Legal Hemp Products

April 30, 2025 | Legislative

Oklahoma used to be a hemp-friendly state. Until recently, it was home base to several of the most well-known and respected hemp businesses in the country. That has changed recently, but not due to changes in the law, which is mostly hemp-friendly. Rather, the change has come from overzealous and u…

Cannabis Prohibition, Moral Sorting, and the Civic Heresy We Must End

April 18, 2025 | Legislative

As Holy Week calls millions to reflection on the meaning of suffering, mercy, and redemption, it’s worth examining how these sacred themes are distorted when transposed into public policy—particularly in how we legislate access to cann

The New Enforcement-Industrial Complex: From Nixon’s War on Drugs to Texas SB 3

April 6, 2025 | Legislative

In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the nation of a growing danger: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” He was speaking of the dangerous entanglement between gover…

A Tale of Two Bills to Decide Fate of Texas Hemp Industry

April 4, 2025 | Legislative

In just days, the Texas hemp industry faces what may be its defining moment since legalization in 2019. The House State Affairs Committee, chaired by Representative Ken King, will convene Monday morning to hear testimony on two bills with starkly different visions for the future of hemp in Texas. T…

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Australian Senate inquiry shifts hemp debate from farming to industrial…

10 August 2026 – HempToday®

Australian hemp’s future depends on building processing capacity, manufacturing and […]

India clears synthetic CBD anxiety drug in potential new market…

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India has approved a synthetic CBD drug for treating mild […]

EU simplifies hemp crop controls while broader agricultural policy changes…

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The European Union has adopted new rules that ease administrative […]

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Michigan Bill Seeks to Repeal 24% Wholesale Cannabis Tax

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A bill introduced in Michigan seeks to repeal the state’s 24% wholesale […]

Supermajority of Likely Louisiana Voters Prefer Regulation of Hemp Beverages…

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A supermajority – 70% – of likely general election voters in […]

Democratic and Libertarian Candidates for Ohio Governor Would Keep Voter-Approved…

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The Democrat and Libertarian candidates in Ohio’s governor’s race have indicated that, […]