cbdlegality

Woody

June 9, 2022

2018 was a watershed year in the history of US hemp legislation. Although federal lawmakers made it easier to research hemp in 2014, it wasn’t until the 2018 US Farm Bill that America embraced recreational hemp-derived products. Under this new legislation, CBD hemp was no longer an illegal substance like marijuana. If manufacturers only use ... Read more

Woody

June 5, 2022

For CBD hemp vendors in Texas, there’s a lot at stake in an upcoming Supreme Court ruling. Depending on how this new case goes, the Lone Star State could either lift its ban on smokable hemp or keep the law intact. Anyone involved in Texas’s hemp market must pay careful attention to the latest developments ... Read more

Woody

May 17, 2022

Anyone “in the weeds” on US cannabis policy may have noticed a new proposal steadily moving through the Houses of Congress. Technically, two cannabis-related bills are currently working through the Senate and the House of Representatives.  The first is the “Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act” (aka S.253), which passed the Senate at the end ... Read more

Woody

May 13, 2022

An Indiana federal district court just sided with E&B Paving in a case regarding the termination of an employee who used CBD. On April 1st, 2022, the local court ruled that there wasn’t enough evidence to support John Rocchio’s claim that E&B disobeyed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—even though he claims he only used ... Read more