This first installment of a two-part series covers important things to know in general about being stopped in public by law enforcement while in possession of hemp or a hemp-derived product.
Category: States’ Commerce
NC Hemp Letter Underlines National Uncertainty for Hemp Producers
Some NC legislators may decide that it is not in their best interests in an election year to vote in favor of a bill that their constituents actively oppose. If SB315 does not become law then there may be no mechanism to propose a plan to the USDA and hemp production will be regulated by the USDA next year.
Top 5 Cannabis Predictions for 2020
2020 will be a historic and transformative year for cannabis, particularly for hemp and CBD. Here are my top 5 predictions.
USDA Hemp Regulations Analysis- Interstate Transport of Hemp
As a cannabis attorney, one of the questions I am asked most frequently is whether hemp and hemp products can be transported across state lines.
Thin Green Line: The Need for Uniform Testing in the Hemp Industry (Guest Post)
Failing to establish testing uniformity almost guarantees mayhem as buyers and growers attempt to create an interstate market for hemp because of the uncertainty a buyer in one state faces when attempting to import hemp from another state.
Kight Law Attorneys Speak at Legal Conference in New York
The International Cannabis Law Bar Association held a conference in NYC on a wide array of cannabis law topics by some of the most active cannabis law attorneys in the country, including Kight Law attorneys Rod Kight and Kamran Aryah.
WLOS Covers Smokable Hemp, Interviews Rod
WLOS covered the emerging smokable hemp issue. I am happy to have been interviewed for the story.
The Future of Hemp Flower- Could it all go up in smoke? A Report From the Southern Hemp Expo.
The overall consensus among the panel members was that smokable hemp should be permitted in any state with an industrial hemp program. It provides consumers an alternative method of consuming industrial hemp, with many people choosing this approach to obtain its therapeutic benefits.
Legal Cannabis is a Huge Job Creation Machine (Guest Post)
Jobs in the legal cannabis industry are coming by the hundreds of thousands and there’s no sign of that halting.