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

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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, argu…
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Shipping THCA Flower to Texas: What Vendors Need to Know

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While out-of-state vendors are not directly bound by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) retail ban, ordering THCA flower into Texas after March 31, 2026, carries significant legal and practical risks. Retail Ban Scope: The new DSHS rules specifically prohibit the manufacture, di…
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Rising Tensions and the Fear of “False Flags” in a New Era of Global Conflict

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As geopolitical tensions escalate around the world, a growing number of analysts and independent media commentators are warning about the potential for a “false flag” event — an attack carried out in a way that falsely blames another party (in this case, Iran); in order to justify war or politica…
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The Texas Hemp Regulatory Clampdown

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Why the New DSHS Rules Demand Immediate Legal Challenge   The Department of State Health Services has finalized sweeping amendments to 25 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 300, the regulatory framework governing the manufacture, distribution, and retail sale of consumable hemp products in Te…
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Federal Hemp Loophole Must Be Implemented With No Delay

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By Jordan Zuccarelli | In case you missed it, a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner highlights a critical public-policy issue: the federal prohibition on intoxicating hemp products that Congress passed into law with bipartisan support last November must be fully implemented this year, without de…
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GMP Is the Hemp Industry’s Armor

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The Texas hemp industry does not have a marketing problem. It has a credibility problem. That distinction matters.   When legislators talk about “unregulated intoxicants,” when law enforcement conducts raids with television cameras in tow, when opponents describe the market as a public healt…
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The Sweetest Showdown Yet

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Inside the Blazed Magazine 2026 Gummy Challenge If you want to understand where the infused edible market is headed, do not look at flashy billboards or exaggerated marketing copy. Look at the gummies. The Blazed Magazine Gummy Challenge 2026 brought together some of the most ambitious names in h…
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Trump Saves Ganja, Part I — Reform in Washington, Raids in the Real World

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Texas has a way of clarifying things. You can talk theory all day in a committee room, but sooner or later somebody’s boots hit the ground and you find out what the law actually means. That is where we are with federal cannabis policy right now—caught between a reform signal from the White House …
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The China Question in the Texas Hemp War

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Texas does not have a marijuana industry. It has a hemp industry that Congress legalized in 2018 when President Donald Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 into law. That statute removed hemp and “all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers…
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Texas Hemp Regulatory Update: Emergency Rules Extended

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A Narrow Window, Not a Free Pass   The Texas Department of State Health Services has formally extended the emergency rules governing consumable hemp products through March 30, 2026, as reflected in the February 6, 2026 Texas Register. These rules—first adopted in October 2025—remain in effec…
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A Political Analysis of DSHS Announcement

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The continued use of emergency rule renewals, rather than adoption of final rules, is not accidental and it is not merely procedural housekeeping. It reflects a deliberate choice by the agency to avoid locking itself into a permanent regulatory position while legal, political, and policy variable…
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The Lawsuit That Changes the Kratom Debate

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For years, kratom existed in a regulatory gray zone—debated, periodically regulated, but rarely confronted through full-scale state enforcement. That equilibrium broke on February 6, 2026, when the Texas Attorney General filed suit in Ellis County seeking an ex parte temporary restraining order, …
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Texas Lawmakers Shift Gear on Hemp THC — Regulation, Not a Ban, Now Likely in 2027

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Texas lawmakers who once pushed for a total ban on hemp-derived THC products are now signaling a shift toward regulating the market instead of outlawing it — setting the stage for major hemp policy changes in the 2027 legislative session. Earlier attempts by state leaders — especially a high-prof…
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RFK Jr.’s HHS Breaks the Silence on Cellphone Radiation – FDA Safety Claims Vanish

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In a surprising move this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to launch a federal review into the health effects of cellphone and wireless radiation, a topic long dismissed by government science. At the sam…
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What the Supreme Court Is Really Testing in Sky Marketing

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The Texas Supreme Court’s hearing in Texas Department of State Health Services v. Sky Marketing had the calm, deliberate feel of a court doing what courts are supposed to do: strip away the noise, ignore the moral-panic political theatrics across the plaza in the east wing of the Capitol, and rea…
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High Times’ Josh Kesselman Calls B.S. on Big Alcohol’s Anti-Weed Panic

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High Times publisher Josh Kesselman is calling out what he sees as a coordinated fear campaign against cannabis, driven less by public health concerns than by market pressure. n a recent interview with TMZ, Kesselman pushed back hard against viral stories claiming cannabis use is causing people t…
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The Overlooked Risks of Hardware in Pipes, Vapes and Dab Rigs
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For years, much of the conversation around cannabis quality has […]

California Court Orders DCC to Overhaul Cannabis Track-and-Trace System
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Orange County ruling finds California’s current system does not comply […]

“One-Gram Ceramic 510” Is Not a Cartridge Specification
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Cannabis brands often approve a cartridge sample and then place […]

Q&A: Hirsh Jain on Cannabis Rescheduling, Interstate Commerce and the…
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After years of uncertainty, cannabis companies are looking toward a […]

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Compared to licensing, compliance, and supply chains, payroll rarely receives […]

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