Should States Regulate Intoxicating Hemp Products?

3 US Senators Plan to Let States ‘Opt Out’ of Intoxicating Hemp Product Ban A trio of bipartisan U.S. senators is hoping to let state laws supersede the federal government’s forthcoming prohibition of intoxicating hemp products in a move to rescue the industry. Sen....

Ongoing Decline in Teen Cannabis Use

According to an analysis of data from 1991–2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a biennial school-based survey representative of US high school students, adolescent cannabis use rates have largely followed a similar inverted-U pattern, with rates peaking in 1999...

Federal protections for hemp-derived THC safe – for now

Hemp interests celebrated Monday after the latest Republican-led effort to dismantle federal protections for hemp-derived THC products unraveled in the U.S. Senate late last week. However, former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed that an ongoing quest to...