Interesting, referred to LE 16 months after the stop sale order was issued? Wonder why it took that long. Now I guess we’ll see if there’s actual appetite to prosecute (and if so, will they be satisfied with stopping at the retailer or want to go after the producer/distributor/etc?)
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My Buddy in Florida said he had the same thing happen and the siezed products sat in a box at his facility for a year before LE picked them up. Its been another year no news so far…
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vaping cbd is bad lol why did u put this here.
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Indiana vs Devin Dickens dismissal for Delta 8 possession was reversed, the question of whether or not delta-8 is a controlled substance or low THC hemp extract is going to be resolved at trial it looks like. I’ve heard of other prosecutions happening in the more rural Indiana counties, haven’t seen the cases yet though
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Anyone hear about FBI raiding smoke shops in Missouri?
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJUZY7gJ0rN/
The blacklist shared this today, I don’t see any hemp stuff in the Google photos of the place though
here’s a reddit post about it too: https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/1kg6m8s/raid_on_puzzles_in_the_loop/
$50 zips
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Oral argument in the Green Room v. Wyoming hemp preemption action in the 10th circuit court of appeals was held today: https://www.youtube.com/live/mVrkzrncIbQ?si=KuJFx87TSLs1LNj2
Good stuff starts at the 3 hour and 8 minute mark.
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This is truly sad. Lets completely throw away states rights and make ourselves completely dependant on the federal teet. The evil that started this all, the affectation doctrine birthed in wickard v filburn was wrong. To give absolute power to the feds, for the sake of “hemp”, is cute. One day we will learn respect the constitution and to love the 9th and 10th amendment its the only way out of this rotten situation
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Has any state outside of Tennessee set any kinda precedent about post-decarb testing yet?
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Texas legislature is about to prohibit hemp: Texas House of Representatives
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It seems 50/50 given they keep pushing the vote back - wish there was a Polymarket type market to bet on this sort of stuff
SB3 passed the Texas House
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The Texas House voted Wednesday to ban all intoxicating hemp cannabinoids in a stunning reversal for the state’s hemp industry.
The 99-54 vote will abolish the vast majority of the state’s hemp market, estimated to be worth at least $4 billion, according to an analysis by Delta Emerald Ventures.
“No social good comes from the legalization of intoxicants,” said Republican Rep. Tom Oliverson, who introduced an amendment to restore the bill to the language passed by the Senate in March. “We now have the largest pseudo-legal THC market in the country, not through legislation, but through regulatory drift.”
The background: Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick set his sights on the burgeoning market for hemp cannabinoids before the legislative session even started — calling a hemp THC ban one of his top priorities.
Republican Sen. Charles Perry sponsored a bill that sailed through the Senate and banned all intoxicating hemp cannabinoids. The bill would impact even non-intoxicating extracts of CBD that contain trace amounts of THC.
Hemp industry advocates were heartened that the House seemed more concerned about the ramifications of banning intoxicating hemp products. Republican Rep. Ken King worked to overhaul the Senate-passed ban, advancing a committee substitute cannabinoids and vapes but allowed some consumable hemp products capped at 10 mg THC per serving.
More details: After repeated delays on a vote this week, the Texas House voted 86-53 to revert the bill’s language back to the Senate version, before voting 95-44 to pass the ban.
The committee substitute is “a counter option to an outright ban,” King said ahead of the vote. “Some of you are for a ban, many of your aren’t and that’s the reason we have a choice.”
While King voted against adopting the amendment that reverted back to the Senate bill, he ultimately voted in favor of passing the bill.
What’s next: The House made slight changes to criminal penalties for minors for hemp possession, so the differences between the two chambers will still have to be ironed out. But that likely won’t pose any issues for passage of the main substance of the legislation.
The bill “represents a blunt-force approach that will collapse an entire economic ecosystem,” Thomas Whitley, executive vice president of hemp e-commerce platform edibles.com (http://edibles.com/) said in a statement. “For a state that prides itself on being pro-business, [the bill] is antithetical to its values at worst and hypocritical at best.”
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Are there any ideas on why Dan Patrick made this his top priority? Like did a hemp exec insult him during a lobbying meeting or something lol
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Wonder if he got a surprise donation! I mean you’d be shocked at who you’d find donating in say a state like Florida. Saw some familiar names!
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