Category: Federal Crackdowns

365 Days to Save the $28 Billion Hemp Industry

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Congress inserted language into the shutdown bill that threatens to eliminate a 28 billion market relied on by veterans, older adults, people living with chronic pain, and those avoiding alcohol. The Hemp Beverage Alliance and NORML warned that this crisis is the result of political maneuvering rather than safety concerns. The next 365 days will decide the future of these products.

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Poison in the Pines: EPA Hunts Toxic Cannabis Smoke in Northern California

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California’s cannabis industry is on fire, both literally and politically. Toxic pesticide smoke blankets Siskiyou County while federal ICE raids leave a farmworker dead in what is supposed to be a legal market. With soaring cannabis taxes and suffocating regulations driving growers to the black market, Sacramento faces a breaking point. Can legalization survive, or is this the end of California’s cannabis dream?

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