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Andrew Smith says Tennessee officers seized 216 pounds of hemp after allegedly telling him the legal THC limit was 0.03 percent instead of 0.3 percent. His lawsuit claims officers ignored lab reports and relied on a roadside test that could not reliably distinguish legal hemp from marijuana. A federal court has now allowed part of the case to continue.
Opponents of adult-use legalization spent years warning that legal cannabis would drive teen marijuana use higher. More than a decade later, CDC, SAMHSA, and Monitoring the Future data show that the broad national surge never arrived, even as adult use increased and legal markets spread.
A Michigan cannabis grower won nearly $31.8 million after a jury found its buyer breached a state-legal marijuana supply agreement. Then the Sixth Circuit erased the judgment, ruling that federal courts cannot enforce a contract requiring conduct federal law still treats as illegal.
A federal judge allowed part of Hesham Alkhulaqi’s lawsuit against Madison County to continue after officers allegedly let his hemp inventory pass one traffic stop, then seized it four days later. The case challenges whether police training, drug-detection dogs and roadside field tests can reliably distinguish federally legal hemp from illegal marijuana.
Houston says low-level marijuana is not a police priority, but HPD records reportedly show misdemeanor marijuana arrests jumping from 29 to 405 in the same eight-month period. As voters prepare to decide the Houston Freedom Act on November 3, the city owes the public more than a slogan about priorities.
Portugal exported 66,305 kilograms of medical cannabis in the first half of 2026, yet domestic access still depends on strict prescriptions, limited indications, and unreimbursed preparations. Pot Culture Magazine examines INFARMED’s export data, patient-cost evidence, and the access gap inside one of Europe’s biggest medical cannabis supply hubs.