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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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Hemp, Dirty DSHS, and the Limits of Getting Cute

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As the hemp industry approaches the Department of State Health Services’ public comment hearing, the broader context deserves attention. Texas’s system of administrative law was built for moments exactly like this one. The Open Meetings Act, the Public Information Act, and the Administrative Proc…
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Come Get Baked & Blazed with Blazed Magazine • Free Spring Show

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Blazed Magazine is offering Booth Space at our Spring Show at Shiner Saloon Saturday March 14th 2026  • Celebrate the Plant this Spring with Blazed Magazine Shiner Saloon invited us back to the “Rooftop” for an UN-Official FREE SXSW Show ! Live Music with Backseat Soundtrack • Daddy S…
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Mystery “Enforcement” Notices Appear at Austin Smoke Shops

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And the goal isn’t compliance — it’s fear Shortly before 10 p.m. on a Friday night in early January 2026, a man walked up to an Austin smoke shop with a bright yellow notice already peeled and ready in his hand. Security footage shows the moment clearly. He does not hesitate. He does not enter [&…
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EU reveals total spent on Ukraine
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EU reveals total spent on Ukraine

The EU has given Ukraine €195 billion since 2022 and […]

Right-wing AfD makes historic gains in west German election
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Right-wing AfD makes historic gains in west German election

The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has received record […]

RT examines the history of US strikes on civilians after…
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RT examines the history of US strikes on civilians after Iranian school attack (VIDEO)

RT explores Washington’s reaction to its past strikes on civilian […]

Cannabis Industry Journal

What Cannabis Can Learn from the Luxury Perfume World
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Sensory science, blending expertise, disciplined quality control, and cultural storytelling […]

How To Use Blunts As a Brand Building Catalyst
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Custom Cones shines a light on a lurking opportunity; While […]

Building Inside Maryland’s Limited License Cannabis Market
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Strategy, Scale, and Survival in a Maturing Adult-Use Market The […]

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