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Washington’s Two-Handed Approach to Hemp

April 7, 2026 | CBD News & Business

Medicare just became the nation’s first large-scale, reliable buyer of hemp — provided you are old enough, sick enough, and compliant enough to qualify. Everyone else — the twenty-something vaping a delta-8 cart in Austin, the Hill Country soccer mom with a bag of sleep gummies — is staring down …

Alcohol Industry Pushes Back: Regulate Hemp Drinks, Don’t Ban Them

March 24, 2026 | CBD News & Business

As lawmakers move closer to cracking down on hemp-derived THC products, the alcohol industry is stepping into the fight—and surprisingly, they’re not calling for prohibition. Instead, a major alcohol trade group is urging Congress to regulate hemp THC beverages rather than ban them outright, argu…

The China Question in the Texas Hemp War

February 17, 2026 | CBD News & Business

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…

Texas Hemp Regulatory Update: Emergency Rules Extended

February 10, 2026 | CBD News & Business

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…

RFK Jr.’s HHS Breaks the Silence on Cellphone Radiation – FDA Safety Claims Vanish

January 21, 2026 | CBD News & Business, UFOs & CONSPIRACY

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…

High Times’ Josh Kesselman Calls B.S. on Big Alcohol’s Anti-Weed Panic

January 9, 2026 | CBD News & Business

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…

Come Get Baked & Blazed with Blazed Magazine • Free Spring Show

January 8, 2026 | CBD News & Business

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…

Mystery “Enforcement” Notices Appear at Austin Smoke Shops

January 5, 2026 | CBD News & Business

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 [&…

Texas Governor Abbott Sidesteps Legislature with Executive Order on Hemp

September 10, 2025 | CBD News & Business

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken matters into his own hands. On September 10, Abbott signed an executive order directing the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), and the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to immediately regulate intoxicati…

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Keeping The Hemp Industry Strong

October 31, 2024 | CBD News & Business, Legislative

As the 89th Texas Legislative session approaches, William Oboyle, founder of MedaLeaf, said he doesn’t believe lawmakers will move to take the state’s hemp industry backward.

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From Opioid Addiction to Founding MedaLeaf

October 14, 2024 | CBD News & Business

William Oboyle’s journey from opioid addiction to founding MedaLeaf is a story of struggle, redemption, and the healing power of CBD.

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