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Federal hemp-THC ban could be delayed until 2028 under new bill
Federal hemp-THC ban could be delayed until 2028 under new bill News

Federal hemp-THC ban could be delayed until 2028 under new bill

A Republican lawmaker from Indiana on Monday introduced a federal bill that would significantly extend the deadline on the looming hemp-THC sales ban, potentially giving legislators more time to draft regulations for the products. Rep. James Baird introduced the bill, which calls for an amendment to the federal spending bill that was signed late last year. Instead of the hemp-THC…
Morris Beegle
January 14, 2026
The UK Just Banned Two Ancient Functional Mushrooms, Stifling A Growing Industry And Hurting Customers
The UK Just Banned Two Ancient Functional Mushrooms, Stifling A Growing Industry And Hurting Customers News

The UK Just Banned Two Ancient Functional Mushrooms, Stifling A Growing Industry And Hurting Customers

If you benefit from functional mushrooms, here's a story that'll boil your blood. Bristol Fungarium (a small UK mushroom company doing genuinely good work) just got slapped with a "Novel Food" classification by the Food Standards Agency for Turkey Tail and Cordyceps militaris. You read that right. Novel. Food.
Morris Beegle
December 13, 2025
DeWine plans to sign Senate Bill 56, calling hemp regulations a ‘major victory’
DeWine plans to sign Senate Bill 56, calling hemp regulations a ‘major victory’ News

DeWine plans to sign Senate Bill 56, calling hemp regulations a ‘major victory’

Gov. Mike DeWine indicated on Thursday that he intends to sign Senate Bill 56 after the sweeping legislation changing Ohio’s recreational marijuana and intoxicating hemp regulations was voted out of the Ohio Senate earlier this week. Speaking to reporters at the Ohio Governor’s Residence, the Greene County Republican was noncommittal about whether he planned to line-item veto any parts of…
Morris Beegle
December 12, 2025
2 US Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Hemp Legal, Install Regulations
2 US Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Hemp Legal, Install Regulations News

2 US Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Hemp Legal, Install Regulations

A pair of U.S. senators from Oregon introduced legislation on Dec. 10 that aims to undo a forthcoming federal ban on consumable hemp products by establishing a federal regulatory structure. Democratic U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley filed the Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act (CSRA), the first bill to attempt to preserve a $28-billion national marketplace since Congress included prohibition…
Morris Beegle
December 11, 2025