We’ve been waiting on this one for three years. If you’ve frequented this blog, you know three years is basically an eternity in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) years but…
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“Will Work for Weed”: Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Are Falling Away as Positive Test Results Increase — What Employers Need to Do Now
If an employee uses marijuana off the clock and the employer doesn’t test for marijuana, isn’t it much like the tree falling in the woods?
A recent Wall Street Journal…
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Liability: Courts Remind Cannabis Companies That Raising and Deploying Capital Must Be Done Compliantly
Raising money in the cannabis industry, like most everything else in the space, is no walk in the park and presents a landmine for those tasked with raising and spending…
The States Take the Wheel: A Roundup of Recent State Action on Psychedelics in the South
At some point over the course of each year, we like to take stock of where psychedelics stand — our own version of a trip around the sun. The…
If you’ve followed Budding Trends for any length of time, you know the SAFE Banking Act — perhaps second only to rescheduling — has been the white whale for marijuana…
I don’t know why I write things that encourage people to take my job. I’ll add that to the list for my next therapy session.
Back in 2022, I wrote…
Following the Money: The Financial Implications of Medical Marijuana Rescheduling — Uplisting Arrives, Banking Lags
The April order rescheduling DEA-approved medications and state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III set off a scramble in the capital markets. Two questions sit at the center of it: Can…
Two Skeptics, One Runoff: What the South Carolina Governor’s Race Means for Medical Marijuana and Hemp in the Palmetto State
If you were hoping the South Carolina governor’s race might crack open the door for a state medical marijuana program — or settle the state’s running fight over intoxicating hemp…
The Greatest Trick: How a Hemp “Safety” Limit Outsources American CBD, Makes Americans Less Safe
In The Usual Suspects, Verbal Kint explains the final reveal of the film, and I stress the world “film”: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the…
What a Blanche AG Nomination Means for Marijuana and Psychedelics
President Trump has announced he will nominate Todd Blanche — his former personal attorney, who has been running the Department of Justice in an acting capacity — to serve as…
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