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News Articles: Hemp

At a store selling hemp products outside of Houston, Texas, a sign notifies customers that the state Legislature might be passing a ban on most consumables containing THC.

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Texas may ban THC products just a few years after legalization started a big business

The Texas Legislature is considering a ban on consumable THC products as some lawmakers say the booming business has caused health problems and allowed sales to minors.

April 17, 2025
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  • Andrew Schneider
The Georgai Hemp Company van advertises products the business sells outside of a location in Sandy Springs.

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Uncertainty is name of the game for Georgia hemp business owners adjusting to new state regulations

Business owners are adjusting to a state law regulating access to hemp that went into effect this month. Even more changes could be on the horizon.

October 07, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Typhoon Farma, which operates a hemp farm in Montrose, Colo., planted 70 acres of the cannabis plant this year.

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Apple picking season? In Colorado, you can pick your own hemp

A farm in Montrose, Colo., is showing off its harvest, letting the public take home their own CBD plant. It's like picking your own Christmas tree, with therapeutic side effects.

September 15, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
 A hemp store in Acworth. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia lawmakers try to wrap heads around regulating hemp-based recreational products

In the final days of this year’s legislative session, a bill aimed at regulating hemp products fell short after lawmakers tried to insert language banning Delta-8 THC and similar products that are often used recreationally.

April 10, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Delta-8 products are set for testing at Virginia Commonwealth University's forensic science lab. These products come in different forms and packaging, many of which are designed to look like candies or cereal.

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  • National

States look to regulate weed alternatives like delta-8 as sales explode

Delta-8 is a hemp product designed to get users high, but misleading labels or added chemicals have caused people to get sick. And a lack of federal regulation or guidance has states stepping in.

July 31, 2022
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  • Ben Paviour
Tim Coolong, a professor with the University of Georgia, is in charge of oversseeing the state's firs legal industrial hemp field since the Hemp Farming Act was signed earlier this year.

A Look Inside Georgia's First Legal Industrial Hemp Field

The smell hits you before anything else. Rows of green plants sprout from brown dirt, covered by a white tarp. It’s the first legal industrial hemp...

October 08, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell
In this Thursday, June 13, 2019, photo, Jay Noller, director and lead researcher for Oregon State University's newly formed Global Hemp Innovation Center, left, inspects young hemp plants with Lloyd Nackley, a plant ecologist.

Hemp Law Complicates Pot Prosecution In Gwinnett County

Illegal marijuana users shouldn’t get comfortable in Lawrenceville just yet. Gwinnett County police announced in August that they wouldn’t jail people...

October 03, 2019
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  • Associated Press
Gwinnett County police will suspend arresting and citing people for marijuana possession after the solicitor general started throwing out cases.

Gwinnett Police Halt Arrests For Misdemeanor Marijuana Cases

Gwinnett County police announced Monday they will no longer arrest people or issue citations for misdemeanor marijuana cases. The decision comes after...

August 12, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell

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