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The state says higher safety is the goal with Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban and new marijuana rules
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A ban on intoxicating hemp has been in place in Ohio for three weeks, outlawing products containing that synthetic cannabinoid, most notably THC beverages. Those… Read More
The effort to repeal Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban is underway as the clock ticks
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Next month, Ohio will ban all intoxicating hemp, including hemp-infused THC and CBD beverages, if Senate Bill 56 goes into effect as scheduled. Some… Read More
The effort to repeal changes to Ohio’s marijuana and hemp law can move forward, Attorney General Dave Yost says
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost has certified the title and summary language of an effort to overturn the recent law overhauling the state’s recreational marijuana program. After… Read More
2025 Year in Review: Ohio lawmakers made major changes to marijuana and hemp regulations
By: Sarah Donaldson
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This year, as Ohio’s still-young recreational marijuana industry bloomed, the Ohio House and Senate negotiated and finalized its omnibus bill changing state cannabis statute…. Read More
Cannabis law changes and a toxic hemp beverage ban are now with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After two years of fits and starts, extensive legislation changing recreational cannabis laws and banning so-called intoxicating hemp, including hemp-derived beverages, will head to… Read More
What a federal ban on THC-infused drinks and snacks could mean for the hemp industry
By: Steve Karnowski | Gene Johnson | AP
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The production lines at Indeed Brewing moved quickly, the cans filling not with beer, but with THC-infused seltzer. The product, which features the compound that gets cannabis… Read More
Ohio lawmakers advanced an overnight deal on cannabis and a hemp law overhaul
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A six-member committee of state lawmakers met late Wednesday into early Thursday to recommend a slew of changes to cannabis statute as well as… Read More
Business owners, stakeholders weigh potential hemp regulations in Ohio
By: Amanda Pirani
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — It’s been a hectic month for Josh Crosier. He’s the co-owner of Appalachian Girls, a small hemp business based in Nelsonville. Earlier this month,… Read More
The Ohio House passes a plan to overhaul cannabis and delta-8 laws. Senators have issues with it
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers, by an 87-8 vote, advanced long-stalled legislation Wednesday afternoon revising cannabis laws and more strictly regulating other THC products, like those… Read More
A judge blocks Gov. Mike DeWine’s ‘intoxicating’ hemp ban in Ohio for two weeks
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County has for now blocked Gov. Mike DeWine’s short-term “intoxicating” hemp ban for products with psychoactive ingredients, such as delta-8… Read More
Ohio smoke stores and manufacturers sue over Gov. Mike DeWine’s hemp ban
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Three businesses affiliated with the hemp industry have sued Gov. Mike DeWine over his announced short-term hemp ban for products with psychoactive ingredients, like… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine pauses the sale of delta-8 THC and similar products in Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine took administrative action Wednesday afternoon, putting a pause short-term on sales of a slew of unregulated products containing cannabinoid derivatives, like… Read More
An overhaul of Ohio’s cannabis laws stalled again to hemp retailers’ relief
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Another busy season for the Ohio General Assembly came and went without any success modifying cannabis laws. Early on in June, Republican lawmakers said… Read More
Ohio’s Senate advances a proposal to restrict hemp sales to dispensaries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to advance a bill that strictly limits where Ohioans can purchase most products containing hemp cannabinoid derivatives, like delta-8… Read More
Will Ohio ban delta-8 THC? The marijuana and health care industries largely want that
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For some state lawmakers, passing a bill on delta-8 THC and other similar products is high on the list of priorities this lame duck… Read More
Clearing up the confusion on Ohio’s marijuana laws
By: Donovan Varney
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — In Ohio, it’s legal to grow, smoke and eat marijuana. But six months after voters legalized recreational marijuana, it’s still illegal to buy it or sell… Read More
An Ohio retailer says a delta-8 THC crackdown would ‘tear’ at business
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wants state lawmakers to quickly crack down on sales of delta-8 THC and other “intoxicating“ hemp derivative products, and DeWine said… Read More
DeWine asks Ohio lawmakers, again, for regulations to get delta-8 off the shelves
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that cleared the Ohio Senate in early December but has since stalled would significantly modify the state’s soon-to-be recreational marijuana program, and… Read More
Ohio Accepting Applications for Hemp Cultivation, Processing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio Department of Agriculture is accepting online applications from those interested in growing and processing hemp. Officials say the application window for the 2020 growing… Read More
Over-Hyped Hemp? Amid Price Drop and a Big Bankruptcy, Some Farmers Feel Burned
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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John Fuller is waiting for another farmer he’s never met before to talk about a situation he never imagined he would be in. It’s an overcast January day on his… Read More
Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley farmers planted more than 27,000 acres of hemp last year — about four times more than in 2018 — to cash in on a booming market for popular… Read More
While FDA Warns CBD Companies, Ohio Valley Industry Continues to Grow
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent out 15 letters last week warning some companies that sell cannabidiol, or CBD, about making unfounded medical claims regarding the effects of the hemp-derived compound…. Read More
Hemp Application Period Underway in Kentucky
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles says the state’s hemp licensing program for 2020 is underway. Grower applications must be submitted by March 15 of next year…. Read More
U.S. Finalizing Rule to Allow Farmers to Legally Grow Hemp
By: David Pitt | AP
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. agriculture officials said Tuesday a rule that allows farmers to legally grow hemp will be finalized this week, a move that many states have… Read More
Hemp Farmers Form Cooperatives Amid Growth And Uncertainty
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Tony Silvernail swings a heavy machete at a stalk of bushy hemp and chops the plant near the root, grabbing the five-foot-tall shoot with his sun-weathered hand. It’s an unusually… Read More