Licensing in Minnesota: The Real Hemp Story

Licensing in Minnesota: The Real Hemp Story

Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bureaucracy By: The Guy Who Applied for Five Hemp Licenses and Lived to Tell the Tale The Date That Haunts My Dreams: October 31 For most people, Ha...
Big Booze vs. Hemp: The Alcohol Industry Wants to Ban the Competition That Doesn’t Kill People

Big Booze vs. Hemp: The Alcohol Industry Wants to Ban the Competition That Doesn’t Kill People

When you hear that the alcohol industry — yes, the very same crew that brought you hangovers, DUI checkpoints, and “It seemed like a good idea at the time” tattoos — is lobbying Congress to ban hem...
Jushi Holdings Sues DoorDash and Total Wine: The Cannabis Karen Chronicles

Jushi Holdings Sues DoorDash and Total Wine: The Cannabis Karen Chronicles

Commentary from Nothing But Hemp When Corporations Throw Tantrums: Jushi Holdings Edition It’s official: Jushi Holdings Inc., through its Virginia subsidiary Dalitso LLC, has decided to sue DoorDa...
George Allen & the Future-Of-Hemp Circus: A Who’s Who of Wolf-in-Sheep’s-Clothing Brands

George Allen & the Future-Of-Hemp Circus: A Who’s Who of Wolf-in-Sheep’s-Clothing Brands

Oh, George Allen — President of Lowell Herb Co and part-time philosopher on LinkedIn.Recently, he declared with great pride that “Legal cannabis is finally organizing against the hemp industry.” We...
Rand Paul Sounds the Alarm: Hidden Federal Hemp Ban Could Destroy Thousands of American Jobs

Rand Paul Sounds the Alarm: Hidden Federal Hemp Ban Could Destroy Thousands of American Jobs

Nothing But Hemp Joins Senator Rand Paul and Industry Leaders to Defend the Future of Hemp Today, Nothing But Hemp joined an urgent national call with Senator Rand Paul and hemp industry leaders fr...
Keith Ellison and the Nationwide Hemp Ban: How Minnesota’s Own AG Is Leading the Charge to Shut Down Hemp Across America

Keith Ellison and the Nationwide Hemp Ban: How Minnesota’s Own AG Is Leading the Charge to Shut Down Hemp Across America

The Irony That Hits Close to Home You really can’t make this up. Minnesota — the state that pioneered responsible hemp regulation and low-dose THC innovation — is now watching its own Attorney Gene...
🚨A Slap in the Face to Minnesota’s Hemp Industry

🚨A Slap in the Face to Minnesota’s Hemp Industry

OCM calls it “guidance.” The rest of us call it what it is — a bureaucratic bandaid that fixes nothing. On October 10 , the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM)** released  Guidance Memo GM-2025-03....
Wisconsin Hemp: Let’s Get Regulation Right — Not Overregulation

Wisconsin Hemp: Let’s Get Regulation Right — Not Overregulation

The Wisconsin hemp industry stands at a crossroads. Across the Midwest, lawmakers are scrambling to define the boundaries between hemp and psychoactive THC products. In Wisconsin, Republican state ...
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Why Minnesota Hemp Must Wake Up

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Why Minnesota Hemp Must Wake Up

Minnesota’s hemp industry is facing one of the most critical moments in its history. In my opinion, decisions made today will determine whether local operators survive or whether big cannabis and o...