Posts by Aastha Chauhan

Bipartisan lawmakers seek to separate industrial hemp from cannabinoid crops, reducing testing and compliance burdens. In 2023, lawmakers introduced the Industrial Hemp Act of 2023 (S.980 / H.R.3755). The bill would exempt industrial hemp grown fo...

A preliminary injunction in October 2023 temporarily protected hemp-derived product sales in Maryland, highlighting conflicts between hemp and cannabis laws. In October 2023, a Maryland judge issued the 2023 Maryland hemp injunction, allowing cert...

FDA ends years of review by stating current frameworks don’t fit CBD; asks Congress to step in. On January 26, 2023, the FDA issued its long-awaited position on hemp-derived CBD. The 2023 FDA CBD announcement confirmed that CBD cannot be regulated...