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Title: Cannabis & the Law

Publisher:  kwebb123
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In approximately three weeks’ time, the Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission’s adult-use retail license application window will close at 4:00 p.m. EST on December 29th, 2025. Interested parties that have not already filed applications should be working earnestly to finalize all required forms, narratives, and supporting documentation as the Commission has...

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The “loophole” that for years exempted intoxicating hemp from the prohibitions of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) is set to close on November 13, 2026, following the href="https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/blogs/cannabis-and-the-law/2025/november/congress-attempts-to-close-the-hemp-loophole-what-legal-and-strategic-consid...

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Summary

With Congress slamming the door shut on intoxicating hemp products – albeit 365 days from now – there is tremendous uncertainty. While tomorrow may look no different, the exploding hemp beverage and other intoxicating hemp markets may effectively be out of business in a year’s time. Below are some of the questio...

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In what has become a pivotal moment for the still nascent yet booming national market for intoxicating hemp edible products and beverages, a coalition of Attorneys General (“AG”) have called on the Congress to close the exception in the 2018 Farm Bill that enabled the proliferation of these consumer products in the past several years. 
Although th...

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In a little over one week, the application window for Lower-Potency Hemp Edible (“LPHE”) Licenses from the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) will close. The current application window – running from October 1, 2025 until October 31, 2025 – is the only opportunity for currently operating hemp businesses in ...

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