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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — While most of the public attention on the newly passed federal funding bill has centered on air travel delays and furloughed workers, a lesser-known provision tucked inside the legislation is sending shockwaves through the hemp industry: a ban on nearly all hemp-derived products.
At the center of the issue is THC — the psychoactive compound in cannabis and hemp responsible for producing a high. 
Millard explained that even common items like CBD tinctures, which are generally small, would fall above the new limit.
“Even one dropper of a full spectrum CBD would have, somewhere between, half a milligram to maybe, one milligram of THC,” he said.
Hemp became federally legal under the 2018 Farm Bill, signed by President Donald Trump. 
That law removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act and legalized all parts of the plant as long as products contained no more than 0.3% delta-9 THC.
However, industry leaders say lawmakers did not anticipate how extraction techniques would evolve.
“What he didn’t know or anticipate, and neither did most lawmakers, is that guys in hazmat suits and scientists were actually going to figure out how to spin the plant and extract psychotropic THC out of out of the hemp plant and create psychotropic products,” said Nick Garulay, owner of the medical marijuana service provider My Florida Green and RevitaOil CBD.
Garulay said this loophole opened the door to products containing extremely high THC levels — far beyond what most patients use.
“The normal dose for THC, for someone who is looking for relief is usually between 5 and 10 milligrams. You have places that are selling a thousand and 10,000 milligram gummies, which will put you in the hospital, especially if you’re not expecting it,” he said.
The measure will not take effect until late next year, giving the industry time to respond.
The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, a national hemp advocacy organization, said it plans to spend the next 365 days pushing federal officials to pursue regulation rather than prohibition.

10/05/2025

08/25/2025

Higher total cannabis sales were significantly associated with a 12% increase in drug-related crashes and a 12% rise in alcohol-related crashes across all cities combined. In Montréal, cannabis sales were linked to an 87% increase in drug-related crashes and a 93% increase in alcohol-related crashes

The findings suggest that increased cannabis availability, as measured by cannabis sales, is associated with higher rates of both drug- and alcohol-related crashes

08/20/2025

Now recreational use has exploded to the point where it has overtaken alcohol, and there’s still no sound science on the benefits of medical marijuana. Marijuana is a disaster. It’s infinitely worse than alcohol on every metric, especially mental health. The scientific evidence is incontrovertible that marijuana triggers psychosis in susceptible people. 
For example, a large-scale Danish study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 2017 found that up to 30% of young men’s schizophrenia could have been prevented if they had not used pot. 

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07/28/2025

Drafted by Senators Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, the bill provision aims to amend the hemp law established in the 2018 farm bill to prevent the sale of hemp-based intoxicating products. However, the changes would be implemented over the course of one year.
The one-year delay would allow current hemp farmers to finish this year’s crop under existing rules while giving lawmakers time to discuss and finalize new regulations to ensure a smoother transition without disrupting ongoing farming, according to Senator Merkley’s Thursday hearing.

07/28/2025

The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have approved FY2026 Agriculture appropriations bills (H.R. 4121 and S. 2256) that would similarly redefine the statutory definition of hemp to restrict the commercial production, sale, and distribution of certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products. House appropriators have expressed that the provision would close "the hemp loophole that has resulted in the proliferation of unregulated intoxicating hemp products." During Senate committee markup, Senator Mitch McConnell expressed that the existing hemp definition has resulted in "an unintended consequence that has allowed for intoxicating hemp-derived synthetic products to be made and sold," calling for changes to reflect "the original intent of the 2018 farm bill" by closing the loophole. The Senate provision would delay implementation for one year; the House provision does not include this delay. Similar action was debated but not enacted in the 118th Congress.

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06/03/2025

The amended rule, which officially went into effect on March 12, 2025, with an announced enforcement delay until June 16, 2025, introduces several critical updates aimed at bolstering consumer safety and preventing youth access. Key changes include:

• Prohibition on Specific Color Additives: Eliminating certain artificial colors to make products less appealing to children.
• Enhanced Labeling Requirements: Mandating the use of common household measurements for serving sizes and requiring scannable QR or barcodes that link to a certificate of analysis (COA) within three or fewer steps.
• Moisture Control: Setting a water activity standard of 0.60 (±0.05) for cannabis flower or leaves.
• Mandatory Child-Resistant Packaging: Requiring packaging to meet ASTM International D 3475-20 standards for child resistance.
• Comprehensive Certificates of Analysis: COAs must now include detailed laboratory information, the concentration of total delta-9 THC, and confirm the presence or absence of prohibited substances and pathogens.
• Marketing and Advertising Restrictions: Imposing limitations on how hemp and hemp extract products intended for human consumption can be marketed and advertised.

06/01/2025

05/20/2025

Attorney is Michael Minardi who ran for House Representative as a Republican in 2020 but lost in the primary.  Wolf in sheep clothes. 

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Novel semi-synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine products pose public health risks due to the unknown chemical constituents and the known pharmacology of 7-hydroxymitragynine. Clinicians must screen patients for their use and policymakers must distinguish between kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine.

The policy implications of semi-synthetic 7-hydroxymitraynine products are unknown, but adverse events or fatalities resulting from 7-hydroxymitragynine products could pose complications to the regulation of a growing kratom industry. Kratom is now used by 10–15 million US adults. Decisions regarding kratom scheduling and regulation are liable to become confused if policymakers can or will not differentiate between kratom and high-potency 7-hydroxymitragynine products synthesized in unregulated or makeshift laboratories. To be clear: equating 7-hdyroxymitragynine products to kratom is analogous to equating synthetic cannabinoids to unaltered cannabis or hemp. Although not all organic kratom products are equal, they have not emerged as a net detriment to public health, and they remain unscheduled at the federal level. Novel semi-synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine products pose public health risks due to the unknown chemical constituents and the known pharmacology of 7-hydroxymitragynine. Clinicians must screen patients for their use and policymakers must distinguish between kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine.

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03/02/2025

Police say the teenager called 911 before the shooting and told dispatch he was going to kill himself or someone else, then hung up, the outlet reported. When the dispatcher called back, the teen’s mother answered and said there was nothing happening at the home, according to police.   

Police “found that the 15-year-old suspect had just eaten a bunch of edibles, and I guess had a bad reaction to them,” Horelica told the station.

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01/27/2025

Kratom has addictive properties and can be dangerous to use. The Poison Information Centre reports that several people in Sweden have sought medical attention after ingesting kratom. There are also several cases, according to the National Board of Forensic Medicine, where mitragynin has contributed to death or been the cause of death, writes FHM in a press release.

This Sweden Herald article strengthens the case for banning kratom by documenting its lethal risks (deaths, addiction), surging use (40 tons imported), and narcotic classification, mirroring your concerns about its untested dangers and the 5,800 U.S. deaths. It undermines regulation—such as the FKCPA or KCPA—by suggesting these measures can’t address kratom’s intrinsic hazards, enforcement challenges, or deceptive health claims, especially for self-medicating users (Scientific American, 2021). Sweden’s decisive action supports that a ban, not regulation, is the only way to halt this public health threat, given evidence regulation fails to prevent harm at scale.

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01/16/2025

The paper exposes the marijuana industry’s "dirty little secret": high-potency THC products can trigger psychosis, particularly in youth. Despite mounting evidence, the industry perpetuates a campaign of confusion to discredit studies linking THC to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia-like psychosis and delusional thinking.

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Begins at 30 minutes!  For more information on SAM- Smart Approaches to Marijuana

09/16/2024

09/09/2024

This amendment does nothing for them and was written solely to pad the profits of the mega marijuana corporations by granting them a monopoly. It’s not about access to weed, it’s about corporate greed.”

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08/22/2024

Problems, Potencies, Products- Excellent Powerpoint with historial data on the impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado.

07/12/2024

This should not surprise anyone!  Beyond dissapointing the DeSantis put poltics before the health and safety of all Floridians & tourists visting Floirda. 

06/28/2024

"Anytime that we see an increase in availability of a product, we tend to see a correlation to an increase in poisonings from the product," he said.

05/25/2024

Researchers have raised particular concern about synthesized products that isolate chemicals like 7-hydroxymitragynine, saying they could carry risks that are different from the kratom leaf long used in Thailand or Malaysia. McCurdy said when that chemical is isolated, "it's no longer really a kratom product."