May 2026
Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape
November 12, 2026 is not an abstraction. It is a hard deadline — one that, absent congressional action, will destroy ...
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RN Collins: Federal Drug Policy, April 2026: The Operative Architecture of Cannabis Rescheduling, the Psychedelic Therapeutic Acceleration Directive, and the Road to June 29
The week of April 18 through April 23, 2026 produced two distinct and legally consequential federal actions on controlled substances ...
Rod Kight Law Firm: New “Industrial Hemp” Definition – More Loopholes Instead of Real Reform?
The new federal 0.4mg Total THC limit that goes into effect this November has been the focus of much discussion in recent ...
Rod Kight Law Firm: Schedule III for Medical Marijuana! Here’s the Big Shift, Broken Down
Here is our quick breakdown of rescheduling news: what the final order does, how DOJ says it can do it, ...
Zuber Lawler: What Schedule III Means for State-Licensed Medical Cannabis Companies
On April 23, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) took a historic step the ...
KMK Law: From Schedule I to III: A Partial Tax Reset for Cannabis Businesses
The rescheduling of certain cannabis products to Schedule III represents a meaningful shift in federal cannabis policy and offers long-awaited ...
Foley Hoag: Cannabis Rescheduling: DOJ, Treasury, and DEA Updates Since the April 23 Order
On April 23, 2026, as we discussed in our prior client alert, the Department of Justice issued a Final Order immediately ...
Arnold & Porter: DOJ Announces Controlled Substances Act Scheduling Changes for FDA-Approved Marijuana and State-Licensed Medical Marijuana Products
April 27, 2026 Advisory By Howard Sklamberg Michelle F. Gillice Burden H. Walker Elizabeth Trentacost Nataniel Tsai On April 23, ...
Bradley: Is the Most Impactful Part of Marijuana Rescheduling an Obscure Sentence in the Tax Code?
These days nobody agrees on anything. Until now. Since the announcement rescheduling state-licensed medical marijuana and FDA-approved medications containing marijuana from Schedule ...
Akerman: DOJ Reclassifies Medical Marijuana to Schedule III: Key Implications for Florida and National Cannabis Operators
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a landmark shift in federal cannabis policy, reclassifying certain cannabis from Schedule ...
Holon Law Partners’ Statement on Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Announcement
Marking a significant moment in the path to end federal cannabis prohibition, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the ...
Dentons: Breaking: DOJ Reschedules and Provides a Pathway for Full Legalization of Medical Cannabis
Medical cannabis products moved to Schedule III and to become fully legal with DEA Registration; Possibility for Adult-Use Rescheduling in ...
Duane Morris: Relief, Finally? DEA Issues Order Expediting Cannabis Rescheduling to Schedule III
On April 22, 2026, a final order issued by the acting U.S. attorney general and the Drug Enforcement Administration took ...
Bradley: This Space Is Getting Hot: The DOJ’s Final Order Rescheduling Medical Marijuana to Schedule III Is Here, and It’s a Big Deal
After years of false starts, stalled hearings, a retired judge, a fired attorney general, and a president who last weekend ...
BianchiBrandt: Federal Marijuana Rescheduling: What it Means and What it Does Not By Wendy Culbertson, Esq.
The U.S. Attorney General has formally signed a directive rescheduling marijuana, and FDA-approved marijuana products, from Schedule I to Schedule ...
Harris Sliwoski: The U.S. Opens Its Medical Marijuana Market to Global Trade (For Now); Broader Marijuana Rescheduling on Deck
The U.S. has joined much of the world in acknowledging medical marijuana. Let international trading begin! ...
Vicente: Landmark Colorado Bill Introduced to Modernize Colorado THC Drinks Sales
Denver, CO – April 17, 2026 – Last night, Colorado legislators introduced the Regulation of Lawful THC Beverages bill (SB26-164) which regulates the ...
Clark Hill: A Billion-Dollar Trade on the Brink: How to Save the Hemp Beverage Industry
Few industries in recent American history have climbed so fast or stand to fall so hard. The hemp-derived THC beverage ...
Fox Rothschild: What Pending Medical Cannabis and Hemp Legislation Means for Georgia
Georgia’s medical cannabis program, administered by the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, currently serves approximately 34,500 registered patients and ...
Foley Hoag: Massachusetts House and Senate Conferees Agree on Compromise Bill to Implement Significant Changes to Commonwealth’s Cannabis Industry
Earlier today, Massachusetts legislators agreed on a compromise bill to reform the Cannabis Control Commission (“Commission”) and implement certain meaningful ...
Fox Rothschild: Illinois Courts Dismiss Wave of THC Vape Product Class Actions
A recent wave of putative class actions accusing Illinois cannabis companies of intentionally miscategorizing vape products has largely collapsed at ...
Foley Hoag: Massachusetts House and Senate Conferees Agree on Compromise Bill to Implement Significant Changes to Commonwealth’s Cannabis Industry
Yesterday, Massachusetts legislators agreed on a compromise bill to reform the Cannabis Control Commission (“Commission”) and implement certain meaningful reforms ...
Harris Beach Murtha: Discounting Adult-Use Cannabis Products in New York
New York’s adult-use cannabis marketing and advertising rules allow retailers to offer discounts, loyalty programs and other promotions — but ...